Until his death, Dennis Edwards was the lead singer of The Temptations Review, a Temptations splinter group.
23 Facts About Dennis Edwards
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Dennis Edwards began singing at two years old in his father's church.
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The Dennis Edwards family moved to Detroit, Michigan when Dennis Edwards was about ten years old.
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Dennis Edwards would continue to sing in the church pastored by his father, eventually becoming choir director.
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From January 1961 to December 1963, Dennis Edwards served as a field artilleryman in the US Army, spending most of his enlistment stationed in Europe.
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In 1966, with help from James Jamerson, Dennis Edwards auditioned for Detroit's Motown Records, where he was signed but placed on retainer.
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Later in 1967, Dennis Edwards quit the Contours and was placed back on retainer.
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When Ruffin failed to show for his return engagement in Gaithersburg, Maryland the next night, Dennis Edwards was permanently kept on and the Temptations refused to entertain rehiring Ruffin any further.
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Dennis Edwards later went to work for his uncle's company in Cleveland, laying down concrete driveways.
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In 1980, Dennis Edwards rejoined the Temptations after his replacement Louis Price left the group.
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Shortly after, Temptations member Ron Tyson had seen Dennis Edwards performing in a Philadelphia night club, but discussions about Dennis Edwards' potential second return went to no avail.
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In 1987, Woodson was fired after arriving late for shows, and Dennis Edwards was brought back .
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Dennis Edwards left the group for a third and final time to join Ruffin and Kendricks; he was again replaced by Woodson in 1989.
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That same year, Dennis Edwards was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Temptations.
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In 1993, Dennis Edwards recorded his third solo album Talk to Me with the Three Gems record label.
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Dennis Edwards was noticeably absent, in which he later claimed he was not informed about the honor.
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In 1998, Dennis Edwards' Don't Look Any Further: the Remix Album was released, containing updated dance mixes and the original 1984 track.
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Also that same year, Dennis Edwards was portrayed by Charles Ley in the biographical mini-series The Temptations.
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In 2013, Dennis Edwards was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.
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Dennis Edwards had a relationship with singer Aretha Franklin, who stated he was the inspiration behind her 1972 soul song "Day Dreaming".
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Dennis Edwards was briefly married to Ruth Pointer, whom he wed in Las Vegas in 1977.
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Dennis Edwards moved to Florissant, Missouri in the 1980s to be closer to his mother.
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Dennis Edwards died in an Illinois hospital on February 1,2018, two days before his 75th birthday.