Happy Birthday Eddie Kendricks 💚🎶 Born December 17, 1939, Eddie Kendricks gave soul music one of its most unforgettable voices. That falsetto wasn’t just a sound, it was a feeling. As a founding member and lead singer of The Temptations, Eddie helped shape the sound of Motown and the soundtrack of so many lives. From “The Way You Do the Things You Do” and “Get Ready” to “Just My Imagination,” his voice carried romance, hope, and vulnerability like nobody else. And when he stepped out solo, he

“Eddie Kendricks, a founding member of The Temptations, and affectionately nicknamed “Corn” by the group because he loved cornbread, will always be remembered as one of our original superstars, whose iconic voice was one of the greatest in the modern era. The memories we made have never faded and the music we made will last an eternity. Back in the day, I had a group called Otis Williams and the Siberians, and we used to rehearse in a Detroit spot that was also used by a trio called the Primes (