Lead Singer for group The Temptations, Dennis Edwards has died at the age of 74.

Edwards joined the Temptations in 1968 and had a number of hits including two Grammy award winning songs, Papa Was a Rollin' Stone and Cloud Nine.

He pursued a solo career in the 1980s and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

The Temptations was one of the leading male vocal groups of the 1960s and early 1970s and helped define the signature Motown sound.