Shoeshine boy

"Shoeshine Boy"
Single by Eddie Kendricks
from the album For you
Released	1975
Format	7"
Length	3:14
Writer(s)	Harry Booker, Linda Allen
Producer(s)	Frank Wilson, Leonard Caston

"Shoeshine Boy" is a 1975 R&B/pop single by Eddie Kendricks. The single was the last of his three number-one U.S. R&B hits and one of his final crossover singles, peaking at number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100.

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