When was eddie kendricks born

He is known for his work on Downsizing , Barbershop and Lovelace He was married to Patricia Kendrick. He died on October 5, in Birmingham, Alabama. Sign In. Edit Eddie Kendricks. Showing all 16 items. Despite knowing that he would be arrested for back child support if he returned to Michigan, he attended David Ruffin 's funeral in and was arrested right after the graveside service.

But the ladies really loved Eddie and his style. With the death of Eddie Kendricks, aged 52, from lung cancer yesterday, three of the group have now met early deaths - the gravel-voiced David Ruffin died last year from a drug overdose, shortly after completing a European tour with Kendricks and another former Temptation, Dennis Edwards; Paul Williams killed himself in , two years after his alcoholism led to his being sacked from the group.

It had been a long haul to that first hit: the group had originally signed to Motown in But after 'The Way You Do The Things You Do', the stature of the five-piece grew in almost transcendent leaps as they rigorously weathered and adapted to such storms of fashion as psychedelia and Afro-consciousness.

By the end of the decade it became clear that there was no one to rival the Temptations as the finest black American vocal group. Their five-part harmonies seemed divinely inspired: sexy, vibrating with energy, the coolest dancers, the Temptations were so ironic that they made otherwise impressive stable-mates like the Four Tops seem mere pop acts.

It was Williams and Kendricks who had started the Temptations. They had grown up together in Birmingham, Alabama, leaving the city in , when they were both 17; they intended to be stars like their idols Clyde McPhatter and Little Willie John.

Although he never achieved the same level of success again, Kendricks remained a commercial force on Tamla; "Intimate Friends" was Kendricks' last Tamla hit single, in early Kendricks reunited with past and present members of the Temptations for a reunion tour on the strength of their hit "Standing At The Top," produced by Rick James.

A longtime heavy smoker, Kendricks died of lung cancer on October 5, , in Birmingham and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery. Additional Resources Dahl, Bill. Motown: The Golden Years. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

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