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Dennis Edwards Wiki Biography

• Dennis Edwards was born on February 3, 1943, in Fairfield, Alabama, USA, and is a musician-has singer, perhaps best known as a leading vocalist in the band The Temptations from 1968 to 1989, and is currently a singer in the band The Temptations Analysis featuring Dennis Edwards. 
• Dennis has gained much of his money due to his singing skills. 
• Since 1961, his career has been active. 
• It has been estimated, according to reliable sources, that Dennis Edwards’ net worth is as high as $5 million, a sum gained through his prosperous career as a singer. 
• Besides being part of a very successful party, Edwards also had a solo career that increased his income. 
• Dennis Edwards was the son of Reverend Dennis Edwards Sr. and began singing in his father’s church from an early age. 
• His family left the south and moved to Detroit, Michigan when Dennis was ten years old, and he started to sing in the pastoral church of his father, and eventually became the choir director. 
• Edwards joined The Mighty Clouds of Joy when he was a teenager, and in 1961 he founded a jazz/soul band named Dennis Edwards and the Fireballs. 
• In the same year, Dennis released his debut single “I Didn’t Have To (But I Did)” for the Detroit label International Soulville Records. 
• The Contours appeared as an opening act at several Temptations concerts, and Eddie Kendricks and Otis Williams noticed Edwards’ singing quality and approached him in 1967. 
• The Temptations fired their lead singer, David Ruffin, in 1968, and hired Edwards instead, and Ruffin, who was a good friend of Dennis’s, was the first to tell him that he was going to replace him. 
• However, Ruffin attempted to take his position back and crashed on Edwards’ debut in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. 
• Dennis led the band through their blues, psychedelic, and disco phases with hits including “Cloud Nine” (1968), “Ball of Mystery” (1970), “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972), and “Shakey Land” (1975), which added a lot to his net worth. 
• Edwards continued his solo career, so in 1984 Motown released his “Don’t Look Any Further” album, and the same-named single reached No. 2 on the R&B charts, while the songs “(You’re My) Aphrodisiac” and “Just Like You” were both very successful, adding a substantial amount to his net worth. 
• His second album “Coolin’ Down” wasn’t as good as the first album, but he still reached the top 30 on the chart. 
• In 1989, Dennis Edwards and The Temptations were added to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. 
• With respect to his personal life, Dennis Edwards was married to Ruth Pointer in 1977, but it didn’t last long, and they divorced shortly afterward. 
• Dennis and Ruth have a daughter, Issa Pointer, who became members of The Pointer Sisters with her mother, but the rumor is that she’s not Dennis’s only child. 
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Dennis Edwards Quick Info

Dennis Edwards Trademarks

1. Rough baritone singing voice

Dennis Edwards Quotes

• [Talking about the effect The Temptations had on people]: “We gave hope to the inner ghetto, to kids who didn’t have a chance. People knew we came from the depths of the ghetto. They heard we came from nothing, and we showed that anybody could have a chance to better themselves.”
• [Talking about David Ruffin’s death]: “The world lost one of its great singers.”

Dennis Edwards Important Facts

• The Temptations were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Is portrayed by Charles Ley in the 1998 biographical miniseries based on The Temptations.
• Sang with The Contours prior to joining The Temptations.
• Became angry when Norman Whitfield assigned him to sing the first verse of the song “Papa Was a Rolling Stone,” because in real life, Edwards’ own father had died on the third of September just like the father in the song, and refused to sing the verse, believing that Whitfield had assigned to him on purpose. Whitfield denied having done so on purpose, but used it to his advantage, forcing Edwards to sing the verse anyway and using Edwards’s personal anger to set the tone of the song. This dispute however eventually lead to Whitfield being fired as the group’s producer.
• In the early part of his tenure with The Temptations, his performances were often interrupted by David Ruffin, whom Edwards replaced. Ruffin would show up at their concerts and, whenever they started to sing one of the songs Ruffin himself had sung lead on, Ruffin would jump onto the stage, grab the microphone away from Edwards and start singing, much to Edwards embarrassment and to the delight of the fans. To his credit, Edwards simply sang along with Ruffin. This eventually stopped after the Temptations hired more guards to keep Ruffin from entering their concerts.
• At 6′ 5″, he was the tallest member of ‘The Temptation’. The runners-up are Richard Street and David Ruffin who stands 6′ 4″ and 6′ 3″.
• He has his own Temptations group which is not associated with Otis Williams’ Temptations group.
• Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 (as a member of The Temptations).
• Replaced David Ruffin in Otis Williams’ The Temptations from 1968 to 1977, 1979-1983, 1987-1988.

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