Truly Blessed is the eleventh studio album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, released in March 1991 on the Elektra label. The single was written by Gabriel S. Hardeman Jr, Annette Guest Hardeman Co Produced by Teddy Pendergrass. Three tracks were produced by Pendergrass, with four of the tracks produced by him and Terry Price, and the remaining three produced by Derek Nakamoto and Craig Burbidge.
Truly Blessed peaked at No. 49 on the Billboard 200 and No. 4 on the R&B chart. It spawned Pendergrass' third and last R&B chart-topping single in "It Should've Been You", and also contained two further top 40 R&B singles.
Track listing
Notes denotes an additional producer denotes a co-producer
Personnel
Teddy Pendergrass – lead vocals Phyllis Yvonne – backing vocals Marva King – backing vocals Mark Philosit – backing vocals Michelle Kornegay – backing vocals Annette Hardeman – backing vocals Jacqueline Gregory – backing vocals Paula Holloway – backing vocals Charlene Holloway – backing vocals Minnie Curry – backing vocals Terry Price – backing vocals Darryl Phinnessee – backing vocals Dorian Holley – backing vocals Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals Julia Waters – backing vocals Maxine Waters – backing vocals Oren Waters – backing vocals Wendy Fraser – backing vocals Rosalind Keel – backing vocals Fred White – backing vocals Phyllis St. James – backing vocals Portia Griffin – backing vocals Joey Diggs – backing vocals Solomon Henderson Jr. – backing vocals Keith Jones – backing vocals Sheila Lakin – backing vocals Bridgent Potts – backing vocals Ron Monroe – backing vocals John Kee – backing vocals Andrea Deese – backing vocals Clarissa Rhodes – backing vocals Jeanette Taylor – backing vocals Randy Bowland – guitar Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar Darien Daughtry – guitar David Gardner – guitar
Tim Pierce – guitar Andre Storey – guitar Richard Tucker – guitar Carlos Vega – drums, percussion Luis Conte – drums, percussion Steve Hopkins – drums, percussion Denny Fongheiser – drums, percussion Jim Carter – drums, percussion Freddy Washington – bass guitar Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar Chuckii Booker – bass guitar Patrick Moten – piano Derek Nakamoto – keyboards Curt Dowd – keyboards Bryan Williams – keyboards Kevin Ashkins – keyboards Pamela Williams – saxophone Gerald Albright – tenor saxophone Clay Jenkins – horns Charlie Davis – horns Steve Holyman – horns Henry McMillan Jr. – horns Andrew Lamb – horns Darnell Robinson – horns Louis Taylor – horns Marc Johnson – horns June Kuramoto – koto Basil Fung – electric stick Jim Salamone – drum programming Chilli "E" – drum programming
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1991) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 33
References