Eddie Kendricks Major Accomplishments

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Edward James Kendricks was born on December 17, 1939 in Union Springs, Alabama. His siblings such as his parents Johnny and Leebell Kendricks, his sister Patricia Simpson, and his three brothers Charles, Calrence, and Robert. The family used the surname Kendrick. In the 50s’ he joined the group The Prime and later in the early 1960s’ form a group called The Temptations. In 1975, he got married to Patricia Kendricks. Eddie Kendricks has won Grammy Awards with The Temptations. In 1975, he got married to Patricia Kendricks. He later die of lung cancer on October 5, 1992 in Birmingham, Alabama. Eddie Kendricks was an R&B musician. The best of Eddie Kendricks was the songs with The Temptations and his solo albums. The Temptations songs Eddie Kendricks tribute to was “The Way You Do Things You Do”, “My Girl”, “Get Ready”, “You My Everything” and “Just My Imagination“. Kendricks left the group The Temptations after Dave Ruffle was fired. Although, he went solo started singing songs own his own such as “Keep On Truckin”, and …show more content…

Eddie Kendricks grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. He started singing in the church choir when he met Paul Williams. Eddie, Paul, Otis, Melvin, and Elbridge change the group from The Eligins to The Temptations. The Temptations signed with Smokey Robinson who produced a lot of songs that made the group successful. Kendricks left the group to start his solo career in 1971. However, years past by the group reunited for a reunion tour that produce a hit such as “Standing At The Top”, produced by Rick James. The Temptations went into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Kendricks had developed lung cancer and die in 1992. I use Contemporary Literature in my life everyday so writing an essay on Mr. Eddie Kendricks had made me realize anybody could be successful in and outside of the state of