Ed Townsend

Singer/songwriter Ed Townsend wrote and produced the Impressions' number one R&B hit "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm a Changed Man)." In the mid-'70s, he co-wrote with Marvin Gaye the singer's classic number one R&B/pop hit "Let's Get It On." Townsend also had his own R&B/pop hit single, "For Your Love" in 1958. Born April 16, 1929, in Fayetteville, TN, Townsend was very active in his minister father's church. He was an education major at Wilberforce University and graduated from Arkansas State College. He taught briefly before joining the Marine Corps and spending two yea...