Edward Benjamin Townsend (April 16, 1929 – August 13, 2003) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He performed and composed "For Your Love", a rhythm and blues doo-wop classic, and co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye. == Biography == Townsend was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States, in 1929, and his family soon moved to Memphis, where his father was pastor at an African Methodist Episcopal church. The year Townsend graduated from high school, he was... [more on Wikipedia]