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"Keep On Truckin', Pt. 1" | ||||
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Single by Eddie Kendricks | ||||
from the album Eddie Kendricks | ||||
B-side | "Keep On Truckin', Pt. 2" | |||
Released | August 1973 | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Studio | Motown studios in Los Angeles with Crystal Sound Recording Players[1] | |||
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Length | 3:21 (single edit) 8:00 (album version) | |||
Label | Tamla (T 54238) | |||
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Producer(s) | Frank Wilson | |||
Eddie Kendricks singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Keep On Truckin'" on YouTube |
"Keep On Truckin'" is a 1973 hit song recorded by Eddie Kendricks for Motown Records' Tamla label. The clavinet-featuring song was Kendricks' first major hit as a solo artist, coming two years after his departure from The Temptations. "Keep On Truckin'" reached number one on both the Billboard Hot 100 and R&B Singles Chart upon its release, and was Kendricks' only number-one solo hit.[3] It also reached #18 on the UK Charts.[4] Vibes are played by Gary Coleman.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page).That's how we got "Keep On Truckin'," arguably the first disco record ever to hit #1...As much as Kendricks didn't like that Norman Whitfield psychedelic-soul sound, "Keep On Truckin'" is basically a weaponized version of that...