Today In Musc History: Honoring Eddie Kendricks

Posted at 6:10 AM on October 5, 2009 by Steve Seel
Filed under: Music History

Birthdays:

Singer-guitarist Steve Miller is 66.
Brian Johnson of AC/DC is 62.
Bob Geldof is 55.
Colin Meloy of The Decemberists is 35.

Today in:

1962 - The Beatles' single "Love Me Do" backed with "P.S. I Love You" was released in Britain. It wasn't a hit in the U.S. until 1964.
1988 - Smashing Pumpkins played their first show together, at a club in Chicago. They earned $50.

Today in 1992, former Temptations singer Eddie Kendricks died of lung cancer at an Alabama hospital. He was 52. Kendricks died hours after his doctor announced he had been taken off chemotherapy and had only a few days to live. We honored Kendricks' soulful voice this morning with The Temptations' "Papa Was A Rolling Stone."

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