Rest in power and peace, my darling Eddie Kendricks! You are truly, truly missed, nobody can fill your shoes nor take your place. I miss him to this day and pray for him ’cause he was just “gone too soon”.

As a Washington DC native, l also remember his outstanding collaboration with The Young Senators….how his smoothness on such Eddie standards as “Can I”, “If You Let Me”, “Girl,You Need A Change of Mind” and of course his distinctiveness on all of the Temps classics like “You’re My Everything” and “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” made him a standout but always a dedicated “Temptation Forever”. Suave, debonair, very very handsome and sexy, Eddie WAS the personification of “COOL”….and his voice IS the high benchmark for others to follow…imitated but never never duplicated … He was one of a kind. Very very surprised to see this story first thing in the morning which is going to make my day beautiful and joyous! I have loved and admired Eddie all my life and he was and always will be my favorite Temptation. Listen to The Eddie Kendricks Collection, Vol. The main thing is always to keep your identity.” But I feel if my voice remains distinctive, then that really doesn’t matter. “Which means sometimes what you’re doing isn’t really you. A legendary album from the great Eddie Kendricks a set that not only has the singer soaring on the kind of sublime old school vocal numbers he always did. “Unless a singer produces himself he has to portray the producer,” he said in an interview with Disc in 1973. His role in a shining era of soul music will never be forgotten. Diagnosed with lung cancer, Kendricks fought the disease for well over a year, before his death in the autumn of 1992.

Eddie and David made an LP together for RCA in 1988, before being part of the Temptations’ induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame the following year. The 80s also brought Kendricks and Ruffin together with their great admirers Daryl Hall & John Oates, co-starring on 1985’s Live At The Apollo album. Produced by later Tamla star Rick James, it included the exhilarating hit featuring Kendricks, Ruffin, and one of their successors, Dennis Edwards, “Standing On The Top.” He died on 5 October 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was previously married to Patricia Kendrick. He was an actor, known for Downsizing (2017), Roman J.

Later years delivered less success, and a departure from Motown followed in 1978, but he and Ruffin returned to the Temptations fold briefly for a 1982 tour and album, Reunion. Actor Soundtrack IMDbPro Starmeter See rank Eddie Kendricks was born on 17 December 1939 in Union Springs, Alabama, USA.

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