18 years since Eddie Kendricks passed away

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TopDiva, that was the jam that pretty much officially kicked off the Disco Explosion here in New York in the seventies!

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TopDiva, that was the jam that pretty much officially kicked off the Disco Explosion here in New York in the seventies!

WHAT!!! I certainly did not know that. I hope that Unsung will get around to Eddie Kendricks as well.

Thanks for the info.

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WHAT!!! I certainly did not know that. I hope that Unsung will get around to Eddie Kendricks as well.

Thanks for the info.

Oh come on! I mean everybody knows that it was the extended play of "Girl You Need A Change of Mind" by Eddie Kendricks that began it all across the board. Denzel Washington even talks about it in one of his interviews a fews back. Eddie Murphy's mentioned it as well. I know it from just being here.

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Check this out. An excerpt from Wikipedia's Eddie Kendricks bio:

Solo career and later years
Kendricks' solo career began slowly; he endured two years of singles that missed the Top 40, while The Temptations continued with their string of Norman Whitfield-helmed hits [[one of which, "Superstar [[Remember How You Got Where You Are)", was written as a jab towards Kendricks and Ruffin). Despite enjoying only a modicum of commercial success and radio airplay, Kendricks's 1972 album People... Hold On [[with the aid of his touring group, The Young Senators) was a cornerstone of DJ playlists in downtown New York's nascent disco scene. The expansive, eight minute take on "Girl, You Need A Change Of Mind" [[Later remade by R&B singer D'Angelo for the Get on the Bus Soundtrack) from the album was a particular favorite at David Mancuso's Loft. As the dance craze seeped through into other cities,