# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:14:20.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-edwards"
name: "Dennis Edwards"
slug: "dennis-edwards"
description: "Dennis Edwards Jr. was an American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations for Motown Records. Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968, replacing David Ruffin and sang with the group from 1968 to 1976, 1980 to 1984, and 1987 to 1989. In the mid-1980s, he launched a solo career, recording the 1984 hit single \"Don't Look Any Further\". Until his death, Edwards was the lead singer of The Temptations Review, a Temptations splinter group."
tagline: "American singer (1943-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dennis_Edwards_with_the_Temptations_in_1968.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-02-03"
deathDate: "2018-02-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.98
  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1034018/"
    handle:    "nm1034018"
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    title: "Dennis Edwards"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump