Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- The golden years of the Metropolitan Railway and the Metro-land dream
- Whose Birth Day Is It?
- Bibleman and the Baton of Friendship (board Book)
- Maternal Journal
- Johnny Grav & the Visioneer #2 (Newsstand Cover)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Fairfield, Alabama, USA
Dennis Edwards Jr. (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations for Motown Records.
Known for
- The Temptations - Get Ready: Definitive Performances 1965-1972 — Himself2006
- Motown 40: The Music Is Forever — Self (archive footage)1998
- The Temptations: Live in Concert1984
- Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self1983
- Save the Children — Self1973
- The Temptations Show — Himself1969
- G.I.T. on Broadway — Self1969
- TCB — Self1968
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1943-02-03
- Active to
- 2018-02-02
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 139,389
- Total plays
- 629,903
Tags
Dennis Edwards (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers. Edwards first joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin, and sang with the group until 1976, returning from 1980 to 1984 and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he attempted a solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "Don't Look Any Further" (featuring Siedah Garrett). He was the lead singer of The Temptations Revue featuring Denn
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dennis
- Family name
- Edwards
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Fairfield
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Spouse
- Ruth Pointer
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- Specialist
- Image
- Dennis Edwards with the Temptations in 1968.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-02-03
- member of
- The Temptations
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2018-02-01
- cause of death
- meningitis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- medical condition
- meningitis
- start of work period
- 1961-00-00
- date of burial or cremation
- 2018-02-13
- Commons category
- Dennis Edwards
Sources (7)
via Wikidata · CC0
Available in 15 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- Italiano
- العربية
- azb
- Egyptian Arabic
- Ido
- Luxembourgish
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Romanian
- simple
- Türkçe
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0