Shoeshine Boy

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"Shoeshine Boy"
Single by Eddie Kendricks
from the album For You
B-side "Hooked on Your Love"
Released1975
Genre Rhythm and Blues
Length3:14
Label Tamla
Songwriter(s) Harry Booker, Linda Allen
Producer(s) Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston
Eddie Kendricks singles chronology
"One Tear"
(1974)
"Shoeshine Boy"
(1975)
"Get the Cream Off the Top"
(1975)

"Shoeshine Boy" is a 1975 R&B/pop single by Eddie Kendricks. Co-writers Linda Allen and Harry Booker sang background vocals. [1] The single was the last of Kendricks' three number-one U.S. R&B hits and one of his final crossover singles, peaking at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100. [2]

References

  1. "Eddie Kendricks - "Shoeshine Boy" - Classic Motown". classic.motown.com. Retrieved 2025-01-01.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 319.