"Boogie Down," Eddie Kendricks (1974)

A harbinger of the coming disco storm

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When Eddie Kendricks was a lead singer in The Temptations, he recorded “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready,” and several other all-time classics. When he left the group for a solo career, nothing much happened at first. He released two albums and s…