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Dennis Edwards (February 3, 1943 – February 1, 2018) was an American soul and R&B singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers. Edwards first joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin, and sang with the group until 1976, returning from 1980 to 1984 and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he attempted a solo career, scoring a hit in 1984 with "Don't Look Any Further" (featuring Siedah Garrett). He was the lead singer of The Temptations Revue featuring Dennis Edwards, a Temptations splinter group.
Edwards was born in Fairfield, Alabama, eight miles from Birmingham, Alabama (the hometown of fellow Temptations Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks), to Reverend and Mrs. Dennis Edwards Sr., He began singing as a toddler, just two years old, in his fathers' church. The Edwards family moved to Detroit, Michigan when Edwards was about ten years old, and Edwards would continue to sing in the church pastored by his father, eventually becoming choir director.
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