Kendricks solo career began slowly he endured two years of singles that missed the Top 40, while The Temptations continued with their string of Norman Whitfield-helmed hits. But amidst group turmoil, Kendricks left the group in 1971. It arrived on the very day that the Temptations themselves climbed to No.1 with “Happy People. Here's one unapologetically subjective countdown of their greatest songs, from the timeless appeal of the non-charting 'I Want a Love I Can See' to their very funky team-up with guitarist Eddie. Eddie Kendricks was best known at the falsetto lead vocalist of the Temptations during that groups biggest years. “Shoeshine Boy,” a jaunty number written by Harry Booker and Linda Allen, made its debut, at a promising No.68, on Billboard‘s Hot Soul Singles chart of February 8, 1975. When you think of R&B's great falsettos, Eddie Kendricks is a name that comes up along with Philip Bailey, Curtis Mayfield, Blue Magic 's Ted Mills and the Stylistics ' Russell Thompkins, Jr. In retrospect, much of the attention for his catalog goes to the remarkable double-punch of his superb, consecutive soul chart-toppers “Keep On Truckin’” and “Boogie Down.”īut Kendricks delivered six more R&B Top 10 hits, one of which gave him a further No.1 and deserves more limelight of its own. His premature death in 1992 from cancer at the age of 52 robbed him of more. The solo career of the great Eddie Kendricks, one of the most delightful and distinctive falsettos in music history, was always likely to be secondary to his achievements during 11 years or so as one of the lead singers with the Temptations.īut after his departure from the Motown fixtures in 1971, he delivered countless top-drawer performances and no fewer than 26 entries to the R&B chart.
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