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Bobby Rogers
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Brian Holland
:This article is about the African American songwriter and record producer. For the Bryan Holland who is best known as the lead singer/guitarist of the American band The Offspring, see Dexter Holland.
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Damon Harris
Damon Harris (born Otis Robert Harris, Jr. on July 17, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a three-time Grammy Award-winning African-American soul and R&B; singer. He is most notable as a member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1975. Twenty years old when he joined the group, Harris was the youngest member of The Temptations during his tenure in the group. As a teenager Harris had formed a Temptations tribute band named The Young Tempts (AKA The Young Vandals). The group had charted singles released on T-Neck Records, and later had a few minor hits under the name Impact. Harris is now the founder and CEO of The Damon Harris Cancer Foundation dedicated to promoting the awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer.
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David Ruffin
Davis Eli "David" Ruffin (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations from 1964 to 1968 (or the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known). He was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." Known for his unique raspy and anguished tenor vocals, Ruffin was ranked as one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time by Rolling Stone magazine in 2008. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 for his work with the Temptations. Fellow Motown recording artist Marvin Gaye once said admiringly of Ruffin that, "I heard in [his voice] a strength my own voice lacked."
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Dennis Edwards
Dennis Edwards (born February 3, 1943) is a soul and R&B; singer, most noted for being one of Motown act The Temptations' lead singers replacing David Ruffin. He is the father of Issa Pointer, whose mother is Ruth Pointer of The Pointer Sisters.
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Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross (born March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress. During the 1960s, she helped shape the Motown sound as lead singer of The Supremes, before leaving the group for a solo career on January 14, 1970. Since the beginning of her career with The Supremes and as a solo artist, Ross has sold more than 150 million records.
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Edward Holland, Jr.
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Elbridge Bryant
Elbridge "Al" Bryant (September 28, 1939 – October 26, 1975) was an American tenor singer, and one of the founding members of Motown singing group The Temptations.
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G. C. Cameron
George Curtis "G.C." Cameron (born September 21, 1945. In Jackson, Mississippi) is an American soul and R&B; singer. G.C. is credited with having "six different voices."
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Glenn Leonard
Glenn Carl Leonard (born June 11, 1947 in Washington, D.C.) is an American R&B; and soul singer best remembered for serving as the first tenor/secondary lead singer of the legendary Motown quintet The Temptations from 1975 to 1983.
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Harry J. Lennix
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Harry McGilberry
Harry McGilberry (January 19, 1950 – April 3, 2006) was an American R&B; and soul singer and latter-day bass singer for The Temptations between 1995 and 2003.
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Jeffrey Bowen
Jeffrey Bowen was a songwriter and record producer, notable for his work at both Motown Records and Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus and Hot Wax labels. He is best known for his work with the Detroit male vocal groups Chairmen of the Board and The Temptations. Bowen produced three albums for the Temptations: The Temptations in a Mellow Mood, A Song for You, and Wings of Love.
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Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin (born May 7, 1939) is an American soul singer, and elder brother of the late David Ruffin of The Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted."
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Joe Herndon
Walter Joseph Herndon (born January 5, 1949) is an American R&B; and soul singer, former bass singer of a version of doo-wop group The Spaniels and the current bass singer for The Temptations.
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Johnny Gill
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Lamont Dozier
Lamont Dozier (born Lamont Herbert Dozier June 16, 1941) is an American songwriter and record producer. He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
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Leon Robinson
Leon Preston Robinson IV (born March 8, 1962) usually credited as simply Leon, is an American actor and singer, who began his professional career as an actor in 1981.
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Leon Russell
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942; Lawton, Oklahoma), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist.
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Louis Price
Louis Bernhardt Price (born March 29, 1953) is an American R&B;, soul singer, and actor notable for being the lead singer of the first post-Dennis Edwards led version of The Temptations from 1977 to 1980.
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Luther Vandross
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Mary Wilson (singer)
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Melvin Franklin
David Melvin English (October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995) better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, was an American bass singer. Franklin is best known for his role as a member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1961 to 1994.
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Murphy Brown
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Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, best known for his work with Berry Gordy's Motown label during the 1960s. He was credited as being one of the creators of the Motown Sound, as well as one of the major instrumental figures in the late-60s sub-genre of psychedelic soul.
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Otis Williams
Otis Williams (born October 30, 1941) is an American tenor singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform. Williams is the group's only surviving original member.
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Peter Tosh
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Ray Davis (musician)
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Richard Street
Richard Allen Street (born October 5, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American soul and R&B; singer, most notable as a member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1993. Street was the first member of the Temptations to actually be a native of Detroit; all of the previous members were born and at least partially raised in the southern United States.
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Rick James
Rick James (February 1, 1948August 6, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular R&B; and funk singer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four #1 hits on the U.S. R&B; charts. Among his well known songs are "Super Freak" and "You and I". In addition to his music James gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle, which led to widely publicized legal problems.
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Ricky Owens
Ricky Owens (born Richard Edgar Owens in St. Louis, Missouri) (April 24, 1939 - December 6, 1996) was an African-American R&B; and soul singer better known as the first tenor and lead singer of the doo-wop/R&B; group The Vibrations and, briefly, as member of The Temptations, the first replacement of original Temptations founding member Eddie Kendricks. He was then soon afterwards replaced by Damon Harris in the group while he returned to The Vibrations.
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Rod Stewart
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Ron Tyson
Ron Tyson (born February 8, 1948) is an American tenor/falsetto singer and songwriter. Tyson is the current tenor for long-lived singing group The Temptations, filling the role made famous by Eddie Kendricks in the 1960s.
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Ronnie White
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Rose Royce
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Sam Cooke
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy. Robinson's consistent commercial success and creative contributions to the label have earned him the title "King of Motown."
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Terry Weeks
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The Impressions
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The Parliaments
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Theo Peoples
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Temptation Filmography
- Cum Filled (2005)
- The 69 Club (2005)
- Dearest Diary (2004)
- Cum Dumpsters 2 (2003)
- Amateur Angels 9 (2003)
- Charm School Brats (2003)
- Cock Swallowers (2003)
- Cum Swapping Sluts 3 (2003)
- Envy (2003)
- Hook-ups 2 (2003)
- I'll Do Anything (2003)
- Jack's Playground 7 (2003)
- One True Chance (2003)
- Pussy Foot'n 8 (2003)
- Summer Mischief (2003)
- Teens in Toyland (2003)
- The Best of Brittney Skye (2003)
- When the Boyz Are Away the Girlz Will Play 10 (2003)
- Witch Coven College (2003)
- Barely Legal 28 (2002)
- Chica Boom 15 (2002)
- Pussy Playhouse 4 (2002)
- Big Blowout (2002)
- Wicked Auditions (2002)
- Girls Home Alone 19 (2002)
- Handjobs 11 (2002)
- Heaven (2002)
- Teen Dreams 2 (2002)
- Teen Perversions (2002)
- Teen Tryouts Audition 17 (2002)
- North Pole #32 (2002)
- Young as They Cum 8 (2002)
Temptations, The Filmography
- The Best of 'The Temptations' on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (2011)
- Motown Gold from 'The Ed Sullivan Show' (2011)
- My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (2010)
- My Music: Motown Memories (2009)
- The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (2006)
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
- Motown Christmas (2002)
- Super Bowl XXXII (1998)
- Rock & Roll (1995)
- Motown 30: What's Goin' On! (1990)
- Lou Rawls Presents Black Gold Hits (1988)
- Motown on Showtime: Temptations and Four Tops (1986)
- Super Night of Rock 'n' Roll (1984)
- The 14th Annual Grammy Awards (1972)
- G.I.T. on Broadway (1969)
- Diana Ross and The Supremes and The Temptations on Broadway (1969)
Temptation Filmography
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- Can I Get a Witness
- How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Hold on I'm Comin'
- My Girl
- This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- I'll Be There
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
- Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
- Get Ready
- Cloud Nine
- Respect Yourself
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I'll Be in Trouble
- The Girl's Alright With Me
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
- My Girl
- It's Growing
- Since I Lost My Baby
- My Baby
- Don't Look Back
- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- All I Need
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Girl
- It's Growing
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Don't Look Back
- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- You're My Everything
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Cloud Nine
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Shakey Ground
- Treat Her Like a Lady
- Stay
- Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up
- Hold On I'm Comin'
- Wake up evrybody
- Minute By Minute
- I'm In Love
- Don't Ask My Neighbors
- Love Ballad
- Let It Be Me
- How Deep Is Your Love
- (Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again
- Respect Yourself
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Girl
- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- You're My Everything
- I Wish It Would Rain
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Masterpiece
- Let Your Hair Down
- Happy People
- Shakey Ground
- Stay
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Get Ready
- My Girl
- Just My Imagination
- Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- Beauty's Only Skin Deep
- I Can't Get Next to You
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Ball of Confusion
- Cloud Nine
- Old Timer
- Finish Up
- Pokey
- Bangs
- Big Day
- Can I Get a Witness
- Reflections
- How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- I Hear a Symphony
- Try It Baby
- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Ooo Baby Baby
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- I'll Be There
- Neither One of Us
- Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)
- Dream Come True
- I Want a Love I Can See
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Girl
- It's Growing
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Don't Look Back
- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- All I Need
- You're My Everything
- I Wish It Would Rain
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Cloud Nine
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Papa Was A Rolling Stone
- Ball Of Confusion
- Cloud Nine
- I'm Losing You (I Know)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Just My Imagination
- Runaway Child
- Keep On Trucking
- The Way You Do The Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Get Ready
- Masterpiece
- Psychedelic Shack
- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- My Girl
- My Girl
- It's Growing
- What Love Has Joined Together
- The Girl's Alright With Me
- My Baby
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Two Sides To Love
- You're My Everything
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- Love Woke Me Up This Morning
- Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
- Heavenly
- Firefly
- A Song For You
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Cloud Nine
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- My Girl
- Keep on Truckin'
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Get Ready
- Masterpiece
- Psychedelic Shack
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Cindy
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- Fan the Flame
- He Who Picks the Rose
- Why Did You Leave Me Darling
- I Truly, Truly Believe
- This Is My Beloved
- Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
- I've Passed This Way Before
- No Man Can Love Her Like I Do
- Hello, Young Lovers
- A Taste of Honey
- For Once in My Life
- Somewhere
- Ol' Man River
- I'm Ready for Love
- Try to Remember
- Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
- What Now My Love
- That's Life
- With These Hands
- The Impossible Dream
- Introduction
- Get Ready
- You're My Everything
- I Truly, Truly Believe
- I Wish It Would Rain
- For Once in My Life
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Introduction of the Band and Group
- Hello, Young Lovers
- With These Hands
- Swanee
- The Impossible Dream
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
- All I Need
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
- No More Water in the Well
- Save My Love for a Rainy Day
- Just One Last Look
- Sorry Is a Sorry Word
- Now That You've Won Me
- Two Sides to Love
- Don't Send Me Away
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Want a Love I Can See
- Dream Come True
- Paradise
- May I Have This Dance
- Isn't She Pretty
- Just Let Me Know
- Your Wonderful Love
- The Further You Look, the Less You See
- Check Yourself
- Slow Down Heart
- Farewell My Love
- Baby, Baby I Need You
- My Girl
- What Love Has Joined Together
- You'll Lose a Precious Love
- It's Crowing
- Who's Lovin' You
- What's So Good About Goodbye
- You Beat Me to the Punch
- Way Over There
- You've Really Got a Hold on Me
- (You Can) Depend on Me
- I'll Just Go Crazy (intro)
- I'm Here
- Your Love
- Elevator Eyes
- Selfish Reasons
- Kiss Me Like You Miss Me
- Party
- It's Alright to Be Wrong
- Proven & True
- Got to Get on the Road
- I'll Just Go Crazy
- A Little Bit Lonely
- One Love One World (interlude)
- Error of Our Ways
- Introduction (Scott Regen)
- Medley: Girl (Why You Wanna' Make Me Blue) / The Girl's Alright With Me / I'll Be in Trouble / I Want a Love I Can See
- What Love Has Joined Together
- My Girl
- Yesterday / What Now My Love
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Group Introduction
- I Wish You Love
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Old Man River
- Get Ready
- Fading Away
- My Baby
- You'll Lose a Precious Love
- Baby, Baby I Need You
- Don't Look Back
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Girl
- I'll Be in Trouble
- (Girl) Why You Wanna Make Me Blue
- The Girl's Alright With Me
- Get Ready
- (You're My) Dream Come True
- I Couldn't Cry If I Wanted To
- You're the One I Need
- You'll Lose a Precious Love
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Who's Lovin' You
- Nobody but You
- I Gotta Know Now
- Too Busy Things About My Baby
- You've Got to Earn It
- Everybody Needs Love
- It's Growing
- Don't Look Back
- Since I Lost My Baby
- The Girl's Alright With Me
- Just Another Lonely Night
- My Baby
- You've Got to Earn It
- Everybody Needs Love
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
- Don't Look Back
- I Gotta Know Now
- Born to Love You
- I'll Be in Trouble
- You're the One I Need
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
- All I Need
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
- No More Water in the Well
- Save My Love for a Rainy Day
- Just One Last Look
- Sorry Is a Sorry Word
- You're My Everything
- Now That You've Won Me
- Two Sides to Love
- Don't Send Me Away
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- Just My Imagination (Runing Away with Me)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Masterpiece
- Cloud Nine
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- My Girl
- Keep on Truckin'
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Get Ready
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Psychedelic Shack
- My Girl
- I'm Ready for Love
- Don't Look Back
- You've Really Got a Hold on Me
- Paradise
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- My Baby
- Two Sides to Love
- I've Passed This Way Before
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
- The End of Our Road
- Introduction
- Get Ready
- You're My Everything
- I Truly, Truly Believe
- I Wish It Would Rain
- For Once in My Life
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Introduction of Band and Group
- Hello, Young Lovers
- With These Hands
- Swanee
- Impossible Dream
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Eenie, Meenie, Miinie, Moe
- Any Old Lovin' (Just Won't Do)
- Hoops of Fire
- We Should Be Makin' Love
- The Jones'
- Get Ready
- Corner of My Heart
- Whenever You're Ready
- Do It Easy
- Wait a Minute
- Celebrate
- Cloud Nine
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
- Hey Girl
- Why Did She Have to Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)
- I Need Your Lovin'
- Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
- I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back)
- Gonna Keep on Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
- Psychedelic Shack
- You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
- Hum Along and Dance
- Take a Stroll Through Your Mind
- It's Summer
- War
- You Need Love Like I Do (Don't You)
- Friendship Train
- Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
- Run Charlie Run
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Love Woke Me Up This Morning
- I Ain't Got Nothin'
- The First Time Ever (I Saw Your Face)
- Mother Nature
- Do Your Thing
- Friends
- Special
- All I Want From You
- She's Better Than Money
- One Step at a Time
- Fill Me Up
- Go Ahead
- Loveline
- Soul to Soul
- O.A.O. Lover
- Running
- Treat Her Like a Lady
- How Can You Say That It's Over
- My Love Is True Truly for You
- Memories
- Just to Keep You in My Life
- Set Your Love Right
- I'll Keep My Light in My Window
- Introduction
- Get Ready
- You're My Everything
- I Truly, Truly Believe
- I Wish It Would Rain
- For Once in My Life
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Introduction of Band & Group
- Hello Young Lovers
- With These Hands
- Swanee
- The Impossible Dream
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
- All I Need
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
- Mo More Water in the Well
- Save My Love for a Rainy Day
- Just One Last Look
- Sorry Is a Sorry Word
- You're My Everything
- Now That You've Won Me
- Two Sides to Love
- Don't Send Me Away
- Look What You Started
- I Wonder Who She's Seeing Now
- 10 X 10
- Do You Wanna Go With Me
- Little Things
- I Got Your Number
- Everytime I Close My Eyes
- Lucky
- Put Your Foot Down
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Great Songs and Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary Television Special
Released 1987
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- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- My Girl
- I Can't Get Next to You
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- I Wish It Would Rain
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Ball of Confusion (That's the Way the World Is Today)
- Cloud Nine
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Happy People
- Glasshouse
- Shakey Ground
- The Prophet
- Happy People (instrumental)
- A Song for You
- Memories
- I'm a Bachelor
- Firefly
- Hey Girl (I Like Your Style)
- Masterpiece
- Ma
- Law of the Land
- Plastic Man
- Hurry Tomorrow
- Cloud Nine
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- Love Is a Hurtin' Thing
- Hey Girl
- Why Did She Leave Me (Why Did She Have to Go)
- I Need Your Lovin'
- Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me
- I Gotta Find a Way (To Get You Back)
- Gonna Keep on Tryin' Till I Win Your Love
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Hey Jude
- Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
- Message From a Black Man
- It's Your Thang
- Little Green Apples
- You Don't Love Me No More
- Since I've Lost You
- Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)
- That's the Way Love Is
- Slave
- Magic
- Givehersomeattention
- Deeper Than Love
- I'm Fascinated
- Touch Me
- Don't Break Your Promise to Me (With Alfie)
- She Got Tired of Loving Me
- Do You Really Love Your Baby
- Oh Lover
- Happy People
- Glasshouse
- Shakey Ground
- The Prophet
- Happy People (instrumental)
- A Song for You
- Memories
- I'm a Bachelor
- Firefly
- Cloud Nine
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- I Can't Get Next to You
- You're My Everything
- Psychedelic Shack
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- I Could Never Love Another
- Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Hey Jude
- Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
- Message From a Black Man
- It's Your Thing
- Little Green Apples
- You Don't Love Me No More
- Since I've Lost You
- Running Away (Ain't Gonna Help You)
- That's the Way Love Is
- Slave
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Cindy
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Please Return Your Love to Me
- Fan the Flame
- He Who Picks the Roses
- Why Did You Leave Me Darling
- I Truly, Truly Believe
- This Is My Beloved
- Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got
- I've Passed This Way Before
- No Man Can Love Her Like I Do
- Hello Young Lovers
- A Taste of Honey
- For Once in My Life
- Somewhere
- Ol' Man River
- I'm Ready for Love
- Try to Remember
- Who Can I Turn To
- What Now My Love
- That's Life
- With These Hands
- The Impossible Dream
- Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Cloud Nine
- I'm Losing You (I Know)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- Keep on Trucking
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Get Ready
- Masterpiece
- Psychedelic Shack
- Ain't to Proud to Beg
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- My Girl
- My Girl
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Get Ready
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Cloud Nine
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Masterpiece
- Superstar
- Keep on Truckin'
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- Psychedelic Shack
- Papa Was a Rolling Stone
- My Girl
- Get Ready
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I'll Be in Trouble
- The Girl's Alright With Me
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
- Don't Look Back
- It's Growing
- Since I Lost My Baby
- My Baby
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- All I Need
- You're My Everything
- (Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
- All I Need
- (Loneliness Made Me Realise) It's You That I Need
- Don't Look Back
- My Girl
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Get Ready
- What Am I Gonna Do Without You
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- That'll Be the Day
- Give It Up
- Forever in My Heart
- Ain't No Sunshine Since You've Been Gone
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- I Wish It Would Rain
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- Cloud Nine
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
- Psychedelic Shack
- Runnaway Child Running Wild
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Want a Love I Can See
- Dream Come True
- Paradise
- May I Have This Dance
- Isn't She Pretty
- Just Let Me Know
- Your Wonderful Love
- The Further You Look, The Less You See
- Check Yourself
- Slow Down Heart
- Farewell My Love
- Oh, Mother of Mine
- Romance Without Finance
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Psychedelic Shack
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- Run Away Child Running Wild
- You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth
- Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
- Don't Let the Joneses Get You Down
- Message From a Black Man
- Law of the Land
- Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
- Shakey Ground
- You've Got My Soul on Fire
- Happy People
- Masterpiece
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Cloud Nine
- My Girl
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Cloud Nine
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- Runaway Child (Running Wild)
- Keep on Trucking
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- I Wish It Would Rain
- Get Ready
- Masterpiece
- Psychedelic Shack
- Dream Come True
- I Want a Love I Can See
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- My Girl
- It's Growing
- Since I Lost My Baby
- Don't Look Back
- Get Ready
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- All I Need
- You're My Everything
- I Wish It Would Rain
- I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)
- Cloud Nine
- I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
- Runaway Child, Running Wild
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Wish It Would Rain
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- My Girl
- Can't Get Next to You
- Runaway Child
- Cloud 9
- I Could Never Love Another
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- Just My Imagination
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
- Psychedelic Shack
- Smiling Faces Sometimes
- Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)
- Love Can Be Anything (Can't Nothing Be Love but Love)
- Take a Look Around
- Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)
- Funky Music Sho Nuff Turns Me On
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Plastic Man
- Masterpiece
- Ain't No Justice
- 1990
- Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
- My Girl
- I Can't Get Next to You
- Superstar
- Get Ready
- Just My Imagination
- Masterpiece
- Psychedelic Shack
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
- Cloud Nine
- I Wish It Would Rain
- (I Know) I'm Losing You
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Run Away Child, Running Wild
- Keep on Trucking
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The Temptations (1998) - trailer
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:03
- Published: 19 Mar 2012
- Updated: 22 Sep 2012
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The Temptations 1998
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- Duration: 166:52
- Published: 03 Jul 2012
- Updated: 19 Sep 2012
The Temptations - How Could he Hurt You
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- Duration: 4:13
- Published: 24 Dec 2011
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
The second single off the Temptations platinum certified and two time Grammy nominated album, Phoenix Rising, released in 1998. 1998 Tempts Line Up: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Harry McGilberry, Terry Weeks, Barrington Henderson Current Tempts Line Up: Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Terry Weeks, Joe Herndon, Bruce Williamson
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The Temptations-This Is My Promise
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- Duration: 7:21
- Published: 26 Aug 2010
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Pheonix Rising
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11/1/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 7 of 7)
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- Duration: 3:44
- Published: 14 Jun 2010
- Updated: 25 Jul 2012
Includes the following commercials/promos: - NBC News 5 teaser - 1999 Pontiac Sunfire - 409 - Advil Liqui-Gels - Dirt Devil - KFC - GM Goodwrench Service Plus - Temptations promo - Promos for Exiled: A Law & Order movie, The Tonight Show, and NBC 5 News teaser (during The Temptations end credits) Aired during "The Temptations".
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The Temptations - My Girl ( TV Movie 1998 )
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- Duration: 2:56
- Published: 07 Apr 2012
- Updated: 27 Sep 2012
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The Temptations - True Story (The Movie): Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
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- Duration: 8:10
- Published: 17 Dec 2010
- Updated: 28 Sep 2012
"Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" - the fictional studio recording from the TV Movie "The Temptations - The True Story" (www.imdb.com/title/tt0164292/) The Temptations - The True Story (TV Movie, USA 1998) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the other 4 members. In addition to capturing the drama of the group's rise and fall, the movie is covering the life of Paul Williams, one of the founders of the Temptations, and his lifelong best friend Eddie Kendricks during their grade school years in Alabama. Paul Williams retired from the group due to the illness sickle cell anemia, which took a toll on his life and body. On August 17, 1973, Williams died on the ground near his car, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He was 34 years old. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - the story ------------------------------------------------- "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" is a soul song, written by Motown songwriters Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong as a single for Motown act The Undisputed Truth in 1971. This version of "Papa" was released as a single in early 1972, and peaked at number sixty-three on the pop charts and number twenty-four on the R&B charts. Later in 1972, Whitfield, who also produced the song <b>...</b>
http://wn.com/The_Temptations_True_Story_The_Movie_Papa_Was_A_Rollin'_Stone
11/2/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 7/7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:34
- Published: 01 Feb 2011
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Includes the following: - Drano Foamer - US Postal Service - Jeep - The Temptations on VHS - Exiled: A Law & Order Movie and NBC 5 teaser (shown during The Temptations end credits) - Walgreens Aired during The Temptations.
http://wn.com/11_2_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_7_7
11/1/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 4 of 7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:57
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Updated: 19 Aug 2012
Includes the following commercials/promos: - Whirlpool (contains the Temptations song, "The Way You Do The Things You Do", which is very fitting considering the program it's aired on) - Chapstick (with Picabo Street) - Progresso Soup - Jeep Grand Cherokee - Burger King - MCI (with Michael Jordan and Taz) - Mad About You Promo - Just Shoot Me! Promo - NBC The More You Know PSA (with David Schwimmer of Friends) Aired during "The Temptations".
http://wn.com/11_1_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_4_of_7
Temptations - 1964 - 1998 - 1986 [MY GIRL - STAY - LADY SOUL]
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- Duration: 10:01
- Published: 11 Dec 2009
- Updated: 03 Sep 2012
My Top 3 Picks Of The Temptations From 1964 - 1998 - 1986 Mixed Together In A Medley. MY GIRL - STAY - LADY SOUL Enjoy!!!
http://wn.com/Temptations_1964_1998_1986_MY_GIRL_STAY_LADY_SOUL_
The Temptations. Just My Imagination
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- Duration: 2:41
- Published: 04 Jul 2012
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
from the 1998 movie. The Temptation
http://wn.com/The_Temptations_Just_My_Imagination
11/2/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 1/7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:25
- Published: 01 Feb 2011
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
More commercials from the Temptations movie!!! Includes the following: - Jeep - Colgate Total - Post Cereals - Whirlpool - KFC - Gone With the Wind - ER promo - Exiled: A Law & Order Movie - Just Shoot Me promo
http://wn.com/11_2_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_1_7
11/2/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 6/7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 01 Feb 2011
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Includes the following: - Alka-Seltzer - Dirt Devil - Pampers Baby Fresh Wipes - MCI (with Michael Jordan and Daffy Duck) - Chili's - GMC Jimmy - Tonight Show promo - Promos for Fraiser and Veronica's Closet - Twister promo Aired during The Temptations.
http://wn.com/11_2_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_6_7
![The Temptations-Stay [Remix]](http://web.archive.org./web/20121003012452im_/http://i.ytimg.com/vi/V56qjkM3F6U/0.jpg "The Temptations-Stay [Remix]")
The Temptations-Stay [Remix]
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 25 Aug 2010
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
From the 1998 album 'Pheonix Rising'
http://wn.com/The_Temptations-Stay_Remix_
11/2/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 5/7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:37
- Published: 01 Feb 2011
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Includes the following: - AT&T - KFC - Target - Kraft Foods - Polident (with Florence Henderson) - Meridia - Promo for The '60s - NBC Wednesday promo - WMAQ news teaser - Volvo S80 - Illinois Lottery - 103.5 FM: Chicago's Jammin' Oldies - Dan Hynes - Ameritech Aired during The Temptations.
http://wn.com/11_2_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_5_7
11/2/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 4/7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Published: 01 Feb 2011
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Includes the following: - Maybelline - Godzilla on VHS/DVD (this scene tells exactly how stupid and gay this movie was) - Red Lobster - My Interactive Pooh - Colgate Total - Metlife - Mad About You and Just Shoot Me promo - The More You Know PSA Aired during The Temptations.
http://wn.com/11_2_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_4_7
The Temptations - Stay (Tre's 707 Extended Version)
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- Duration: 8:29
- Published: 24 Feb 2011
- Updated: 01 Oct 2012
My own extended remix of the 1998 neo-classic single "Stay" by The Temptations. This took the usual 8 hours that I spend on a remix, with my primitive methods! :-)
http://wn.com/The_Temptations_Stay_Tre's_707_Extended_Version
11/1/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 2 of 7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:37
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Updated: 24 Jul 2012
Includes the following commercials/promos: - Purina One - Pillsbury cookies - Subway - 10-10-220 - Bioré - Jeep Grand Cherokee - General Foods International Coffees - Promos for 3rd Rock and NewsRadio - 103.5 FM: Chicago's Jammin Oldies (I used to love this station and was disappointed when it went off the air in January 2001) - Dodge Intrepid - George Ryan PSA - Jim Ryan PSA - Sports Sunday promo Aired during "The Temptations".
http://wn.com/11_1_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_2_of_7
The Temptations - Shout
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- Duration: 2:45
- Published: 02 Nov 2010
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
Shout - Video tratto dal Film: The Temptations di Allan Arkush con C. Malik Whitfield, DB Woodside, T. Brooks, C. Payton, Leon, O. Babatundé - 1998
http://wn.com/The_Temptations_Shout
11/1/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 6 of 7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:15
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Updated: 25 Jul 2012
Includes the following commercials/promos: - Hyundai - Burger King - Kmart - Braun Oral-B 3D Plaque Remover - Burger King (again) - Energizer - Just Shoot Me promo - Law & Order promo - Temptations on VHS Aired during "The Temptations".
http://wn.com/11_1_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_6_of_7
Smokey Robinson - Really Gonna Miss You
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:14
- Published: 19 May 2011
- Updated: 02 Oct 2012
Soundtrack - The Temptations - 1998/Motown Records
http://wn.com/Smokey_Robinson_Really_Gonna_Miss_You
11/1/1998 NBC/WMAQ commercials (part 1 of 7)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:09
- Published: 13 Jun 2010
- Updated: 16 Sep 2012
A series of commercials which aired during a 1998 airing of "The Temptations" on NBC. I have the commercials from both parts; part 2 will be coming soon. Includes the following: - Jeep - Godzilla on VHS - Pepcid AC Chewables - Philips Dual Deck CD Recorder - KFC - Windex Antibacterial - Promos for Suddenly Susan and Caroline - Promos for Friends and Jesse - Peter Fitzgerald PSA
http://wn.com/11_1_1998_NBC_WMAQ_commercials_part_1_of_7
10/25/1998 ABC/WPTA Commercials Part 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Published: 23 May 2012
- Updated: 25 May 2012
Commercials aired during Casper. -Whirlpool ("The Way You Do the Things You Do" by the Temptations) -Pizza Hut (Ken Griffey Jr.) -Tide Clean Rinse Formula -PayDay -Halloween Week promo -TGIF promo -Casper will continue in a moment -Hercules promo (the series) -McDonald's -Ford -Domino's Pizza -21 Alive News at 11:00 weather topical -Casper continues here on ABC All copyrights acknowledged.
http://wn.com/10_25_1998_ABC_WPTA_Commercials_Part_3
Creative Commons / Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga![The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan,[2][3] about three kilometers northwest of Jericho](http://web.archive.org./web/20121003012452im_/http://cdn0.wn.com/pd/0d/3a/11a80b17c7a5dd883bea697e2411_small.jpg "The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan,[2][3] about three kilometers northwest of Jericho")
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![The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan,[2][3] about three kilometers northwest of Jericho](http://web.archive.org./web/20121003012452/http://cdn4.wn.com/pd/0d/3a/11a80b17c7a5dd883bea697e2411_medium.jpg "The earliest monastery was constructed by the Byzantines in the 6th century CE above the cave traditionally said to be that where Jesus spent forty days and forty nights fasting and meditating during the temptation of Satan,[2][3] about three kilometers northwest of Jericho")
Photo: USAF / Staff Sgt. Jonathan Lovelady
02 Oct 2012
Tweet Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): With the surge of American troops over and the Taliban still a potent threat, US military and diplomatic officials in Afghanistan are now abandoning their once ambitious...
Photo: US Navy / Chief Mass Communication Specialist Michael B. Watkins
30 Sep 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan -- U.S. military deaths in the Afghan war have reached 2,000, a cold reminder of the human cost of an 11-year-old conflict that garners little public interest at home as the United...
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02 Oct 2012
HONG KONG â A boat packed with revelers on a long holiday weekend collided with a ferry and sank off Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens in the deadliest accident to strike the...
Photo: UN / J Carrier
02 Oct 2012
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In banning several Iranian government officials from attending President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the United Nations, the United States could...
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29 Sep 2012
Tottenham repelled a second-half onslaught as Andre Villas-Boas masterminded their first away win over Manchester United since 1989 with a 3-2 victory. Jan Vertonghen and Gareth Bale gave the visitors...
Photo: WN / Marzena J.
22 Sep 2012
Readers share their best tips, recommendations and travel advice for camping holidays. Climb the 618 steep steps of Skellig Michael, in County Kerry, to the beehive huts at the summit Photo:...
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13 Sep 2012
Both small and big dealers are capitalising on every opportunity to lure the customers and this looks more apparent with even big guns not being able to resist the temptation. FARIDABAD: Faridabad is...
The last temptation of Andrea Pirlo
02 Oct 2012
FourFourTwo
Paul Simpson – former FourFourTwo editor and now ed of the official UEFA Champions Matchday magazine – on an Italian icon Andrea Pirlo must have the most intriguing beard in the UEFA Champions League. Since its appearance, Juventus’s iconic playmaker has variously been likened to Jesus Christ, a...(size: 3.2Kb)
Temptation and resistance
01 Oct 2012
The Hindu
From icons like Nelson Mandela, Aung Saan Suu Kyi, Lech Walesa, Irom Sharmila to mass movements from Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street to Jal Satyagraha by oustees of Omkareshwar Dam project in Ghoghalgaon in India, protagonists and practitioners of non-violence and non-cooperation continue to...(size: 8.2Kb)
Beyond temptation with sisters of mercy
30 Sep 2012
Independent online (SA)
London - Sophie and Audrey Boss are sisters who each struggled with yo-yo dieting throughout their youth. Together, they devised a way to maintain a healthy weight without diets, and for more than a decade have been running workshops to help free others from the cycle of perpetual dieting. SOPHIE...(size: 9.1Kb)
Detroit news
By John Niyo The Detroit News Comments Medinah, Ill. â Medinah is a different course than the one that hosted the PGA Championship in 1999 and 2006. Among the changes is a par-4 15th hole that can play as short as 280 yards. It'll likely play in the 290-300 range this weekend for the Ryder Cup,...(size: 8.5Kb)
The Times of India
MUMBAI: Temptation Foods today said the Registrar of Companies (RoC) has ordered winding up of the company and an official liquidator has been appointed for this purpose. In a BSE filing, Temptation Foods said the Deputy Registrar of Companies has...(size: 1.6Kb)
Temptations of the flesh
25 Sep 2012
Canberra Times
Steer in South Yarra. Photo: Eddie Jim Reviewer rating: Rating: 35 out of 5 stars Reader rating: Rating: 25 out of 5 stars (39 votes) Address 637-641 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Victoria Phone 03 9040 1188 Style Restaurant Hours Daily, 6-10pm; Fri, noon-3pm Details BYO Monday night only (corkage...(size: 6.5Kb)
PhysOrg
"This means that the brain has more extensive systems to make individuals want to overconsume rewards than previously thought," said Alexandra DiFeliceantonio of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. "It may be one reason why overconsumption is a problem...(size: 1.7Kb)
Tuesday morning devotion: Faced with temptation
18 Sep 2012
The Examiner
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Cesar avoids temptation
15 Sep 2012
Journal Online
Sa presscon ng pelikulang Biktima last Friday ay natanong ang bidang si Cesar Montano kung nagkaroon ba ng pagkakataon sa buhay niya kung saan ay nabiktima rin siya at ang sagot ng aktor, siguro raw ay sa politika. When asked why, sagot niya, “Well, it may sound I’m regretting, it may sound parang...(size: 3.9Kb)
For other uses, see Temptation (disambiguation).
The Temptations are an American vocal group known for their success in the 60s and 70s at Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music. Known for their recognizable choreography, distinct harmonies, and flashy onstage suits, the Temptations have been said to be as influential to soul as The Beatles are to pop and rock.[1]
Formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1960 as The Elgins (not to be confused with another Motown group with the same name), the Temptations have always featured at least five male vocalists/dancers. Having sold tens of millions of albums,[2] the Temptations are one of the most successful groups in music history.[3][4] As of 2010[update], the Temptations continue to perform and record for Universal Records with its one living original member, Otis Williams, still in its lineup.
The original lineup included members of two local Detroit vocal groups: from The Distants, second tenor Otis Williams, first tenor Elbridge "Al" Bryant, and bass Melvin Franklin; and from The Primes, first tenor/falsetto Eddie Kendricks and second tenor/baritone Paul Williams (no relation to Otis). Among the most notable future Temptations were lead singers David Ruffin and Dennis Edwards (both later solo artists), Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Damon Harris, Ron Tyson, Ali-Ollie Woodson, Theo Peoples, and G. C. Cameron. Like its "sister" female group, the Supremes, the Temptations' lineup has changed frequently over the years.
Over the course of their career, the Temptations have released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and 14 Billboard R&B number-one singles. Their material has earned them three Grammy Awards, while two more awards were conferred upon the songwriters and producers who crafted their 1972 hit "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone". The Temptations were the first Motown act to earn a Grammy Award. Six Temptations (Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Otis Williams, and Paul Williams) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. Three classic Temptations songs, "My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
History[link]
The Primes[link]
Childhood friends Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Kell Osborne, and Wiley Waller formed a doo-wop group called the Cavaliers in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955.[5] Reduced to a trio after Waller left the group in 1957, Kendricks, Williams, and Osbourne left Birmingham in order to break into the music business. After first moving to Cleveland, Ohio, they settled in Detroit. The Primes, as the doo-wop trio was now called, were well-known around Detroit for their meticulous performances.[6] Group manager Milton Jenkins even created a sister group for the Primes called the Primettes, who later became the legendary Supremes, recruiting Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Diane (later Diana) Ross, and Betty McGlown for the spin-off act. Eddie Kendricks was already becoming a local "Matinee Idol", and Paul Williams was known for his powerful baritone voice, having an adult style even as a teenager.[5]
The Distants[link]
Otis Williams had moved from his native Texarkana, Texas to Detroit as a young boy, to live with his mother. By 1958, he was the leader of Otis Williams & the Siberians, a doo-wop group that included Williams, his friend Elbridge "Al" Bryant, James "Pee-Wee" Crawford, Vernard Plain, and Arthur Walton. This quintet recorded the single "Pecos Kid/Have Gun Will Travel"[7] backed with "All of My Life" for a label run by local radio deejay Senator Bristol Bryant. The single never took off outside the local Detroit market, and the Siberians changed their name to The El Domingoes shortly afterward.
At this time, more changes took place. Montgomery, Alabama native Melvin Franklin replaced Arthur Walton as the bass singer and Franklin's cousin, Detroit-born Richard Street, replaced Vernard Plain as lead singer. The group soon signed with Northern Records, run by Johnnie Mae Matthews, who renamed the group The Distants. The Distants recorded two singles for Northern, "Come On" (1959, featuring additional background vocals by the Andantes), and "Alright" (1960).[8] Between these two releases, Albert "Mooch" Harrell replaced Pee-Wee Crawford.[8] "Come On" was a local hit for the Distants, and the Warwick label picked the record up for national distribution.[8] After the release of "Alright", Matthews appointed Williams the group leader, and the group was renamed Otis Williams & the Distants. Though Otis Williams had a pleasant, but unremarkable, lead voice, he organized the group and so became the defacto leader, as he would later with the Temptations.[9][citation needed]
Influences and colleagues[link]
The Primes and the Distants were influenced by several Detroit groups, the most famous of which was the Miracles led by Smokey Robinson. The Miracles were known for their stage show, and their pop success was something for which both groups strived.[10] Other important inspirations included the Cadillacs, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers, the Drifters, and the Isley Brothers.[11]
The various members of the Primes and the Distants, who would later become part of the Temptations, met a number of their future Motown bandmates, labelmates, and producers during the early part of their careers. Melvin Franklin had been a member of the recording group the Voice Masters, which also included among its ranks Lamont Dozier, his cousin David Ruffin, and another cousin, Jackie Wilson.[8] The musicians at the recording session for the Distants' "Come On" included James Jamerson on bass, the Andantes on background vocals, and future Temptations producer Norman Whitfield on tambourine.[8]
Forming the Temptations[link]
File:Pre-ruffin-tempts.jpg
A promotional image of the original early 1960s Temptations lineup. Clockwise from top right: Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, and Elbridge "Al" Bryant.
Although "Come On" was a local hit in the Detroit area, the Distants never saw much from record sales, and the second single was not as successful. After receiving an offer from Berry Gordy, Jr. of Motown Records, the group got out of its contract with Matthews and left Northern. At the same time, it lost Mooch Harrell, Richard Street, and the rights to use its name. Street would front a new group of Distants on the local Thelma label during the early 1960s.
The Distants were acquainted with the Primes, as both groups made the same types of talent shows, and concerts. The two groups were friendly rivals, with the Primes being the more polished and stronger vocal performers. The Primes disbanded in 1960 when Kell Osborne moved to California, and Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams returned to Alabama. While in Detroit visiting relatives, Kendricks called Otis Williams who, desperately needing two more members for an audition for Gordy, offered Kendricks a lead singer place in the Distants. Kendricks agreed, with one condition—that he could bring Paul Williams with him. Otis Williams happily agreed, and Kendricks and Paul Williams moved back to Detroit to join the new group.
The new lineup of Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Elbridge "Al" Bryant, Eddie Kendricks, and Paul Williams took on the name The Elgins and auditioned for Motown in March 1961. As Gordy was already familiar with Kendricks and Williams from sessions they had done before he had formed Motown, upon which they had lent their talents as backup singers, he then agreed to sign the group to his Miracle Records label. However, just before signing The Elgins to Motown's Miracle Records, Berry Gordy discovered that there was already a singing group with that name. The quintet quickly began tossing about ideas for a new name on the steps of Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. headquarters and studio. On a suggestion from Miracle Records employee Billy Mitchell, songwriter Mickey Stevenson, and group members Otis Williams and Paul Williams, The Temptations became the group's new moniker. The "Elgins" name would re-surface at Motown in 1965, when Gordy renamed a quartet called The Downbeats as The Elgins.
Before the Miracle label was closed (to avoid confusion with the Miracles singing group) and merged with the Gordy label, The Temptations released two singles, "Oh Mother of Mine" and "Check Yourself" featuring Paul Williams' powerful lead. All seven of the Temptations' singles released between 1961 and 1963 failed to make it onto the U.S. Hot 100 pop singles chart; the two exceptions to missing all the U.S. charts was "Dream Come True", a single featuring Eddie Kendricks on lead, which made it to #22 on the R&B chart in 1962, and the Kendricks-led follow up "Paradise", which reached #22 on the Bubbling Under charts later that year. The group became known as one of the most talented and versatile groups in the country. Paul and Eddie split the leads during this period, with Eddie becoming the standard for all first tenor/falsetto singers. Al Bryant, Otis Williams, and Franklin occasionally sang lead, but the signature sound was the Kendricks/Williams duo.
Many songwriter and producer teams had been trying to craft a hit for the Temptations, including Berry Gordy, Mickey Stevenson, Clarence Paul, and Norman Whitfield. They tried to take the group in several different directions, all in order to find the perfect sound that would put them not only on the U.S. charts (both Pop and R&B), but in the Top 20 as well. One song "Isn't She Pretty" had all five members singing lead (and mainly showcased the lead vocals of ‘Al’ Bryant) and it was a precursor to the multi-lead songs the group would record in the late 1960s. The idea of having the group change their name to "The Pirates" was briefly discussed, and they would even record "Mind Over Matter" and "I'll Love You Till I Die" under this name, but to no avail.
In fact, Gordy had originally written "Do You Love Me" for the Temptations in 1961, but when he was unable to get a hold of the group, he recorded the song instead with another Motown-family group, the Contours. William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr., lead singer/songwriter and producer of The Miracles proved to have the best rapport with the group and produced his first Temptations single, "I Want a Love I Can See" in 1963, featuring Paul Williams on lead. Despite their best efforts, however, the group was still unsuccessful in landing in the desired spot on any of the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts in the U.S. As a result, the other acts at Motown would soon give the nickname "The Hitless Temptations" to the group.
About this time, David Ruffin, younger brother of Motown artist Jimmy Ruffin, demonstrated his superior performance skills when he joined the Temptations on-stage during a local Detroit performance.[12] Elbridge Bryant, who was frustrated with the group's lack of success, soon became restless and uncooperative, preferring the mundane routine of his day job as a milkman over the rigors of rehearsal and performing. After a heated quarrel with Paul and hitting him in the head with a beer bottle following a disastrous performance at the 1963 Motown company Christmas/New Years Eve party, Bryant was summarily fired from the group. As a result, David Ruffin was brought in as his replacement in the early part of 1964. Though both Ruffin brothers were considered for the slot, David was selected due to his superior performance at the local Detroit performance earlier that year. Bryant continued to perform in a number of other local groups, and died at the age of 36 in Flagler County, Florida of liver cirrhosis on October 26, 1975.
The "Classic Five" Era[link]
File:Tempts-page-display.jpg
The "Classic Five" lineup of the Temptations, c. 1965. Left to right: Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, and David Ruffin.
In January 1964, Smokey Robinson and Miracles bandmate Bobby Rogers co-wrote and produced "The Way You Do the Things You Do" with Eddie Kendricks on lead and the single became the Temptations' first Top 20 hit that April.
Shortly afterward, "The Way You Do The Things You Do" and several pre-David Ruffin singles were compiled into the group's first album, Meet The Temptations, released in early 1964. The next two Temptations singles in 1964, "Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" along with "I'll Be in Trouble" and its B-side "The Girl's Alright With Me", all featured Kendricks on lead. However, producer Smokey Robinson saw potential in the "mellow" yet "gruff" voice of David Ruffin, and thought that if he could write the perfect song for his lead, then the group could have a Top 10 smash hit.[13]
While traveling as part of Motown's Motortown Revue later that year, Robinson and fellow Miracles member Ronnie White wrote "My Girl", which the Temptations recorded in the fall of 1964 with Ruffin singing his first lead vocal for the group. Released as a single on December 21, 1964, the song became the Temptations' first number-one pop hit in March 1965, and is their signature song to this day.
After the success of "My Girl", Ruffin sang lead on the next three singles: "It's Growing", "Since I Lost My Baby" and "My Baby", all of which made it to the Top 20 in 1965. The B-side to "My Baby", "Don’t Look Back", featured a stirring lead from Paul Williams, and was a sleeper hit on the R&B charts and a standard for vocal groups playlists.
Norman Whitfield had requested the opportunity to write for the group and in 1966, Berry Gordy promised him that if Robinson's "Get Ready", with Eddie Kendricks on lead, failed to chart in the Top 20, Whitfield would be allowed to produce the next song. "Get Ready" subsequently missed its mark, and Gordy issued the Whitfield-produced "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", with David Ruffin on lead, as the next single. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" outperformed "Get Ready" on the Billboard charts, and Whitfield became the Temptations' new main producer. He began pulling the group away from the ballad-based productions espoused by Robinson, toward a harder-edged and brass-heavy soul sound reminiscent of James Brown.
Nearly all of the singles produced by Whitfield prior to 1968 featured David Ruffin on lead, including the R&B number-one/pop Top 10 hits "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep", "(I Know) I'm Losing You"[14] and the early 1967 hit "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need". Other important singles from this period include "All I Need", produced by Frank Wilson, a Whitfield protégé, and the "You're My Everything", on which Kendricks and Ruffin share lead. Studio albums during the "Classic Five" period apart from Meet The Temptations include The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965), The Temptin' Temptations (1965), Gettin' Ready (1966), The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967), and The Temptations Wish It Would Rain (1968).
During this period, the various songwriting partners of Norman Whitfield included Roger Penzabene, Edward Holland, Jr. and Temptations road show manager and guitarist Cornelius Grant. Subsequently, Barrett Strong, who sang the very first hit at Motown in 1959, "Money (That's What I Want)", began working with Whitfield and Penzabene on Temptations material after Eddie Holland left Motown with the rest of the Holland-Dozier-Holland songwriting/production team in 1967. Two of the Whitfield-Strong-Penzabene collaborations, "I Wish It Would Rain" and "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)", became hits in early 1968 after the untimely suicide of Roger Penzabene in December 1967. Subsequently, Barrett Strong became the sole collaborator of Norman Whitfield.
Exit David Ruffin, enter Dennis Edwards[link]
From early 1964 to mid 1968, the Temptations went from unknown hopefuls to international stars and as a result, appeared frequently on television shows such as American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Show. At the same time, the group began to achieve a crossover success, catering to middle America with a pop standards album (The Temptations in a Mellow Mood, 1967), the success of which resulted in performances at the famous Copacabana in New York City along with dates at other similar supper clubs. Outside of music, the Temptations were made honorary members of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
By 1967, David Ruffin had begun demanding special treatment as lead singer, riding to and from gigs in a private mink-lined limousine with his then-girlfriend, Motown singer Tammi Terrell, instead of in the group limousine used by the other four Temptations. The other members slowly became irritated and annoyed with Ruffin's behavior. Following Motown's decision to rechristen The Supremes as Diana Ross & the Supremes, Ruffin felt entitled to the same treatment and demanded that his group be renamed as well, to David Ruffin & the Temptations. Ruffin was also causing friction with Berry Gordy by demanding an accounting of the group's earnings.
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Live at the Copa (1968), the first Temptations album to feature new lead singer Dennis Edwards. Pictured left to right: Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams, and Eddie Kendricks.
Some of this behavior was attributed to the fact that by this time Ruffin had begun using cocaine regularly, building further tension within the group and causing him to miss a number of group meetings, rehearsals, and concerts. There was a general consensus among the rest of the group that Ruffin needed to be replaced. Otis Williams insists that Ruffin was given ample and fair warning that if he did not change his attitude he would be fired. However, when Ruffin missed a June 1968 engagement at a Cleveland supper club in order to attend a show by his new girlfriend Barbara Gail Martin (daughter of Dean Martin),[7] it was decided that he had crossed the line. The other four Temptations drew up legal documentation, officially firing Ruffin from the group. Dennis Edwards, formerly of the Contours, was hired to replace him. Edwards and Ruffin were good friends, and at first, Ruffin went along with the changing of the guard. After a short time, however, Ruffin began turning up at shows, jumping onstage during performances of the songs he once sang lead on, stealing the spotlight from Edwards.
Both the Temptations and Motown were forced to hire extra security guards to prevent Ruffin from attending other Temptations performances and providing further embarrassment to Edwards and the group. Ruffin then sued Motown in October 1968, seeking a release from the label, but Motown countersued to keep the singer from leaving and the case was eventually settled out of court. The settlement required Ruffin to remain with Motown as a solo artist to finish out his initial contract.
Edwards' first album with the Temptations was Live at the Copa, recorded at the group's return to the famous Copacabana nightclub, and later that year, Berry Gordy commissioned the first of a number of collaborations for the Temptations with Diana Ross & the Supremes. The results included two studio albums, Together and Diana Ross & the Supremes Join the Temptations, which featured the number-two hit single "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me". The tracks for the latter included Dennis Edwards' first studio recordings with the Temptations and further results of this collaboration included a joint tour and two NBC television specials, TCB (aired December 9, 1968) and G.I.T. on Broadway (aired November 12, 1969).
Psychedelic soul[link]
The addition of Dennis Edwards to the Temptations coincided with the adoption of a new sound for the group by producer Norman Whitfield, and in the fall of 1968, Whitfield began producing psychedelic-based material for the Temptations, derived primarily from the sound of funk band Sly & the Family Stone. This new style, which debuted with the Top 10 hit single "Cloud Nine"[14] in October 1968, was a marked departure from the David Ruffin-era ballads, leading the group to a new and higher plateau. The instrumentation was funkier, the beat was hard-driving, and all five Temptations traded lead vocals, similar to Sly & the Family Stone. "Cloud Nine", the centerpiece of the group's landmark Cloud Nine LP, was a Top 10 hit and won Motown its first Grammy Award, for Best R&B Vocal Group Performance of 1969.
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The Temptations during their psychedelic period of the late 1960s/early 1970s. Left to right: Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, and Dennis Edwards
The blending of the Motown sound and psychedelic rock sound resulted in a new subgenre of music called "psychedelic soul", also evident in the work of Diana Ross and the Supremes ("Reflections", "Love Child"), Marvin Gaye's version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and the music of The 5th Dimension, The Undisputed Truth and The Friends of Distinction. More Temptations psychedelic soul singles would follow in 1969 and 1970, among them "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (a number-one R&B hit), "I Can't Get Next to You" (a number-one pop hit), "Psychedelic Shack" and "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", but the formula began to wear thin when "Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite the World)", only went to #33 Pop in the fall of 1970. The group's other important albums from this period include Puzzle People (1969) and Psychedelic Shack (1970), which includes the original version of "War".
Exit Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams[link]
Paul Williams, who suffered from sickle-cell disease, fell into depression because of the stress of touring and personal issues. By the late 1960s, he had developed a serious case of alcoholism.[15] As his physical and mental health began to decline sharply, it made performing more and more difficult. Williams began traveling with oxygen tanks,[15] and the other four Temptations made valiant efforts to raid and drain his alcohol stashes.[15]
By 1969, Richard Street, lead singer of Motown act The Monitors and a former Distant, was touring with the group as a backup replacement for Williams.[15] For most shows, save for his solo numbers, Williams would dance and lip-sync onstage to parts sung live by Street into an offstage mic behind a curtain. At other shows, and during most of the second half of 1970, Street substituted for Williams onstage.[16]
Eddie Kendricks became detached from the group after David Ruffin's firing and as the health of Paul Williams continued to fail. Kendricks began regularly fighting with Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin over leadership of the group. In addition, Kendricks preferred the ballad material from the earlier days and was uncomfortable with the psychedelic soul material the group was now performing. As a result, Kendricks rekindled his friendship with Ruffin, who persuaded him to quit the Temptations and go solo. After a November 1970 Copacabana engagement, another confrontation between himself, Otis Williams, and Franklin caused Kendricks to walk out in-between shows and not return. Both Kendricks and Williams then agreed that Kendricks would be leaving the group. Kendricks later stated that he actually considered leaving as early as 1965, but remained with the Temptations and unsuccessfully attempted to get permission to record a solo album without leaving the group.[17]
Before Kendricks officially left the Temptations, he and Paul Williams recorded the lead vocals for "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", a ballad that became Kendricks' final single with the group. Included on the Sky's the Limit LP along with the original album version of "Smiling Faces Sometimes", "Just My Imagination" was released as a single in January 1971, and the song began steadily climbing the U.S. pop singles chart, peaking at #1 two months later. By the time "Just My Imagination" topped the charts, Kendricks had negotiated his release from the group and signed a solo deal with Motown's Tamla label.
The Temptations originally hired Ricky Owens, from the Los Angeles-based vocal group the Vibrations, to replace Kendricks. However, Owens only played two dates with the group before he was fired for forgetting the words to his solo numbers.[18] For several weeks of the spring of 1971, the Temptations were without a fifth member. Owens meanwhile returned to the Vibrations and died in Los Angeles, California on December 6, 1996 at the age of 57.
Whitfield took the remaining Temptations quartet and re-recorded "It's Summer", the B-side to "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", as a replacement single. "Smiling Faces Sometimes" was released as a single for The Undisputed Truth instead, becoming a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1971. Meanwhile, "It's Summer" peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the first Temptations single to miss the Top 40 since "Farewell My Love" eight years earlier.
After declaring a few weeks later that he was unable to continue performing due to medical reasons, Paul Williams quit the Temptations in May.[19] Richard Street officially took Williams' place, although Williams remained on the group's payroll as an adviser and choreographer. After Williams had recovered enough to record again, he recorded two sides for a debut solo single. However, on August 17, 1973, Williams died in Detroit at the age of 34, his death ruled a suicide by the Wayne County coroner.
The Temptations in the early 1970s[link]
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Solid Rock, the first studio album featuring Richard Street and Damon Harris, featured the new members prominently on its front cover. Pictured L-R: Damon Harris, Richard Street (top row), Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Dennis Edwards (bottom)
A month later, in May 1971, The Temptations had finally found a permanent replacement for the first tenor position in twenty-year-old Baltimore native Damon Harris. Otis Williams, Edwards, Franklin, Street, and Harris continued recording and performing, and Norman Whitfield continued producing hits for them. Among these were Top 40 hits such as "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" (1971), a message from the Temptations to David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks, and "Take a Look Around" (1972).
Late 1972 saw the release of, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" a magnum opus written and produced by Norman Whitfield. Originally a three-minute record written and produced for the Undisputed Truth, Whitfield took the somber tune and created a sprawling, dramatic twelve-minute version for the Temptations---a forerunner of the extended single, soon to become popular in clubs and discothèques. An edited seven-minute version was released as a single and became one of the longest hit singles in music history: it hit #1 on the pop charts and #5 on the R&B charts. Radio DJs loved its length as much as its catchy beat and lyrics, as it allowed them to go across the street from the station for a sandwich during their shift and return before the record ended. In 1973, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" won the Temptations their second Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Group. Whitfield and arranger/conductor Paul Riser won the award for Best R&B Instrumental Performance for the instrumental version on the B-side, and Whitfield and Barrett Strong won the songwriting Grammy for Best R&B Song.
Dennis Edwards had a problem with the lyrics "It was the third of September/The day I'll always remember/'Cause that was the day that my daddy died" due to the fact that his father actually died on the third of September. He was livid with Whitfield, believing he did that on purpose. Whitfield insisted it was just a coincidence. Edwards demanded Whitfield change the date or he would not sing the song, but Whitfield refused.
After "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", Whitfield stopped working with Barrett Strong, and began writing the Temptations' material on his own. The success of "Papa" led Whitfield to create more elongated, operatic pieces, including the Top 10 hit "Masterpiece" (1973) and several of the tracks on the resulting Masterpiece album. Tensions developed between Whitfield and the group, who found Whitfield arrogant and difficult to work with, and the group citing his habitual tardiness, his emphasis of the instrumental tracks over the vocals on many of his productions, and the declining singles and albums sales as other sources of conflict, sought to change producers. Otis Williams complained about Whitfield's actions and the Temptations' stagnant sales to Berry Gordy, and as a result, the group was reassigned to Jeffrey Bowen, co-producer of the 1967 In a Mellow Mood album.
The final Norman Whitfield-produced Temptations album, 1990, was released very late in 1973, and included the Top 30 single "Let Your Hair Down". Shortly afterwards, Whitfield left Motown, and in 1975 established Whitfield Records, taking the Undisputed Truth and Willie Hutch with him, along with Rose Royce---who performed an instrumental track for "Let Your Hair Down" before recording their 1976 smash Car Wash.
Dry spell[link]
Bowen's first LP with the Temptations was January 1975's A Song for You, which included a cover of the titular Leon Russell tune (popularized with soul audiences by Donny Hathaway), along with the pop Top 40/R&B number-one hits "Happy People" (featuring the Commodores as the instrumentalists) and "Shakey Ground" (featuring instrumentation by Parliament-Funkadelic's Eddie Hazel along with Billy Bass Nelson). "Glasshouse", the group's final Top 40 Pop hit was also included. Damon Harris was fired from the group during the recording of A Song for You, as his behavior and work ethic were deemed unprofessional,[20] and his replacement was Washington, D.C. native Glenn Leonard, formerly of the Unifics.[21]
A number of producers, including Bowen, Brian Holland, James Carmichael, and even the Temptations themselves tried producing hits for the next three LPs, House Party (November 1975), Wings of Love (March 1976), and The Temptations Do the Temptations (August 1976). None of these recordings were as commercially successful as A Song for You however, and none of their associated singles entered the Billboard charts.[22]
As time progressed, Bowen pushed Dennis Edwards further to the front of the group. This was evident on Wings of Love, where several tracks featured Edwards' vocal more prominently than the other Temptations' backing vocals.[23] Otis Williams felt that this was hurting the group, accused Motown of inattention, and cited this as the reason for the group's declining sales and popularity. After The Temptations Do the Temptations was recorded in 1976, Edwards was fired from the group,[24] and with new lead Louis Price on board, they left Motown for Atlantic Records.[25]
Success continued to elude the group at Atlantic, however. Their two releases on Atlantic -- Hear to Tempt You (1977), and Bare Back (1978), along with their associated singles, had failed to perform any better at Atlantic than their last handful of singles had at Motown. As a result, in 1979, Atlantic released the group from its contract,[23] and shortly afterwards, the Temptations met once again with Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy, who re-signed the group to Motown in 1980.[26]
[edit] Return to Motown and Reunion
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Cover of the 1982 Reunion album. Pictured from top left: David Ruffin, Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards, Richard Street, Glenn Leonard.
Upon the return to Motown several lineup changes occurred. Louis Price departed from the group and joined the Drifters. Dennis Edwards---who had made an unsuccessful attempt at developing a solo career during his three-year exit from the group---returned to the lineup. And Berry Gordy co-wrote and produced "Power", the Temptations' first single under the new contract. "Power", from the album of the same name, hit #11 on the R&B charts but failed to chart in the Top 40. Two years of under-performing singles and albums followed, including an eponymous album with Philadelphia-based producer Thom Bell, until Motown began planning a Temptations reunion tour in 1982.
Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin agreed to rejoin the group for the new album, aptly titled Reunion, and its subsequent promotional tour. Rick James, Melvin Franklin's nephew and the Motown funk star who had previously used the Temptations as backup vocalists on his 1981 hit "Super Freak", wrote, produced, and guested on the Reunion album's lead single, "Standing on the Top". The single went to number-six on the R&B charts and featured Ruffin, Kendricks and Edwards trading back and forth on lead.
While the ensuing Reunion tour with all seven Temptations (Ruffin, Kendricks, Otis Williams, Franklin, Edwards, Richard Street, and Glenn Leonard) was financially successful, it ended up being a stressful venture. Kendricks' voice had weakened after decades of chain smoking, Ruffin, still addicted to drugs, missed a number of the performances due to being incapacitated, and current group members Dennis Edwards and Glenn Leonard were causing problems. At the conclusion of the Reunion tour, Ruffin and Kendricks departed, and they began touring and performing together as a duo.
One more album, Surface Thrills, released in 1983, featured a sharp departure in the group's sound by incorporating elements of then-current rock. Following its release, Glenn Leonard was let go and replaced by Ron Tyson, who was with the Philadelphia groups the Ethics and Love Committee. Tyson had been a staff songwriter at Atlantic during the Temptations' tenure at that label, and co-wrote several songs on the album Hear to Tempt You.
From the 1980s to the 1990s[link]
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The Temptations in 1984. Pictured L-R: Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, (from top) Richard Street, Ali-Ollie Woodson, Ron Tyson
By this time, the Temptations' releases were no longer performing well on the pop charts, though some singles still made the R&B Top 20. "Love on My Mind Tonight," a single from Surface Thrills, charted at number 17.
The lineup of Franklin, Williams, Street, Tyson, and Edwards proved to be short-lived. The five performed on Motown 25 and released the direct to video The Temptations: Live in Concert (filmed at Harrah's Atlantic City). The album Back to Basics, released later in 1983, was the first album featuring Ron Tyson on lead. "Sail Away," produced by a returning Norman Whitfield and featuring Ron Tyson's first lead vocal, peaked at number 13. In addition, a then-relatively unknown singer/musician, Ali-Ollie Woodson was featured on one track, "Stop the World Right Here (I Wanna Get Off)." Woodson was a Detroit native who had been a potential candidate to replace Dennis Edwards back in 1977. Meanwhile, Edwards (who also had his share of lead vocals on the Back to Basics album) was again fired in 1984, for missing rehearsals or showing up hungover. He then attempted a second solo career, scoring a hit with the 1984 single "Don't Look Any Further", a duet with Siedah Garrett. At this point, Woodson officially joined the group, taking Edwards' place. Woodson's first lead on a single was 1984's "Treat Her Like a Lady", co-written by himself and Otis Williams, and co-produced by former Earth, Wind & Fire members Al McKay and Ralph Johnson. The single became their biggest success on R&B radio since 1975, reaching number-two on the R&B charts, and just missing the Pop Top 40 at number 48. The group experienced similar success in 1986 with the single "Lady Soul", another Top 5 R&B smash.
Ollie Woodson remained with the Temptations until 1987, when he was fired for consistent lateness. He was replaced by the again-returning Dennis Edwards. The group recorded one album during Edwards' third tenure, Together Again, released in late 1987. The following year, Otis Williams published his autobiography, Temptations, co-written with Patricia Romanowski, chronicling the careers of the group from the Primes/Distants days and focusing on the lives of Williams and Melvin Franklin. (An updated version of the book was published in 2002.)
Edwards was fired from the group for the third and final time in late 1988, with Woodson re-joining the lineup. On January 18, 1989, the Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The event honored Edwards, Franklin, Otis Williams, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks (now performing as "Eddie Kendrick"), and, posthumously, Paul Williams. Most of the Temptations, present and former, showed no ill feelings towards one another, although Otis Williams reported that Kendricks would not speak to him during the ceremony.[26] The Temptations ended their induction ceremony with a performance of Paul Williams' signature song, "Don't Look Back", dedicated to his memory.
After reuniting at the induction ceremony, and much to the chagrin of Otis Williams and Motown, Edwards, Ruffin, and Kendrick made plans to tour and record as "Ruffin, Kendrick and Edwards, Former Leads of The Temptations". The tour was in fact carried out, but production on the accompanying album was terminated when 50-year-old David Ruffin died in Philadelphia after a cocaine overdose on June 1, 1991. Kendrick was diagnosed with lung cancer soon after; he continued to perform until his death on October 5, 1992 in his native Birmingham.
The Temptations in the 1990s[link]
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The album cover to the 1998 album Phoenix Rising. Pictured left to right: Terry Weeks, Barrington Henderson, Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Harry McGilberry.
Richard Street missed a performance in 1992 after undergoing emergency surgery to remove kidneystones. Otis Williams, unaware of Street's surgery, called him angrily about his absence. Street felt Williams was unsympathetic, and as a result, he left the group in 1993 after twenty-two years. His replacement was St. Louis native Theo Peoples.
By the early 1990s, bass Melvin Franklin began missing performances due to failing health and Ray Davis, former bass man of Parliament-Funkadelic, began touring as a fill-in during 1993.[27] Franklin died after suffering a brain seizure at the age of 52 on February 23, 1995, and Davis was named his official replacement. The group subsequently finished production on For Lovers Only, an album of pop standards featuring two tracks recorded with Melvin Franklin prior to his death.
This lineup would not last, however, as Davis was diagnosed with lung cancer[27] and left shortly after completing the album. Davis died in New Brunswick, New Jersey of respiratory problems and complications of lung cancer on the evening of Tuesday July 5, 2005.
The group continued as a quartet for a short time before recruiting bass Harry McGilberry, a former member of the Futures. For Lovers Only would also be the last contribution for lead Ali-Ollie Woodson; he was released from the group shortly after McGilberry's hiring[28] due to health problems:[29] he suffered two bouts of throat cancer in a short time. He was replaced by new member Terry Weeks, who had served as his sub.
The Temptations' new lineup, consisting of Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Theo Peoples, and newcomers Harry McGilberry and Terry Weeks, toured throughout 1997, and was featured in the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXII in early 1998, which celebrated the fortieth anniversary of Motown. Later that year, The Temptations released Phoenix Rising, vocally arranged by 1980s producer Narada Michael Walden, Claytoven Richardson, Theo Peoples, Tony Lindsey and Skyler Jett, which became their first million-selling album in over twenty years. The album was anchored by "Stay", a single featuring Theo Peoples on lead and including a sample from "My Girl", which became a number-one hit on the adult contemporary charts. During the recording of Phoenix Rising, however, Theo Peoples departed, and was replaced by Barrington "Bo" Henderson. The completed album features lead vocals on different tracks by both Henderson and Peoples, who would join the Four Tops the following year.
[edit] The Temptations mini-series
Main article: The Temptations (miniseries)
Nineteen ninety-eight also saw the debut of The Temptations, a four-hour television miniseries based on Otis Williams' Temptations autobiography. It was broadcast in two parts on NBC on November 1 and November 2, 1998. The miniseries was a ratings success and won an Emmy award for Best Direction; it was subsequently rerun on the VH-1 cable television network and released to VHS and DVD.
Otis Williams' former wife, Josephine, Melvin Franklin's mother, Rose Franklin, and David Ruffin's family, filed a joint lawsuit against Williams, Motown, de Passe Entertainment, Hallmark Entertainment, and NBC for a number of charges, including defamation.[citation needed] The judges ruled in favor of the defendants, and the ruling was upheld when the plaintiffs appealed in 2001. Williams later claimed that, although his book was used as the source material for the film, he did not have a great deal of control over how the material was presented.
From 2000 to the present day[link]
The Temptations were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2001, their 2000 album Ear-Resistible won the group its third Grammy, this one for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. Bo Henderson was fired from the group in 2003, prompting a wrongful termination lawsuit.[30] His replacement was former Spinners lead G.C. Cameron. The lineup of Cameron, Otis Williams, Ron Tyson, Harry McGilberry, and Terry Weeks recorded for a short time before Harry McGilberry was dismissed;[31] his replacement was former Spaniels bass Joe Herndon. McGilberry died on April 3, 2006, at age 56.
The group's final Motown album, Legacy, was released in 2004. Later that year, the Temptations asked to be released from their Motown contract, and moved to another Universal Motown Records Group label, New Door Records. Their sole album with this lineup, Reflections, was released on January 31, 2006, and contains covers of several popular Motown songs, including Diana Ross & the Supremes' "Reflections", the Miracles' "Ooo Baby Baby", Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and the Jackson 5's "I'll Be There".[32]
G. C. Cameron left the group in June 2007 to focus on his solo career.[33] He was replaced by new member Bruce Williamson. The new lineup recorded another album of soul covers, Back to Front,[34] released in October 2007. Former member Ali-Ollie Woodson died on May 30, 2010 after a long battle with leukemia.
On May 4, 2010, the group released their Still Here album. A song featured, "First Kiss", has been criticized for having instances of Auto-Tune.[35]
Splinter groups[link]
Several former Temptations continue to perform outside of the group in spin-off or offshoot acts.
Ruffin, Kendricks & Edwards[link]
The most well known splinter was "Ruffin, Kendricks & Edwards: Former Leads of the Temptations", which featured the three former Temptations and three other members, David Sea, who'd been a consideration to replace Edwards in 1984, Nate Evans, a former member of The Impressions, and a female vocalist.
Following the death of David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards and Eddie Kendricks began touring as "The Temptations", still with David Sea and Nate Evans, and bringing in another former Temptation, Damon Harris. The group had different sixth vocalists at different times, including Charles Blackmon (Blagman), from The Choice Four, and Curtis Taylor.[36] but their use of the Temptations name prompted a legal battle with Otis Williams. The legal battle was resolved in favor of Otis Williams who is still touring as the last original Temptation.
Dennis Edwards and Damon Harris form offshoot groups[link]
Following the death of Eddie Kendricks, the group splintered. Dennis formed "Dennis Edwards and the Temptations Revue", Damon formed "Damon Harris and the Temptations Revue" featuring future Temptation Joe Herndon, Evans and Taylor formed a Temptations tribute band[37] and David Sea went on to a solo career.
Edwards' group, whose lineup in 1993 featured Edwards, Mike Patillo (bass), Bernard Gibson (tenor), a fourth male member, and a female member, has appeared on several PBS music specials. The female member was replaced by the returning David Sea in 1999, and the remaining male member by falsetto Chris Arnold in the early 2000s (decade).
Bernard Gibson was fired in 2006,[38] and replaced by another former Temptation, Ali-Ollie Woodson. Woodson had previously fronted an act called Ali-Ollie Woodson & the Emperors of Soul, the name being drawn from the Temptations boxed set released in 1994. Woodson left the group briefly in 2008, joining a Broadway review of The Greatest Love Story Ever Told, and was replaced by Paul Williams, Jr., son of the late Paul Williams, Sr. Woodson briefly rejoined, but left again due to cancer, with Paul Williams Jr. again taking his place. Woodson died on May 30, 2010.
Glenn Leonard's Temptations Revue[link]
Harris later split from his "Temptations Revue", with the other four members joining another former Temptation falsetto, Glenn Leonard, to become "Glenn Leonard and the Temptations Experience." Joe Herndon left this group to join the Temptations[39] and his spot was filled by former Temptations bass singer Ray Davis. Following Davis' death on July 5, 2005, the spot was filled by another former Temptations bass singer Harry McGilberry, who died of an apparent drug overdose at the age of 56 on April 3, 2006. Damon Harris would form a new group later, billed as "Damon Harris and the Temptations Tribute."
Glenn Leonard has maintained his lineup throughout the 2000-2011 decade, and is billing his show "Glenn Leonard's Temptations Revue" http://www.glennleonardpromo.com His current lineup includes Kareem Ali, Pete Marshall from The Choice Four, Doc Devone, and Andre Jackson.
Richard Street's Temptations[link]
Richard Street also leads a group, billed as "Richard Street" or "Richard Street's Temptations".[40] Street is in the process of writing a book regarding his time with The Temptations entitled Ball of Confusion. If it is published, it will be the second autobiography regarding the group. In 1992, "Ruffin & Kendricks" roadie, Tony Turner, also wrote a book, assisted by Barbara Aria, contrasting Otis Williams' account of the group's glory days, entitled Deliver Us From Temptation.
"Legendary Lead Singers of The Temptations"[link]
Leonard, Woodson, and Henderson have toured as "Legendary Lead Singers of the Temptations" and "The Temptations Reunion Show" since 2004. This prompted a lawsuit by Otis Williams filed in October 2007, citing not just the three performers but their managers and every venue that hosted them. Williams' complaint deals with their use of the name, "The Temptations", as well as claims that the act accepted considerably lower fees than The Temptations, hurting the group's reputation as well as the ability to work. Also cited is advertising by the venues claimed to be misleading by billing Leonard, Woodson and Henderson's group as "The Temptations".[41]
Musical style[link]
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Unlike many other R&B groups, each member of the Temptations was a lead singer of some capacity, and The Temptations' songs depended upon the individual members' interaction as a group. Although the group always had an appointed main lead singer who dominated most of the lead vocals (from Paul Williams to David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards, and later singers such as Louis Price, Ali-Ollie Woodson, and Terry Weeks), that singer was never given more of a promotional push than the other members. Co-lead songs, with two or more of the singers sharing the lead vocals, are common in the Temptations catalog, particularly among the psychedelic-era recordings of the late 1960s/early 1970s.
The "Motown Sound" (1961–1968)[link]
Following their first Motown hit, the group would alter their style several times over the ensuing years, adapting to the popular styles of the day while retaining their signature visual and vocal styles. The earliest Temptations recordings backed by Motown's stalwart studio band, the Funk Brothers, reflect the influence of producers Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, and featured a cohesive blend of black rhythm and blues along with elements of white pop music that later came to be known as the "Motown Sound". Recordings made prior to 1966 such as "My Girl", were built around songs with simple, direct lyrics supported by an R&B rhythm section with orchestral strings and horns added for pop appeal. During this period, each recording usually featured only one lead singer, usually David Ruffin or Eddie Kendricks, although Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams each had solo numbers of their own at various times during this period.
Melisma and other complicated vocalization techniques featured in the arrangements of most other Motown groups of the period were essentially eschewed by the Temptations for a more direct, yet obviously gospel-rooted vocal approach, in order to make the songs more palatable for white audiences. Creative control remained primarily in the hands of Smokey Robinson, although individual members of the Temptations periodically co-wrote some of their own songs, most frequently by Eddie Kendricks, who also handled the vocal arrangements for all of the Temptations' material.
In 1966, Norman Whitfield changed the group's dynamic, moving them away from the previous one lead singer model and adding elements derived from the rougher soul of artists such as James Brown, Wilson Pickett, and the performers at Stax Records. Whitfield and his lyricists crafted Temptations songs with shifts of dynamics, syncopated horn stabs, and more intricate harmony arrangements which spotlighted each singer's unique vocal range. Onstage, this change was reflected in the group's use of a custom-made four-headed microphone stand, (invented by David Ruffin), which allowed each member freedom to perform without having to all crowd around one or two microphones. Under Whitfield's control, the Temptations retained their white pop appeal, but also gained popularity amongst black audiences as well.
Psychedelic and cinematic soul (1968–1973)[link]
When David Ruffin was replaced by Dennis Edwards, and Sly and the Family Stone became popular, Whitfield again restructured the Temptations' sound, this time driving the group almost completely into a "psychedelic soul" type sound. However, ballads in the traditional style of the group were still being recorded as B-sides and album fillers, with the lone exception being "Just My Imagination".
Most other recordings from this period in 1968–1970 such as "Cloud Nine" and "Psychedelic Shack" featured echoed vocal tracks, distorted guitar lines with prominent use of the wah-wah pedal, hard-hitting drums, and various stereo and other sound effects. The majority of these songs feature at least two lead singers and often, all five Temptations sang lead, trading bars à la the Family Stone. Dennis Edwards, whose vocal style had a rougher, more Southern-soul based sound than that of David Ruffin, was often featured prominently on most of these recordings.
Inspired heavily by the concurrent works of Sly Stone, the lyrics for these songs centered primarily around then-current social issues such as integration, the Vietnam War, and self-consciousness. In addition, in an attempt to get the social message contained therein across to their audiences more clearly, many of the psychedelic soul recordings of this period were presented in mixes of extended length, often up to twice, triple or quadruple the length of the typical three-minute Motown song.
Tracks such as the album version of "Run Away Child, Running Wild" from Cloud Nine, "Take a Stroll Thru Your Mind" from Psychedelic Shack, and "Smiling Faces Sometimes" from Sky's the Limit, all run at least eight minutes. At the insistence of Norman Whitfield, a large portion of the additional running time for each song consisted of instrumental passages without vocals. For example, the hit version of their smash 1972 single "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" was nearly seven minutes, featuring an instrumental intro that was almost two minutes, a rarity for songs of that era.
"Psychedelic soul" soon gave way to "cinematic soul", highlighting a further series of lengthy recordings featuring detailed orchestration, extended instrumental introductions and bridging passages. Often focusing on lyrics about the ghettos and inner cities of black America, these songs were heavily influenced by the work of singer-songwriters Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield. Unlike Hayes and Mayfield however, the Temptations had no creative control over their recordings, and were in no way fond of the twelve- and thirteen-minute long songs being forced upon them by Norman Whitfield, whose contributions were the focal point of Temptations albums such as Solid Rock, All Directions, and particularly Masterpiece.
From funk to disco to adult contemporary (1974 to present)[link]
In 1974, after Whitfield was dismissed as the producer for the Temptations, the group altered its sound to accommodate a balance of both up-tempo dance material as well as ballads. The vocal arrangements began to again focus primarily on one lead singer per track, although some leads were still being shared periodically. In addition, the Temptations themselves, after fighting Motown and Berry Gordy for creative control, began to write and produce some of their own material. From this point on, the Temptations focused almost exclusively on songs about romance. However, songs about social issues similar to the recordings made during the tenure of Norman Whitfield were periodically produced as well.
Temptations recordings of the mid `70's focused significantly on the influences of funk music from artists such as Parliament-Funkadelic and Sly and the Family Stone, and members of both acts contributed significantly to material recorded by the group during this period. In addition, their signature ballad sound, reduced to filler material during much of the Whitfield period, was restored to the lush, full productions of the earlier hits produced by Smokey Robinson. After a brief diversion into disco in the late-1970s, the Temptations settled into a form of an adult contemporary-rooted type of R&B, a style in which they continue to record.
Although the group continues to feature dancing as an important aspect of its act, as the ages of its members have increased, live shows have focused on less intricate choreography.
Legacy and influence[link]
With their tailored suits and detailed choreography, The Temptations set the bar high for male soul and R&B groups of the period. Before the Temptations became popular, most black vocal groups were rough, high-energy acts featuring vocals which were more raw and dance movements which were more improvisational. Only a few performers, including contemporaries Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, and the Four Tops, showed the refined style that would be popularized by the Temptations.
Producer Berry Gordy insisted that all his acts be equally appealing to both white as well as black audiences, and employed an extensive creative team to help tailor Motown talent for the crossover success he desired. Motown choreographer Cholly Atkins along with Paul Williams created the trademark precise and energetic, yet refined, dance steps used by the Temptations onstage. The most famous of these, the "Temptation Walk", or "Temptation Strut", was adapted from similar moves by the Flamingos and the Vibrations and from those two sources, Cholly Atkins and Paul Williams crafted the resulting signature dance routine.
Like other similar independent companies of the period, Motown was neither a member of ASCAP nor BMI, preferring to stay independent and handling their own widely varied distribution through thousands of "Mom & Pop" record stores and small radio stations. Many singles that might have been charted higher did not have the data for the Billboard charts to evaluate, so it is quite possible that the Temptations sold more than a "Gold Record" number of most of their early records. Their stage work and depth of their lead singers made them legends throughout the northern cities as well as the southern "chitlin' circuit", before being acknowledged by most radio disc jockeys as the strongest group around.
During the 1960s and 1970s, a number of soul groups showed significant influence from the Temptations, among them the Delfonics, the Chi-Lites, Parliaments, featuring George Clinton, the Dramatics, Daryl Hall & John Oates (from 1965 to 1967 one of Daryl Hall's earliest bands was named The Temptones), and Motown labelmates the Jackson 5 and The Undisputed Truth. These acts, and others, showed the influence of the Temptations in both their vocal performances and their onstage choreography. Several more recent soul and R&B vocal groups, including the New Edition led by Johnny Gill, Jodeci, BLACKstreet, Dru Hill, and, most notably, Boyz II Men in the 1980s also showed significant influence from the Temptations.
It is interesting to note that during the early part of their career, their main competition came from Impressions featuring Curtis Mayfield; then during the phase of the group featuring alternating leads, competition came from Sam & Dave, the Chi-Lites. In their next phase, competition came from the O'Jays. In each case, each group alternated between love songs and songs with messages in their lyrics.
Temptations songs have been covered by scores of musicians, from R&B singers such as Luther Vandross ("Since I Lost My Baby"), to pop vocalists such as Bette Midler ("Just My Imagination"), to rock bands such as Rare Earth ("Get Ready"), Anthrax, Love and Rockets, Duran Duran ("Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)") and the Rolling Stones ("My Girl", "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "Just My Imagination") and Mick Jagger's collaboration with reggae artist Peter Tosh on ("Don't Look Back"). In 1991, British singer Rod Stewart collaborated with the Temptations on the single "The Motown Song".
The lives and careers of The Temptations were one of several inspirations for The Five Heartbeats, a 1991 film about a 1960s Motown-esque male group starring Robert Townsend, Michael Wright, Leon, and Harry J. Lennix.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked The Temptations #67 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[42]
Personnel[link]
- For a detailed listing of the various versions of The Temptations (and a timeline), see: Temptations chronology.
The Primes[link]
aka The Cavaliers
- Paul Williams (1955–1960)
- Eddie Kendricks (1955–1960)
- Kell Osborne (1955–1960)
- Wiley Waller (1955–1957)
The Distants[link]
aka Otis Williams & the Distants, Otis Williams & the Siberians
- Otis Williams (1958–1960)
- Elbridge "Al" Bryant (1958–1960)
- James "Pee-Wee" Crawford (1958–1959)
- Vernard Plain (1958–1959)
- Arthur Walton (1958–1959)
- Melvin Franklin (1959–1960)
- Richard Street (1959–1960)
- Albert "Mooch" Harrell (1959–1960)
The Temptations[link]
aka The Elgins
- Otis Williams (1960–present)
- Elbridge "Al" Bryant (1960–1963)
- Melvin Franklin (1960–1995)
- Eddie Kendricks (1960–1971, 1982 reunion)
- Paul Williams (1960–1971)
- David Ruffin (1964–1968, 1982 reunion)
- Dennis Edwards (1968–1977, 1980–1984, 1987–1989)
- Ricky Owens (1971)
- Richard Street (1971–1992)
- Damon Harris (1971–1975)
- Glenn Leonard (1975–1983)
- Louis Price (1977–1980)
- Ron Tyson (1983–present)
- Ali-Ollie Woodson (1984–1987, 1989–1997)
- Theo Peoples (1992–1998)
- Ray Davis (1994–1995)
- Harry McGilberry (1995–2003)
- Terry Weeks (1997–present)
- Barrington "Bo" Henderson (1998–2003)
- G. C. Cameron (2003–2007)
- Joe Herndon (2003–present)
- Bruce Williamson (2007–present)
Discography[link]
Main article: The Temptations discography
U.S. and UK Top Ten singles[link]
The following singles reached the Top Ten of either the United States pop singles chart or the United Kingdom pop singles chart. Also included are the singles that hit No. 1 on the US R&B charts.
| Year | Song title | US Top 10 | UK Top 10 | R&B No. 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965: | "My Girl" | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1966: | "Get Ready" | 29 | 10 | 1 |
| 1966: | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | 13 | - | 1 |
| 1966: | "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" | 3 | - | 1 |
| 1966: | "(I Know) I'm Losing You" | 8 | - | 1 |
| 1967: | "All I Need" | 8 | 26 | 2 |
| 1967: | "You're My Everything" | 6 | - | 3 |
| 1967: | "I Wish It Would Rain" | 4 | - | 1 |
| 1968: | "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" | 13 | - | 1 |
| 1968 | "Cloud Nine" | 6 | - | 2 |
| 1968: | "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" (Diana Ross & the Supremes and the Temptations) |
2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1969: | "Run Away Child, Running Wild" | 6 | - | 1 |
| 1969: | "I Can't Get Next to You" | 1 | - | 1 |
| 1970: | "Psychedelic Shack" | 7 | - | 2 |
| 1970: | "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 1971: | "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 1972: | "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" | 1 | - | 5 |
| 1973: | "Masterpiece" | 7 | - | 1 |
| 1973: | "Let Your Hair Down" | - | - | 1 |
| 1974: | "Happy People" | - | - | 1 |
| 1975: | "Shakey Ground" | - | - | 1 |
| 1991: | "The Motown Song" (Rod Stewart featuring The Temptations) |
10 | - | - |
| 1992: | "My Girl" (reissue) | - | 2 | - |
Top Ten albums[link]
The following albums reached the Top Ten on either the United States pop or R&B albums charts or the United Kingdom pop albums chart
- 1965: The Temptations Sing Smokey (R&B #1)
- 1965: The Temptin' Temptations (R&B #1)
- 1966: Gettin' Ready (R&B #1)
- 1966: Greatest Hits (R&B #1) (US #5)
- 1967: Temptations Live! (R&B #1) (US #10)
- 1967: The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (R&B #1) (US #7)
- 1967: The Temptations in a Mellow Mood (R&B #1)
- 1968: The Temptations Wish It Would Rain (R&B #1)
- 1968: The Temptations Show (R&B #2)
- 1968: Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) (R&B #1) (US #2)
- 1968: TCB (with Diana Ross & The Supremes) (R&B #1) (US #1)
- 1968: Live at the Copa (R&B #2)
- 1969: Cloud Nine (R&B #1) (US #4)
- 1969: Puzzle People (R&B #1) (US #5)
- 1969: Together (R&B #6)
- 1969: On Broadway (R&B #4)
- 1970: Psychedelic Shack (R&B #1) (US #9)
- 1970: Live at London's Talk of the Town (R&B #5)
- 1970: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (R&B #2)
- 1971: Sky's the Limit (R&B #2)
- 1972: Solid Rock (R&B #1)
- 1972: All Directions (R&B #1) (US #2)
- 1973: Masterpiece (R&B #1) (US #7)
- 1973: Anthology (R&B #5)
- 1973: 1990 (R&B #2)
- 1975: A Song for You (R&B #1)
- 1975: Wings of Love (R&B #3)
- 1976: The Temptations Do The Temptations (R&B #10)
- 1982: Reunion (R&B #2)
- 1984: Truly for You (R&B #3)
- 1986: To Be Continued (R&B #4)
Filmography[link]
- 1973: Save the Children
- 1987: Happy New Year
- 2007: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Television work[link]
- 1985: The Fall Guy (TV episode "Rockabye Baby", February 13, 1985)
- 1985: The Love Boat (TV episode "Your Money or Your Wife/Joint Custody/The Temptations", October 5, 1985)
- 1986: Moonlighting (TV episode "Symphony in Knocked Flat", October 21, 1986)
- 1986: 227 (TV episode "Temptations", November 15, 1986)
- 1990: Murphy Brown (TV episode "Goin' to the Chapel, Part 2", May 21, 1990)
- 1990: performed CBS network's 1990-91 version of their Get Ready campaign with an updated version of "Get Ready".
- 1993: Getting By (TV episode "Reach for the Stars", November 23, 1993)
- 1996: New York Undercover (TV episode "Deep Cover", May 2, 1996)
- 2008: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV appearance), March 7, 2008
- 2012: Dancing with the Stars (TV appearance), April 23, 2012 - Motown Week
Video and DVD releases[link]
- 1991: The Temptations - Live in Concert
- 2004: 20th century Masters - The Best of the Temptations
- 2006: Get Ready: The Definitive Performances - 1965–1972
- 2007: The Temptations - Live In London (1987)
Notes[link]
- ^ Graff, Gary (1988-08-29). The Temptations: Otis tells the group's tale. Detroit Free Press. Online version available from Internet Archive at [1]
- ^ (2005). "The Temptations". Memorabletv.com. Retrieved on 2005-11-05.
- ^ (2003). "The Temptations". ClassicMotown.com. Retrieved on 2005-11-05.
- ^ (2005) Ankeny, Jason. "The Temptations". Allmusic. Retrieved on 2005-11-05.
- ^ a b Hardin, Ritchie (July 17, 2004). "The Tangled History of The Temptations". The Ritchie Hardin Network. Archived from the original on 2005-10-18. http://web.archive.org/web/20051018055156/http://www.ritchie-hardin.com/soul/temps0.html. Retrieved 2007-02-09.
- ^ Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 26–30.
- ^ a b Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-26117-0. Pg. 232
- ^ a b c d e Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 32–38.
- ^ Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 40.
- ^ Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 30, 40-41.
- ^ Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 9, 32.
- ^ Williams and Romanowski (1988), pp. 68–70.
- ^ Blair, Elizabeth (June 4, 2000). "Weekend Edition: 'My Girl'". NPR. Retrieved May 17, 2009.
- ^ a b The Temptations interviewed on the Pop Chronicles (1969).
- ^ a b c d Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-26117-0. Pg. 165, 212, 217-222
- ^ Interview with Richard Street, R&B Showcase Magazine. Retrieved from [2] on May 13, 2010
- ^ Interview with Eddie Kendricks, Urban Street. Retrieved from [3] on May 17, 2009
- ^ Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-26117-0. Pg. 226
- ^ Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-26117-0. Pg. 227
- ^ Williams and Romanowski, (2002) pp. 170–171
- ^ Williams and Romanowski, (2002), p. 172
- ^ Williams and Romanowski, (2002), pp. 249, 259
- ^ a b Williams and Romanowski, (2002), p. 177
- ^ Williams and Romanowski, (2002), p. 183
- ^ Williams and Romanowski, (2002), pp. 178–182
- ^ a b Williams and Romanowski, (2002), pp. 193–197
- ^ a b "Ray Davis-The Original P Interview". Vermontreview.tripod.com. http://vermontreview.tripod.com/Interviews/raydavis.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Ali and Harry together in concert". Thetemptations.com. http://thetemptations.com/v-web/gallery/former-concerts/tempts4. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Otis Williams". Otiswilliams.net. http://www.otiswilliams.net/history.aspx. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Welcome to Glicker & Associates". Glickerlaw.com. http://www.glickerlaw.com/media_details.asp?media_id=4. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Various Photos". The Temptations Photo Gallery. http://www.thetemptations.com/v-web/gallery/former-various/tempts149. Retrieved 2007-02-06.
- ^ 2005-11-28. "Temptations Record 15 Classics for Reflections". Universal Records press release, Retrieved on 2005-12-03.
- ^ "GC Cameron's WHCR 90.3FM June 8, 2007 Interview with Maurice Watts". Mauricewatts.com. http://www.mauricewatts.com/interviews/gcinterview3.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Back to Front: The Temptations: Music". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000V9KFLO. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "The Temptations Turn to Auto-Tune on New Album". Spinner.com. 2010-05-05. http://www.spinner.com/2010/05/05/the-tempations-new-album-still-here-auto-tune/. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Papa Was a Rolling Stone: The Temptations: Music". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00006AFRC. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ Temptations Tribute Bands[dead link]
- ^ "Key of Gee". Key of Gee. http://www.keyofgee.com/bernard_gibson. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ Glenn Leonard bio (2004). Retrieved on 2006-11-18. Notice Joe Herndon, top right.
- ^ "Invalid Website". Rummage.com.au. http://www.rummage.com.au/AAPView.aspx?id=59502. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ Posted October 29, 2007 at 6:03PM by TMZ Staff. "Original Temptation Ain't Too Proud to Sue - TMZ.com - Entertainment News, Celebrity Gossip and Hollywood Rumors". Tmz.com. http://www.tmz.com/2007/10/29/original-temptation-aint-too-proud-to-sue/2. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- ^ "The Immortals: The First Fifty". Rolling Stone Issue 946. Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
References[link]
- George, Nelson. "Cool as They Wanna Be". The Temptations: Emperors of Soul [CD Box Set]. New York: Motown Record Co., L.P.
- Posner, Gerald (2002). Motown : Music, Money, Sex, and Power. New York: Random House. ISBN 0-375-50062-6.
- Weinger, Harry (1994). "Sunshine on a Cloudy Day". The Temptations: Emperors of Soul [CD Box Set]. New York: Motown Record Co., L.P.
- Williams, Otis and Romanowski, Patricia (1988, updated 2002). Temptations. Lanham, MD: Cooper Square. ISBN 0-8154-1218-5.
- George, Nelson (1985, rev. 2003). Where Did Our Love Go: The Rise and Fall of the Motown. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9511-7.
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- Official homepage for Glenn Leonard - lead singer from 1975 to 1983
- Melvin Franklin/The Temptations interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' October 1992 (reprinted January 2009)
- The Temptations at Allmusic
- The Temptations official website
- Group profile at Soul Evolution
- Interview. Urban Street. 1991. Retrieved 1/30/09
- Otis Williams' official website (includes current tour schedule)
- Ron Tyson's official website
- Official Motown/Universal website for The Temptations
- Classic Temptations page at Classic Motown website
- 'The Temptations' Vocal Group Hall of Fame page
- Ali Ollie Woodson interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' December 2001 (reprinted June 2010)
- SoulTracks group biography and chart of past group members
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