# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-kendricks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:45:01.437Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-kendricks"
name: "Eddie Kendricks"
slug: "eddie-kendricks"
description: "Edward James Kendrick, better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1961 until 1971. He was the lead voice on such famous songs as \"The Way You Do the Things You Do\", \"Get Ready\", and \"Just My Imagination \". As a solo artist, Kendricks recorded several hits of his own during the 1970s including the number-one single \"Keep On Truckin'\" and the number-two single \"Boogie Down.\""
tagline: "American singer and songwriter, member of The Temptations (1939-1992)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Kendricks_(1972).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1939-12-17"
deathDate: "1992-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump