Eddie Kendricks
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American singer and songwriter, member of The Temptations (1939-1992)
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Vinony's link graph records 438 inbound references to Eddie Kendricks, and connects out to Motown, YouTube and The Temptations.
Vinony files it under 1939 births, 1992 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1939-12-17
- Active to
- 1992-10-05
Discography
- All By Myself1971
- People… Hold On1972
- Eddie Kendricks1973
- Girl You Need a Change of Mind1973
- Keep On Truckin’1973
- For You1974
- Boogie Down1974
- The Hit Man1975
- Goin’ Up in Smoke1976
- He’s a Friend1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 291,791
- Total plays
- 1,620,990
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Eddie Kendricks (Edward James Kendrick, Union Springs, Alabama, December 17, 1939 – Birmingham, Alabama, October 5, 1992), was an American singer and songwriter, 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. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things You Do", "Get Ready", and "Just My Imagination". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eddie+Kendr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Union Springs
- Place of death
- Birmingham
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Participant in
- Live Aid
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Motown
- Image
- Eddie Kendricks (1972).png
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1939-12-17
- date of death
- 1992-10-05
- member of
- The Temptations
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- Commons category
- Eddie Kendricks
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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