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The famed Motown group The Temptations in a historical photos shows (front, from left) Otis Williams,
Melvin Franklin and Glenn Beonard and (back, from left) Richard Street and Dennis Edwards.
Edwards died Thursday. He was 74.
Dennis Edwards was
‘Voice for the Ages’
Remembering a
Motown legend
(AP) — Dennis Edwards, a
Grammy-winning former member
of the famed Motown group The
Temptations, is being remembered
after his death on Thursday after a
long illness. He was 74.
Edwards replaced founding
member David Ruffin in 1968,
and his soulful, passionate voice
defined the group for years. A
member on and off for about two
decades, he was part of the lineup
that released hits “Ball of Con-
fusion (That’s What the World Is
Today),” ‘’Cloud Nine” and the
chart-topping “Papa Was A Rollin’
Stone.”
He possessed a “voice for the
ages,” with great range, energy
and artistry, Paul Riser, a Mo-
town arranger and musician who
worked with Edwards during the
label’s Detroit heyday and on
subsequent projects, told The As-
sociated Press. “That voice was
just flat-out outstanding — very
well-defined.”
Edwards was inducted into the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with
the rest of The Temptations in
1989.
In the 1990s, a federal judge
barred him from performing un-
der his former band’s name. Otis
Williams, the band’s lone orig-
inal member, sued Edwards for
trademark infringement after he
had used variations that included
“The New Temptations.” He was
allowed to use “The Temptations
Review featuring Dennis Ed-
wards,” and performed under that
name for nearly two decades, ac-
cording to Roberts.
“He is now at peace, and our
love and prayers go out to his
family,” Williams said in a state-
ment Friday. “At this moment
and always, we acknowledge his
extraordinary contribution to The
Temptations legacy, which lives
on in the music.”
Motown star Smokey Robin-
son said in a statement that he was
saddened “that another Motown
soldier is gone.”
“Rest in Peace my brother,” he
said. “You were a great talent.”
Born in Birmingham, Alabama,
Edwards lived near St. Louis with
his wife, Brenda. He would have
turned 75 on Saturday.
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