DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SOUL- UND R&B-SÄNGER DENNIS EDWARDS (THE TEMPTATIONS) IST GESTORBEN
03.02.2018 Der am 3. Februar 1943 in Birmingham (Alabama) geborene US-amerikanische Soul- und Rhythm-and-Blues-Sänger Dennis Edwards ist am 1. Februar 2018 in Chicago gestorben. Er war vor allem als Leadsänger der Gruppe The Temptations berühmt geworden.
Bild: Gordy Records / Motown Records Corp. / Stone Diamond Music Corp. - Public domain - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Papa_Was_a_Rollin%27_Stone_by_The_Temptations
Dennis Edwards, Temptations Vocalist, Dies at 74
Dennis Edwards, who joined the top Motown act the Temptations to take lead vocals on some of the group's most memorable latter-day hits such as "Just My Imagination," died Friday in Chicago of undisclosed causes.
Chris Morris
http://variety.com/2018/music/news/dennis-edwards-dies-dead-the-temptations-1202685852/
Edwards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Temptations in 1989. In 2013, Edwards also received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, given to the Temptations.
Kory Grow
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/temptations-lead-singer-dennis-edwards-dead-at-74-w516296
Dennis Edwards is best-known for his hit single, "Don't Look Any Further." This song goes down in hip hop history, as Tupac sampled it for "Hit 'Em Up." A few years later, Lil Wayne sampled it for "Way of Life," featuring Big Tymers and TQ.
Edwards, who replaced David Ruffin as lead singer in 1968, was the voice of hits including "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and "Cloud Nine"
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/02/dennis-edwards-temptations-dead-74
Videos:
THE TEMPTATIONS - PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE.LIVE TV PERFORMANCE 1972
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDi2XdFUy3I
The Temptations - Live In Concert, 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpPPGYLN3ik
Dennis Edwards with Siedah Garrett - "Don't Look Any Further" [Soul Train 1984]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8cmJamfNHI
Temptations, Hall of Fame 1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp_qpbFQgv4
Mehr:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000201779
https://www.discogs.com/artist/94079-Dennis-Edwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Edwards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Temptations