Editing Ed Townsend (section)

{{Short description|American singer, songwriter, record producer}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name                 = Ed Townsend
|image                = File:Ed_Townsend_Glad_To_Be_Here.jpg
|caption              = Townsend in 1959
|background           = non_performing_personnel
|birth_name           = Edward Benjamin Townsend
|birth_date           = {{birth date|mf=yes|1929|4|16}}
|birth_place          = [[Fayetteville, Tennessee]], U.S.
|death_date           = {{death date and age|2003|8|13|1929|4|16}}
|death_place          = [[San Bernardino, California]], U.S.
|genre                = [[Rhythm and blues]], [[doo-wop]], [[Soul music|soul]]
|occupation           = Singer, [[songwriter]], [[record producer]]
|years_active         = 1950–2001
|label                = [[Aladdin Records|Aladdin]], [[Dot Records|Dot]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Carlton Records| Carlton]], [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[Challenge Records (1950s-60s label)|Challenge]], [[Liberty Records|Liberty]], [[MGM Records| MGM]], [[Curtom Records|Curtom]], [[Chocolate City Records| Chocolate City]], KT Records, Maxx Records, Tru-Glo-Town Records, EGA Records
|associated_acts      = [[Marvin Gaye]], [[The Impressions]], [[Nat King Cole]], [[Etta James]], [[Gloria Lynne]], [[Dionne Warwick]], [[Theola Kilgore]]
}}
{{Infobox person
|education            = [[University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff|Arkansas AM&N College]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* Cherrigale 
* Janice
}}
|children             = 3
|family               = [[David Townsend (musician) |David Townsend]] 
}}

'''Edward Benjamin Townsend''' (April 16, 1929<ref name="Larkin50"/> – August 13, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He performed and composed "[[For Your Love (Ed Townsend song)|For Your Love]]", a [[rhythm and blues]] [[doo-wop]] classic, and co-wrote "[[Let's Get It On (song)|Let's Get It On]]" with [[Marvin Gaye]].<ref name="Townsend obit">{{cite web |url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article334783.ece |title=David Townsend – Singer with the soul trio Surface |last=Perrone |first=Pierre |work=Independent.co.uk – Obituaries |date=December 25, 2005 |access-date=April 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225225643/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article334783.ece |archive-date=December 25, 2005 }}</ref>