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Plot. Five boys - Donald "Duck" Matthews, Anthony "Choirboy" Stone, J.T. Matthews, Terrence "Dresser" Williams, and Eddie King, Jr. - perform at a Battle of the Bands contest as The Heartbeats. The group loses to Flash and the Ebony Sparks, but pleases the crowd and is noticed by Jimmy Potter.
Eddie Kane (August 12, 1889 – April 30, 1969) was an American actor who appeared in over 250 productions from 1928 to 1959. Biography. Kane was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His early career was in vaudeville as a member of the two-man team of Kane & Herman.
- J.T. Upstages Flash. Matthews (Leon), the ladies man of the group, feels like he’s in a career slump. After getting some advice from his brother Duck (Robert Townsend), J.T.
- Sarge Shows Off His Dance Moves. As the old adage goes, “You never judge a book by its cover.” That’s exactly what Terrence “Dresser” Williams (Harry J. Lennix) does when he first catches a glimpse of Sarge (Richard Nicholas).
- Eddie King Jr. Becomes The Lead Singer. When Eddie King Jr. (Michael Wright) slides on stage and grabs the mic, a legend is born. He just left a card game with the lead singer Bobby, but Bobby got shot when they were on the run and couldn’t make the gig.
- Duck and His Sister Singing ‘We Haven’t Finished Yet’ In one scene, Duck was struggling to write a new song. He was throwing papers everywhere while his adolescent sister was trying to clean up their room.
Mar 29, 2011 · Similar to David Ruffin (The Temptations), Eddie is the lead vocalist of the band and falls into a life of drugs that eventually leads to his expulsion from the group as well as emotional trauma. Eddie is one of the founding members of The Heartbeats and serves as the crowd pleaser whose voice leads to success in many of their performances.
Mar 29, 1991 · In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation.
Tall, distinguished-looking Eddie Kane was never remotely a star in movies or television, but he played just about every kind of important supporting and bit role that there was to portray in a Hollywood career that stretched over a quarter century.
