Dennis Edwards' Death

The rock singer Dennis Edwards died at the age of 74. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Lead singer of Motown’s The Temptations, one of the most popular R&B acts of the 1960s and 1970s. He sang solo hits like “Don’t Look Any Further” as well.

He was born in Fairfield, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham, to Reverend Dennis Edwards Sr. and his wife. He had a daughter from his brief marriage to singer Ruth Pointer.

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I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.

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Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, ‘Man, I wish I could sing like you – if I could have that growl in my voice.’ And I said, ‘Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.’

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Sam Cooke was a gospel singer like myself, and when he crossed over and started singing rock n’ roll, it kind of gave me the green light to go ahead and do it.

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We have a portion of our show where we ask everybody to get up and do the Temptation Walk. People 8 to 80 know how to do that Temptation Walk.

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We never do two shows the same way. The audience has a lot to do with that spontaneity, and it’s our job to satisfy them.