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Eddie Kendricks
Eddie Kendricks, on the cover of his 1981 album Love Keys.
Eddie Kendricks, on the cover of his 1981 album Love Keys.
Background information
Birth name Edward James Kendrick
Also known as Eddie Kendrick
Born December 17, 1939(1939-12-17); Union Springs, Alabama
Origin Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died October 5, 1992 (aged 52) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Genre(s) R&B, pop, soul, disco
Occupation(s) Singer, dancer, songwriter
Instrument(s) Singing
Years active 1955 - 1992
Label(s) Motown, Atlantic, RCA
Associated acts The Temptations, The Supremes, David Ruffin

Eddie Kendricks (born Edward James Kendrick, December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Union Springs is a city in and the County seat of Bullock County, Alabama, United States. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure The soul, according to many religious and philosophical beliefs is the self-awareness, or Consciousness, unique to a particular living Disco is a Genre of dance-oriented music whose origins are hard to define A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful The Supremes were an American female singing group that first formed as a quartet called The Primettes David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. The term falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false refers to the Vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the Modal voice register and "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. As a solo artist, Kendricks recorded several hits of his own during the 1970s, including the number-one single "Keep On Truckin'."

Contents

Biography

Early years

Edward James Kendrick was born in Union Springs, Alabama. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. "Keep on Truckin'" is also a lyric from the Blind Boy Fuller song "Truckin' My Blues Away" Union Springs is a city in and the County seat of Bullock County, Alabama, United States. His family later moved to Birmingham, where he met and began singing with his best friend Paul Williams in their church choir in the late 1940s. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Paul Williams ( July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American second Tenor / Baritone Singer The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be In 1955, Kendricks, Williams, and friends Kel Osbourne and Willie Waller formed a doo-wop group called The Cavaliers, and began performing around Birmingham. Events January 1 - RCA victor announces a marketing plan called "Operation TNT Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based Rhythm and blues music which developed in African-American communities in the 1940s and which achieved mainstream popularity both in the 1950s The group decided to move for better opportunities in their musical careers, and in 1957 Kendricks, Williams, and Osbourne moved to Cleveland, Ohio, with Waller staying in Alabama. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state In Cleveland, they met manager Milton Jenkins, and soon moved with Jenkins to Detroit, Michigan, where the Cavaliers renamed themselves The Primes. Under Jenkins' management, the Primes did well for themselves in the Detroit area, eventually creating a female spin-off group called The Primettes (later The Supremes). The Supremes were an American female singing group that first formed as a quartet called The Primettes In 1961, Osbourne moved to California, and the Primes disbanded. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Kendricks and Paul Williams joined forces with members of The Distants to become The Elgins, who signed to Motown that same year as The Temptations. The Temptations (sometimes abbreviated as The Temps or The Tempts) are a Grammy -winning vocal group that achieved fame as one of the most successful

The Temptations

The Temptations began singing background for Mary Wells. Mary Esther Wells ( May 13, 1943 &ndash July 26, 1992) was an American singer who sung a repertoire that included R&B After an initial dry period, The Temptations quickly became Motown's most successful male vocal group of the 1960s. Events January 14 - Elvis Presley is promoted to Sergeant in the U Among the Temptations songs Kendricks sang lead on (usually in a falsetto voice, but he was also capable of singing in a tenor voice) were "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (the group's first US Top 20 hit), "I'll Be in Trouble", "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)", "Get Ready", "Just My Imagination", and "Please Return Your Love to Me". The term falsetto (Italian diminutive of falso, false refers to the Vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the Modal voice register and " The Way You Do the Things You Do " is a 1964 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy ( Motown) label For other uses see Get Ready (disambiguation. "Get Ready" is a Motown song written by Smokey Robinson, which resulted in two " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me " is a 1971 US number-one hit single released on the Gordy ( Motown) label recorded by The Temptations and He shares lead vocal duty on other records, including "You're My Everything" (shared with David Ruffin), and a long string of Norman Whitfield-produced psychedelic soul records where all five Temptations sang lead, such as the Grammy winner Cloud Nine and I Can't Get Next to You. David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work Norman Jesse Whitfield ( May 12, 1940  &ndash September 16, 2008) was an American Songwriter and producer, best In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of Psychedelic rock and soul / Funk music " I Can't Get Next to You " is a 1969 number-one single recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman Whitfield for the Gordy ( Motown

In the Temptations, Kendricks was responsible for creating most of the group's vocal arrangements, and also served as wardrobe manager, including the now famous purple suits the group wore for one performance. His favorite food was cornbread, and as a result he was nicknamed "Cornbread" (or "Corn" for short) by his bandmates. Cornbread is a generic name for any number of Quick breads (a bread leavened chemically rather than by Yeast) containing Cornmeal. According to Otis Williams, Kendricks romantically pursued Diana Ross, lead singer of the Supremes, and he was said to have been close with Martha Reeves of the Vandellas. Otis Williams (born October 30, 1941) is an American second Tenor / Baritone. Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Martha Rose Reeves (born July 18, 1941) is an American R&B and soul singer and was the lead singer of the Motown

Kendricks remained in the group through the rest of the decade, but a number of issues began to push him away from it in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He was uncomfortable with singing the psychedelic style that Whitfield was now crafting for the group as opposed to the romantic ballads they'd sung under the direction of Smokey Robinson, his friend Paul Williams was often too ill to perform with the group, and Kendricks often found himself at odds with bandmates Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin. Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. Otis Williams (born October 30, 1941) is an American second Tenor / Baritone. Melvin Franklin (born David Melvin English October 12 1942 &ndash February 23 1995) was an American bass Singer As he grew away from the Temps, Kendricks began to rekindle his friendship with ex-Temptation David Ruffin, who convinced him to leave the group. David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work Kendricks recorded one last hit single with the Temptations, 1971's "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"; by the time the record reached #1 on the US pop charts in April 1971, Eddie Kendricks had quit The Temptations and signed a solo deal with Motown's Tamla imprint. Events February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disbanding They never performed togeather again until April 21 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me " is a 1971 US number-one hit single released on the Gordy ( Motown) label recorded by The Temptations and Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. He was successful with his solo career, but it was short lived.

Solo career

Eddie Kendricks' solo career began slowly; he endured two years of singles that missed the Top 40, while The Temptations continued with their string of Norman Whitfield-helmed hits (one of which, "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)", was written as a jab towards Kendricks and Ruffin). " Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are " is a 1971 hit single for the Gordy ( Motown) label recorded by The Temptations and produced by Norman When Kendricks finally scored a hit in 1973, it resulted in his first and only solo #1 hit, the Frank Wilson-produced "Keep on Truckin'", which is often cited as a contender for "first disco song". Events January-February January 9 - Mick Jagger 's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust putting an abrupt end Frank Wilson is an African American former Songwriter and Record producer for Motown Records. "Keep on Truckin'" is also a lyric from the Blind Boy Fuller song "Truckin' My Blues Away" Future hits included "Boogie Down" (US #2), "Shoeshine Boy" (US #18), and "He's a Friend" (US #36).

Kendricks left Motown, forced to sign away the rights to his royalties to do so, in 1978, moving first to Arista Records, and later to Atlantic Records. Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock By this time, his popularity had waned, and he was also gradually losing his voice as a result of chain smoking. Chain smoking is the practice of lighting a new Cigarette for personal consumption immediately after one that is finished sometimes using the finished cigarette to light the He and David Ruffin briefly re-joined the Temptations for a 1982 reunion tour. David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work See also 1982 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1982 Record labels established in 1982 Ruffin and Kendrick (Kendricks dropped the "s" from his stage name during the 1980s) reportedly met up one night when Ruffin went to watch Kendrick perform in a nightclub; Kendrick spotted Ruffin in the crowd, pointed him out, and invited him to come up on stage and perform with him. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Afterward they talked about touring on their own and recorded an album as a duo for RCA in 1988. RCA Corporation, founded as Radio Corporation of America, was an electronics company in existence from 1919 to 1986 This is a list of notable events in Music that took place in the year 1988.

Earlier, in 1985, they participated in the Hall & Oates live album Live at The Apollo recorded at a benefit at New York City's Apollo Theater; and sang with the duo at Live Aid in Philadelphia and the MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Hall & Oates are a Pop music duo made up of Daryl Hall and John Oates. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə The MTV Video Music Awards were established in the end of the summer of 1984 by MTV to celebrate the top Music videos of the year Hall and Oates have cited Kendrick, Ruffin and the rest of the Tempts as a major influence.

In 1989, Kendrick, Ruffin, and their old Temptations bandmates were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a Museum located on the shores of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland Ohio, United States There, Kendrick and Ruffin made plans with former Temptation Dennis Edwards to tour and record as "Ruffin/Kendrick/Edwards, Former Leads of The Temptations. Dennis Edwards (born February 3, 1943) is an American soul and R&B singer most noted for being one of Motown act " The Ruffin/Kendrick/Edwards project was cut short in 1991, when Kendrick was diagnosed with lung cancer and David Ruffin died of a drug overdose. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Lung cancer is a Disease of uncontrolled Cell growth in tissues of the Lung. The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the Ingestion or application of a Drug or other substance in quantities

In late 1991, Kendrick, by now living in his native Birmingham, underwent surgery to have one of his lungs removed in hopes of preventing the spread of the cancer. He continued to tour through the summer of 1992, when he fell ill again and was hospitalized. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1992 Eddie Kendrick died on October 5, 1992 of lung cancer in Birmingham at the age of 52. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

He is survived by his parents Johnny and Lee Bell Kendrick, and children Aika Kendrick, Parris Kendrick and Paul Kendrick.

Kendricks was portrayed by Terron Brooks in the 1998 biographical television miniseries The Temptations. Terron Brooks is an American Singer, Song writer, and Actor. Biography Born and raised in Southern California Brooks has been The Temptations was a four-hour Television Miniseries broadcast in two-hour halves on NBC, based upon the history of one of Motown

Discography

Albums

as Eddie Kendricks

Tamla (Motown) releases
Arista releases
Atlantic release

as Ruffin and Kendrick

RCA release

Singles

Tamla (Motown} releases
Arista releases
Atlantic release
RCA release

External links

Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin ( January 18, 1941 &ndash June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. "Motown" redirects here For the city see Detroit Michigan. "Keep on Truckin'" is also a lyric from the Blind Boy Fuller song "Truckin' My Blues Away" Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment.
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