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and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
MUSIC NIGHT
To get you all in the mood
for the Saturday music thread
Fabulous FRiday presents
THE TEMPTATIONS
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.
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.
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),
Ali-Ollie Woodson, Ron Tyson, Glenn Leonard,
Damon Harris, Richard Street, Theo Peoples,
and G. C. Cameron.
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Ain't Too Proud To Beg
Beginnings
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.
Future 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.
Success
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", "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)",
and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone",
are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs
that Shaped Rock and Roll. Contents
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.
A New Sound
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..
Psychedelic shack
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(All info found at Wikipedia)
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