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The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards (Mardi Gras Casino- Hallandale Beach)

Posted on September 16th, 2016 · Hallandale Beach Music/Events/Other

* The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards.

Just read the below advertisement this morning in the Sun Sentinel. Long story short, fans of The Temptations will definitely want to see this show- as it’s about as close to seeing the “real” Temptations when they were in their prime in the 60’s-70’s!

One other quick observation, the advertisement boasts that the Mardi Gras Casino was “Voted Best Casino 2015”- Jeff Eats is just smiling on that one🙂…must be the same guy who year in and year out votes- Publix fried chicken as being the best in south Florida!

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Posted on September 3rd, 2016
* The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards.

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There have been many “Temptations” but the only ones inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Dave Ruffin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams.

Otis “owns” The Temptations’ name and tours with 4-guys who “never in a million years” would have qualified to be Temptations in the group’s hey day! Franklin/Kendricks/Williams/Ruffin have passed and Dennis’ tribute group has for years- mesmerized audiences with its dead-on Temptations’ vocals, dance moves and style

The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards plays the Mardis Gras Casino in Hallandale Beach, Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 7pm. You can order tickets at mardisgrascasinofl.com.

from mardigrascasinofl.com

Born February 3, 1943 in Birmingham, Alabama to Reverend and Mrs. Dennis Edwards Sr., he began singing as a toddler, just two years old, in his fathers’ church. His family moved to Detroit when he was seven. As a high school student, Edwards sang with the Crowns of Joy gospel group, and then in 1961 he organized his own soul/jazz group, Dennis Edwards and the Fireballs. Before joining The Contours in 1967, Edwards recorded a single for the obscure Detroit label, International Soulville Records. The single was a track called “I Didn’t Have to (But I Did)” with Johnnie on the Spot.

Edwards was the first new Temptation to enter the group after their “classic five” heyday, when he replaced David Ruffin as lead singer in July 1968. The Temptations officially introduced Edwards on July 9, 1968 on stage in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. With his rougher gospel-hewn vocals, Edwards led the group through its psychedelic, funk, and disco periods; two of the Temptations songs he appears on, “Cloud Nine” (1968) and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” (1972), won Grammy Awards. Edwards was the lead singer on many or the other Temptations hits including “I Cant’ Get Next To you”, “Ball of Confusion”, “Psychedelic Shack” and “My Girl”. The Temptations became one of the most successful Motown groups in the world.

In 1984 Motown re-launched Edwards’ solo career, and he had a hit with the 1984 single Don’t Look Any Further, which is a favorite of many fans. Dennis Edwards has received 7 Grammy Awards, 14 Gold Records, has sold over 100,000,000 recordings worldwide, is a member of the Alabama Hall of Fame and performed in Washington D.C. for the 2009 Inaugural Ball for President Obama. Edward’s television credits include many guest appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Trinity Broadcasting Network, Motown’s 25th Anniversary, PBS Soul to Soul Special, Feed the Children and TV One – Jeff Majors Show.

4 Comments to “The Temptations Review Featuring Dennis Edwards (Mardi Gras Casino- Hallandale Beach)”

  1. Gary Goldberg says...

    Jeff,
    My wife and I are going. We got tickets after reading your 9/3 post.
    Best casino, heh hehe heh!

  2. Lou Adler says...

    Just got tickets. Should be a great show.

    • Alan merkel says...

      BEEN A BIG FAN OF MY FAVORITE GROUP THE TEMPTATIONS FOREVER..HOPE TO MEET OTIS AND DENNIS IN PERSON FOR A PHOTO..MAKE MY DREAM COME TRUE….BEEN A FAN SINCE THE 60S…KNOW EVERY SONG BY HARD….ILL BE THERE AT THE CASINO..I ONLY LIVE 15 MINUTES AWAY….THANKS FOR BEING NUMBER ONE ALL MY LIFE….GOOD LUCK WITH THE SHOW….HOPING TO TAKE SOME SHOTS WITH THE GROUP IN PERSON….MY DREAM

  3. Marc C says...

    Just bought 2 tickets.
    Missed the advertisement.
    Thanks for the heads up.

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