![]() ![]() ![]() One Shining Moment was actually going to be used as the postgame montage after Super Bowl XXI, but the montage was cancelled due to time restraints. Kateyian then passed the song to CBS Sports Creative Director Doug Towey. Barrett passed along the song to his buddy Armen Kateyian, who many know as a prime time sports investigative reporter, who at the time was working for CBS. The song was actually written by Barrett after viewing Larry Bird's performance in the 1979 NCAA Tournament but wouldn't become a sensation until much later on. David Barrett was a song writer primarily focused on writing uplifting sports anthems but never really had much of a career as a performer. ![]() One Shining Moment was written and originally recorded by David Barrett, but it's Pendergrass's 1993 recording that people most remember. I actually wasn't going to write up this song for a while, but feel it's appropriate to do so now in light of Teddy's death. The song I am referring to is a fitting tribute song to Teddy, "One Shining Moment". Most people also know this song, but probably not who performed it. One of those songs was recorded in 1993 which happens to be one of my favorite songs of all time and was used on my wedding video opening montage that showed baby and kid photos of my wife and I. He returned to the music industry after rehabilitation in 1984 performing a beautiful ballad duet (Hold Me) with a then unknown Whitney Houston and released a few more songs until 2006 when he retired from the music business. If you happened to catch the Behind The Music VH1 documentary about Pendergrass, you might also remember that he was involved in a serious car crash in 1982 that left him paralyzed from the waist down due to a serious spinal injury suffered in the accident. Before embarking on a solo career, he was the lead singer of popular 70's soul group, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. For those casual music fans who are not familiar with his career, Teddy Pendergrass was a prominent R&B/soul performer in the late 70's/early 80's who was nominated five times for best R&B male performance Grammy awards. Teddy Pendergrass has died today at the age of 59 due to colon cancer. ![]()
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