DENNIS EDWARDS - THE UNTOLD PAINFUL HIDDEN STORY | MYSTERIOUS DEATH_REVEALED! | FAILED RELATIONSHIPS
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- He was a volcanically dynamic power house soul singer. He hit the high notes with his deep voice in a manner that many artists just didn’t have the vocal and lung power to do so. Injecting the emotions to the lyrics using vibrato, his unique style which deeply resonates with the fans was perfect for the great Temptations group at that time. At a time when Motown was transitioning from the love ballads of Smokie Robinson to the then popular psychedelic soul of Norman Whitfield, heavily influenced by the likes of the legendary Sly Stone, his move to the Temptations was perfect. It is like it was written in the stars. For those who remember, when David Ruffin left the Temptations, we were quite sure no one was going to fill his shoes. But boom! In stepped a youthful Dennis Edwards, the perfect addition to the all-star lineup.
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this is the best story i have seen this had my heart racing the entire tine as i watched as you discussed my grandfather! Most accurate so far
Glad you enjoyed it!❤️
Your grandpa will always go down as one of the best voices around
Cool that your related to him I'm glad this video is accurate
Your grandfather was a beast on vocals. Arguably one of the greatest voices in soul/R&B music of all time. His voice gave Motown its first Grammy award.
Awesome@@back_to_the_60s
Love til this day listening to your grandfather. One of the best voices ever!! I mean that man could sing!!! Such a masculine, sexy, handsome voice!!! Matter of fact, I'm about to binge listen Dennis Edwards music now. Before, during and after the temptations. Love Dennis Edwards voice!! ❤❤❤
Drugs ain’t nothing to play with under ANY situation. Rip to the great, immensely talented Dennis Edwards!
One of the greatest soul singers of all times bar none.
Yes he was❤
The greatest
Dennis Edwards , Eddie Kendricks all the singers , Temptations one of my favorite groups ❤️🖤💚
Dennis was a great talent, loved his voice.
A singing brother! He was the excellent vehicle to take the Classic Five from the era of sweet soul ballads to psychedelic soul. Rest in peace, Brother Denn Denn.
Honestly, this documentary is so detailed, i can't look any further for his story 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you!❤️
We all have our demons. And we all lack discipline on some level. It's all good, Dennis. Rest In Peace my brother.
True💯
Thanks for sharing this wonderful look into Dennis Edward's story. I. really enjoyed it. Dennis was a very attractive man, with a great voice ❤
My pleasure!
Dennis Edwards had a voice like no other.
Yes he did...🔥🔥🔥🔥..he made you pay attention
The Temptations were one Great Group of all time. So many great songs.
Awesome story!!! Always loved his church boi voice.
Excellent job!
Glad you enjoyed it!❤️
Dennis was a great singer
In "spite" of all the "personnel" changes.. "The Tempting Temptations"...will always be....one of the "Greats" of the "entire" "Motown Collective" !!
"The "entire House of "Motown"..was Gangsta"!!
Dennis Edwards was a nice looking man and talented singer
Wow had no idea Dennis had problems with drug use . Great singer tho 😮
If you notice: many artists are bent and use drugs, or try them and then feel they can't be w/o them. It's the personality many times of the most creative people
Most of them use some type of drug that why a lot of them die young
Drugs give the euphoric illusion of keeping it 'fresh, exciting, dynamic and new, so they can continue to please us, the audience.
Enjoyed his talent, his dynamic voice through the years, and now continue to enjoy music he left us,
Sing, sing, sing, Mr. Edwards,..we're still listening in 2024.⚘
Sad to hear he did drugs for year's such a wonderful voice he had. R.I.P. Dennis Edwards .
Dennis Edward's the johnny gill of the temptations
Good comparison
Jonny took NE to a higher level
I didn’t know he was in the army
I had always heard he was in the Air Force.
He was fine in his younger years
Yes he was☺
*Dennis❤🖤💚*
Why can't people just have fun without the use of drugs. I avoid that environment like the plague. I was never a follower. I always had a mind of my own and never felt I had to partake in what others were doing to fit in. I never fit in anywhere and that was fine with me.
Mr.Dennis Edward was a very talent singer. He help gave the Temptations the it factor after David Ruffin left a amazing man !!! Get your rest brother you been through a lots!!! 😢😢😢 Shack
Dennis Edwards was as good as David Ruffin, if not better , his voice was stronger than David Ruffin's !
No sir. David's voice was waaay stronger. Word was, David at concerts would back off the mike, and just blow. So well, that the people in the back could hear him. The ONLY Tempts lead next to David Ruffin was Ali Ollie Woodson. Why do you think Norman Whitfield kept making their songs with more instrumental solos. But on the David Ruffin album Norman would produce (Me and Rock and Roll is Here to Stay) didn't have long instrumental breaks? Sorry dude.
Dennis had More Range than David also...
I’m going to have to disagree….
Their voices were similar is why he was hired but DENNIS did not have more SOUL THAN DAVID ‼️‼️‼️ David struggle you could hear in his voice and in his. Norman told DENNIS he had no soul when he sung‼️‼️‼️‼️ HE WAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT…He told Dennis when he sings there is no connection. My GIRL will forever be a beautiful song. Davids as libs and angelic runs in that song move me every time I hear it. WITH THAT BEING SAID DAVID was definitely the better singer. There is not one song by DENNIS where I’m moved kind of how I feel about Jennifer Hudson. I love a singer who connects to the song. Dennis is not one of those. He has an awesome voice BUT RUFFIN was something else ‼️
Wow this is a good story ❤
He was a US military Veteran.
I truly enjoyed watching this excellent video covering Dennis Edwards career journey! 🎤🎼 I became a fan of The Temptations in the 60's after hearing their exceptional vocals gifts & watching their stage professionalism, etc. 🎶 I was blessed to be a guest with a friend (DJ) to attend The Temptations performance at the Circle Star (San Carlos, Ca.) & Press Interview after the show! Dennis Edwards was a standout and memorable! R.I.P. 🎶🕊🎤🕊🎶
Glad you enjoyed it!
“Don’t Look and Further” will always be my favorite song. It was 4O years ago and still is today.
I loved this man called Dennis Edwards Dorothy Pitts
Drugs killed many a great group😡
With all of the great groups, they had one particular group of people who was always close to them pushing drugs from Billie Holiday to Ray Charles to Jackie Wilson and look how Clive Davis was both Phyllis Hyman and Whitney Houston manager and they both died of an overdose. There is so many more in history that have died and look who was around them.
Their egos did too
I loved The Temptations, loved those lead singers Paul, Eddie , Ollie and David , but Dennis was a star too. His time doing lead was fabulous . Ain’t nothing like those church bred voices, all of us who grew up singing in church, learned how to harmonize and sing Acapella , it started in church. I didn’t like how Otis did The Temptations because he made himself and Blue look good but exaggerated everybody else and made them look bad, lots of falsehoods folks didn’t like. I think he made Dennis look good because he was still alive then. That wife seemed to be a piece of work. She tried to suffocate him and took his hearing aids but she would never hurt him, sounds like she was tired of him and felt he was a burden to her, girl stop, karma will get her. Don’t look any further was my song as a little girl in the early 80’s. The shameful thing was folks didn’t know it was sampled for one of Tupac’s most famous songs… So much music of today is a product of samples, know your music history and where it originated to be called a real music fan. What a talented man, very missed and still loved, forever a fan of Dennis, Eddie, David, Ollie and Paul, RIP gentlemen!!!!
You talking about the movie when you mention Otis? That movie was based off the book based off of Otis’ story and they made Paul Al and even David look worse than they really were. They made Richard seem like he was an irrelevant part of the group and the dude they casted for him wasn’t great it sucks they did him dirty. The movie was so bad even Melvin’s mom sued Motown and the production company.
@@johnomalley7211 Yes I am talking about the movie. I don’t like Otis. I really hated how he portrayed David and Paul character and death. He made Paul look like a fall over drunk and that’s why he was hospitalized. Paul had sickle cell, so do I, so I know how that kinda pain can keep you from getting out of bed or be able to walk and function. If he did drank he did to be able to alter his mind to function. David wasn’t thrown from a moving car, he died in a hospital. I don’t think anybody was surprised that he made himself look good, didn’t mention his outside babies and multiple affairs….
@@shannondbrown1552 I don’t like Otis either I think he let being the “leader” get to his head a lot of times and not to mention he’s also the one that got jealous of Al and said he had a funny nose because he looked better than him but it ain’t just Otis it’s Gordy too
@@johnomalley7211 Agreed
@@shannondbrown1552 and also I don’t think Otis really liked anyone but Melvin hence the reason why he was around the longest. Ron Tyson is a favorite too which is why he’s still apart of the group now
Thank you for sharing this story, I’ve always loved Dennis Edwards 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
In my honest opinion New Edition is the closest we ever got to another band similar to the Temps. I’ve always said that Bobby was the David bad boy of the group, Johnny was the Denis the replacement who could sing better than just about anyone in the group, Mike was the Otis the brains, Ronnie was the Paul of the group because they both were really good dancer (Paul was the one who taught all the choreography for the group), I guess that left Rick as Blue… I guess they’re both Black🤷🏾♂️ lmao, and Ralph was the Eddie the smooth one of the group. And NE especially Bobby had some hits when they all went solo but they always shined the most when they were together and it was the same for The Temptations! I was born damn near 30 years after the Temps broke (up or at least the main members anyway), but man to this day I wish I could’ve seen the Temps with Eddie, David, Paul, Otis, Blue and Denis when they would all perform together.
i wouldn't compare ronnie to paul because paul could sing...
Ricky is def Paul..he’s the underdog of new Edition…and also could be rivaled as the second best singer in new Edition next to Johnny and Ralph.
New Edition is not a band. Like the Temptations, Spinners, Whispers they are a vocal group. other than Johnny Gill. The rest of New Edition can't sing .
@@user-dy5mr1xf7bthank you
Good thing it’s just an opinion
I met Dennis Edwards back around 1985 at Roy C studios along with my brother. He gave my brother his promo headshot. He was a very mature dude. Roy on the other hand was another story. Either way, it was a pleasure to meet him. RIP
Dennis could be Coach Prime lost son
He does favor him 😅
I was thinking the same thing. Lol
Lost father.
Dennis is almost 20 years OLDer!
R.I.P DENNIS 🙏🏿
He was a very humble man. Bless his soul. Rest in heavenly peace bro 🙏
Had voice of angel
This story is very informative📚 Thanks for the time and effort 🕒
Glad you enjoyed it!❤️
More coming your way! Keep that notifications bell on!🔔🔊
Job well Done Mr Edwards🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
To me Dennis Edwards surpassed the success Ruffin had with the Temptations. I lost track of Dennis after his last time rejoining the Temps. I didn’t know that he was a drug addict. His parents knew the temptation and the demonic darkness of secular music industry. It’s so crazy all of the tragedies that has happened to see many artists through the decades and it’s all the way back to the roaring 20’s. So many evil and greedy record label owners and producers. So many of those artists was taken advantage of and done wrong. And Dennis wife some to have been a beast. RIP Dennis
Dennis Edwards is my Lead singer for the Temptations. I like G.C. Cameron , Louis Price & Ollie Woodson too former lead singers for Temptations.
I highly doubt Motown was paying a $500 a week retainer for Mr. Edwards.... many of the label's top artists weren't even being paid that much.🤔
I know right that's a lot of bread back then but his story always remained consistent with his pay @ Motown...The fact that The Funk Brothers and The Andantes were paid $5 a song is disheartening 😮😔$5 ?! On all those hits!sad...
I agree
He went to Sumner High in St. Louis. That is a fact.
Fine ❤
i was stationed with dennis in munich germany and his band was smoking german people oneof the favorite songs they liked was monkey time
Wow! That must have been one hell of an experience!
This club, The Birdlands, any pictures/experiences?
😂 very handsome man and great singer
@@hemaspain5295 Awesome, I wish you would confirm the branch, Army or Air Force? (My late father was Air Force) , some have said Army, some Air Force. I bet that was an awesome experience to see him pure, before drugs and fame, how was he?
DENNIS WAS WELL LIKED NOT BECAUSE OF HIS MUSICAL TALENT ,BUT BEING A STRAIGHT DETROIT BROTHER,AND THE GERMANS WENT CRAZY.THE BAND WAS THE BEST IN GERMANY EVERYBODY WENT CRAZY WHEN HE SANG MONKEY TIME,HE WAS IN THE 24TH INFANTRY WARNER KERSERNE ARMY ,SORRY TO HEAR HOW HW PASSED AWAY
Loved your grandads music. My Grandad passed 5 years ago this May. Im sure they crossed paths in their musical lifetime. My Grandad was the first to put Bongos in Rock n Roll. Mr Bongorock Preston Epps dropped Bongorock in 1959. He started the bongo beach scene before the beach boys did. Him, Ray Charles, little Richard, Chuck Berry and other rock n rollers worked together on circuits through out . The tune Whipeout was stole from my Grandad song Bongorock. Just a little tid bit.
The temptation was the badest group ever and no other group can touch them. Thats just my opinion.
I loved that guy's singing soo much. What a struggle in life but Dennis rose to the occasion. He entertained us all and is the soundtrack to our lives. This was a great bio. Thank you. I wonder if some of his children are in the music business?❤❤❤
Your grandfathers radiating voice back and forth with Eddie, echoed through the dark halls of the housing projects. And Dennis Edwards was a major voice through the of the Civil Rights movement. From 1968 on up. Imagine that? RIP ICON! ❤
❤may our Heavenly father bless all of the departed Temps.❤
You know what I think,David was brilliant, and then Dennis took them a step further with the psychedelic era,both good but different ❤
Rest In Paradise, Great one ! We luv you.... Thank you for sharing your magic with us! #St.louis
Dennis was a very funny person 😅
Jimmy ruffin we always hear bout him mmm
Tormented and heart breaking end of life. Am praying he is at peace.
My mom went to Eastern High school back in the day
Great voice. The mention of the music/songs brought back good memories. Sweet Sweet Memories.
I met him at MediaSound on 57th Street up the block from Sardis.
Thank you for the story of his life. I never knew he went through so much. Thank you! RIP Dennis!🙏🏽⚘️🙏🏽⚘️🙏🏽⚘️
Glad you enjoyed it
She remains me of a ward of a state kid who had grew up living in a state faculty when she was a child. They usually act like this
Thank You
Legend!!!
I like this cause its always about jimmmy nit ball
Great documentary👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Glad you enjoyed it!
This man could SING...he made you pay attention..soulful singer..let you have it🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
I listen to Don't look any further at least twice a week lol. It's still a top 5 fave for me, although I was just born when it came out😂❤❤❤❤
I love the story about Dennis Edwards.❤
Wow!! Great job!
Glad you enjoyed it!
He was very humble great and righteous brother great singer.
I saw them live back in the day when Dennis first joined them it was the Denver Coliseum do we still wearing ruffle shirts and it was awesome
Dennis also sung lead on another Contours song: Your Love Grows More Precious Everyday.
Stellar
Born was told the right, went to church, went to school, notice singing talent went to Hollywood got a big head got on drugs and forgot about the upbringing and church and died.
Only God can judge his heart tho
People die all the time what's your point 💭
Very callous, cold description of 74 years of a full life. Your life will probably be summed up in 1 sentence. Some people just aren't raised to respect anyone or anything. YOU belong to that classless group of people. His children and loved ones have posted on here. I hope they didn't see your comment. What is wrong with you? Were you raised by animals?
Wow! Dennis was your grandfather? What a hard act to follow!! Gone too soon!
Mmmm what they called that back in the day the conk lol
He was great but he even admitted David was the voice
Yes David was ‼️ David voice is mesmerizing
They should have never let norman Whitfield write that psychedelic music about drugs & being higher the temptations should have stuck with the love ballard style of music
Bunny debarge said if you with the music industry the drugs come woth it & she knows!!
Dennis Edwards was a perfect replacement for David Ruffin.
❤❤
Know why he
Divorced some
Of them.
Everybody thought they
Knew him.
Tell us more
Peace to Dennis Edwards his Fam , his group mates and all of his collaborators
Don't have to look further.
“ WOW “ those narcotic drugs are devastating. I wonder if the rumor is true that record producers and companies help string out their artist on drugs to get more sounds out of them interesting theory.
I suspect they were given drugs with the rigorous touring in car from 1 city to another the record co made the drugs easy accessible w tgeir Manager giving them to boost their energy to perform I recall Eddie Kendrick Pau l Williams and Dennis Edwards in Eddie's advocate Green Cadillac in the stadium special parking lot for entertainers and I and my best friend were waiting to meet them as Eddie drove out fro. There very nice to us tgey were not anyway did either act bothered by us flagging them down Eddie ask me what you doing out here so late I said I wanted to see you he smiled and said go home I met him many yrs later and he remembered my writing on his brand new Cadillac he'd purchased that day in Detroit mich more I to tell about the car nothing inappropriate ok but I'll just say many yrs later God blessed us to become like family along w Dennis and David
That should have been Munich Germany..and it was the tabereen bar in Germany..he worked on post..in Munich..so did I.. military police .he was with the post office on the base.
He was situated in Dachau but the clubs they went to were in Germany.
Dachau to Germany is 12 miles apart.
I remember the "Plantation " Club on Frankfurt post.
Dennis Edwards didn't have to fill any ones shoes, he did better, he became the Temptations. His voice was as big as James Brown and Jimi Hendrix. RIP.💔
Dennis addiction is a family affair. I believe the Queen matchmade our date. However, genuinely my goal to manage you went up in smoke. Only God Knows! CYL🙏🏾
He was on drugs 2
"Very Good Story His Mother Was A Very Close Friend Of His Mother And His Father Was An Amazing Man Of God!!!"And He And Dennis Could Play Guitar Mother Left Detroit In Her Latter Years And Moved To One Of The St.Louis Suburbs Believe It Was Universal City,Mo."Great Story A Few Things Missing But Basically Most Was Accurate And Correct."
Much love and appreciation always to Dennis, Eddie, David, Paul, Melvin, and Otis. Giants and Icons...IT'S PAST TIME FOR AMERICANS AND MY BLACK AMERICANS IN PARTICULAR TO STOP TREATING COCAINE LIKE SOME KIND OF FCUKING DIETY...AS THOUGH IT IS INDISPENSABLE................
Is She Going Too Be Charged For His Death I Believe She Did It. The Truth Will Come Too The Light.🌹🙏❤️
I know why he went in army
Know most of this. Plus some. All is not
Accurate.
Spent 40 plus
Yrs with him.
That’s all I am
Saying
We took most of it from the horse's mouth in an hour interview he did.
Why did he go to the army?
Met him in 1969.Motown Revue.
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Dennis Edwards my how he could sing he EDDIE KENDRICK DAVID RIFFIN WERE 3 OUT SUNG THE 5 DDNNIS HAD LOTS OF LADIES LIOVED DENNIS AS MUCH AS EDDIE AND DAVID I SYRE HAVE GOOD MEMORIES OF HIM NOT ZS A DRUG ADDICT BUT A GREAT PERFORMER MOST PPL IN MUSIC ARE BEYOND THE NORM I THINK LOTS OF SINGERS ARE
GOOD PEOPLE WITH FAULTS AND WEAKNESSES. IN THEIR FLESH I KNOW HE WAZSA GOOD PICK TO. PUT HIM IN TGE TEMPTATIONS TO REPLACE DAVID RUFFIN BUT THEY GOT TOGETHER AND MADE MUSIC HISTORY HE SUNG W THE CONTOURS QST AT MOTOWN
Sad he married the wrong women.
Kanes Parents and Kane and wifey Keke and family and friends remember him and the Group 😊
This is why you don't see David and Dennis together, he replaced him 😅 The originals, David, Eddie, Paul and Otis. Apart from the last, all had terrible endings. His last wife got sick of looking after him and wanted his wealth. Wonder if the wife he'd left loved him more