The GREATEST Group Of All Time | The Untold Truth Of The Temptations (Motown Legends Ep22)

Of all the

group

s that were part of Motown, The Tentations are possibly the best

group

on the label. This group gave us at least three musical

legends

who topped the R B charts. They are also one of the groups that stood out in their periods. together to this day today's story will be about none other than the

greatest

group of all

time

the

temptations

that being said let's kill that intro eddie kendricks was born on december 17, 1939 in union springs alabama to parents johnny and lee kendricks They will transfer him to his three brothers and sister from Isley Alabama Paul Williams was born on July 2, 1939 in Isley Alabama Now Paul already had music in his jeans since his father Rufus Williams was a member of the gospel group The Ensley Julie B singers Paul will meet to eddie from elementary school now paul was considered a prankster or to some people a bully.

Paul throws a bucket of water at Eddie, resulting in a fist fight. Now both of them will become extremely close when they discover that they both love to sing. Both will join together. Meanwhile, his church choir, Otis Williams was born the eldest, Miles Junior, on October 30, 1941 in Texas, his parents, the elder Mouse and Hazel Williams, would separate shortly after his birth, the eldest mother He would marry and move to Detroit, Michigan, the eldest would stay in Texas and was raised by both of them. his grandmothers until 1951 when he turned 10 years old and moved to Detroit with his mother and stepfather David English or better known as Melvin Blue Franklin was born on October 12, 1942 in Montgomery Alabama now his mother would stay with his biological father who was a family preacher now blue mother would get married and move to Detroit in blue.

He would stay with his grandmother until 1952, when he would move to Detroit with his mother and his stepfather, now older and blue, who had very similar paths. Last but not least, Al Bryant, born in September. 28, 1939 in thomasville georgia his parents will move to detroit and this is where al matt otis and the two will become close friends when they were teenagers eddie and paul had a group with their childhood friends kels osborne and riley waller called the cavaliers now Wally Will left and the group moved to Cleveland Ohio briefly in 1956 at that

time

Eddie Paul and Kells were only 17 now in Cleveland they met Milton Jenkins who would later become the group's manager and he changed the name to the primes 1957 Melton would move the group from detroit michigan the primes would make their names known by performing covers in talent contests now in the award they would obtain a lot of success and paul's then girlfriend, betty mcglone, would be able to sing and one day eddie and paul would meet to franz ballet and she was singing for them and knocking them down, they were telling milton about flo and she was grabbing her two friends, meryl wilson and donna ross, now let's flash back to richard street's story at that time, i was teaching too to a group of girls to sing which one uh, the lead singer was my girlfriend and that was Diana Ross in Supremes Milton.

He would call this new girl group Primex. Now at this time, Otis Williams, had his own group called Old Williams and the. siberians memories were major williams al bryan james prieby crawford bernard plain and arthur walton the group will record the song pasco kid for senator bistoe bryant's label now sometime around 1958 the smells have been having their eyes on the blue now the Blue singing was very remarkable it was very deep and for them to be so young and for him to have this deep voice it was mind blowing and old as he needed it during his time in Blue he used to sing with David Ruffin and Lamont Dozier as the masters of the voice , now Blue will also sing. with richard street from time to time blue also said that richard and david were his cousins ​​otis, he tried to ask blue to join his group, but blue thought that odis was a member of the game that he wanted to compete with, so he ran away now, otis and blue met and actually discovered that they had a lot in common, this formed a bond between the two of us that no one could break now some may know that otis and I were quite close, right, we were best friends and when blue came along This, really just removed the image, now Blue will join the group Otis and replace Alta Walton and Richard Street will be placed as Bernard playing the group.

They would change their name to El Domingos in their first song that the preschooler got. hurt by johnny may matthews who assigned the group to his label northern records she would change the name of the group to the distance 1959 the distance would record that song come on which became a local hit this song also had richard street as lead singer of the league se heard this song by barry gordy who was just setting up his label and now worldwide records will pick up this song for distribution rights now the rivalry between distance and cousins ​​started at a house party and al and paul never got along so we could say what's gone here pb crawford will leave the group and they will replace him with alba mooch harrell the group will record the song well in 1960.

Now this song did not receive the same attention as, but after this, Johnny May will change the name to otis williams in the distance and name otis as the leader of the group now at the beginning the group took aspirations for other groups like the isley brothers the drifters and frankie lineup and the teenagers to name some older people who will meet barry gordy who basically told him that He liked their sound and had him come see him if they needed a record deal in the early 1960s, the distance would be broken when Richard and Mooch would leave the group and Johnny May would take the group's name and give it to Richard, who forms His own group is called Richard Street in the distance, meanwhile, the Primes, who are the most popular group in Detroit, never recorded any songs.

Kell Osborne wanted a better opportunity, so he would leave the group and move to Los Angeles, California, so now the Primes in the distance. disbanded, Eddie, will return to Alabama thinking his senior career was over until one day he came back to visit us. Now Eddie will receive a phone call from Otis, who really wanted Eddie to join his group. Eddie is the loyal friend that he is. he said he will only join if otis lets his friend paul join now the members are otis williams al bryant blue paul williams and eddie kendricks they will be called the elders otis already had an audition scheduled and only needed two more members now that he got those members , they went to an audition for barry gordy, barry, was impressed but didn't like the name of the group even though he would later use their name for a group later, now the group got that real name when the employee of america recorded billy mitchell and william mickey stevenson along with paul williams and otis williams came up with the name we all know and love to this day the

temptations

barry signed a group to his Miracle Records sublabel in 1961, so at first Eddie and Paul shared voice paul he was the choreographer of the temptations and the supremes the temptations will release their first two songs with paul only these songs were oh my gosh and see for yourself 1962 barry gordy will assign the group to his other label called gordy records barry gordy will bless the temptations with the song you are my dream come true with eddie as leader this song will reach number 22 on the r b charts later that year the temptations will go on the

motown

review tour this tour included other

motown

acts such as The Miracles Mary Rails Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder, to name a few, The Temptations released eight songs between 1961 and 1963 without any success.

The group will adapt the name to hitless times. Curious fact. Motown changed the group's name to The Pirates. They would record the songs Mind Over Matter and I Love Until I Die under the name. Fortunately, the label decided to change the name to The Tentations. The song Do You Love Me was originally for The Tentations, but Barry couldn't locate it. anyone in the group so i would give this to the outline man what could have been barry gordy smokey robinson was assigned to work exclusively with the tents in 1963. smokey robinson will write the song i want a love i can see for the group that didn't come to the charts at all, although this song did not chart, this house will be performed regularly by paul williams during the group's live performances and also during this time, david ruffin was expressing to the group how much he wanted to be a member, David.

He loved everything about the group, from the way they wear their dance moves and their voices and, most importantly, what the temptations represent now. On the other hand, he had a family and had a regular job and began to feel frustration towards the group due to Due to the group's lack of success, he began to earn more money as a milkman than a singer, then frustration began to grow and they began to incidents happen, plus an incident that will happen without him getting into a really heated discussion with the group and with him not wanting to come to rehearsals and also having multiple incidents with Paul, this will make the group nervous and one day during the Christmas event , al and paul will have an altercation in which i will hit paul in the head with a bottle. will result in a seaweed kick from the group.

Now another incident happened that I didn't know about and one of my subscribers let me know, so congratulations to you. Allen Blue will be involved in an incident where I will put blue in the group. trash can, so with all these incidents it was inevitable that he would be kicked out of the group, but the temptations returned to the stage and if jimmy ruffa came on stage to perform with them, the audience liked his performance and the temptations were already looking at jimmy . to be placed as I said before, numerous incidents happened so it was only a matter of time before he was replaced.

All I can say is that Jimmy was wrong and where he was wrong is that he led his younger brother on. On stage he gave David the opportunity to steal the show and he did, David would make the rest of the Temptation members nervous when they realized they had a musical legend on their hands. David Ruffin, the misunderstood icon, you know, everyone has theirs. Demons and everyone has their own way of fighting them. You can say what you want about David, but there's one thing you can't say. You can't say he's not a musical legend. David brought the temptations of unknown singers to the

legends

.

Temptations will bring. in the new year with david ruffin as a new member of the group smokey robinson will bring to the group a new song that became a hit this song was the way you do the things you do this song will reach number 11 on the billboard hot 100 charts The Way You Do The Things You Do was recorded just two weeks after Al Bryan was fired, Temptations' first album was released on April 13, 1964. This album will reach number 95 on Billboard's top 200 charts, the group will release three songs with eddie kendricks owns the league, these songs are i'll be in trouble.

They reach number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Girl, why you wanna turn me blue? They hit number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. And the girls are cool with me now. The song didn't chart because it struggled to miss the Billboard Hot 100 charts, peaking at number 102. Although I think this song should have been at least in the top 20, now Smokey Robinson wanted to write a song for David. sing as he believed, if he could write the perfect song for David, it would become a hit as David's unique voice was soft but growing, so while on the Motor Town review tour, Smokey along with Ronnie Wright They would write the song My Girl, this was the group.

The first song to reach number one on the RB charts and more than 50 years later, this song is still on the RV charts and is even considered the group's signature song after My Girl, it was David's turn to show his skills now that I was watching david lead the next three songs, these songs are growing, reaching number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number three on the R B charts since I lost my baby. Every number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number four on the R B charts and my baby. reaching number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number four on the R B charts so far, every song David sang as a lead was a top 20 hit on the billboard, that's very impressive, so remember that at the beginning Paul and 80 share the lead now with David came in Paul felt ignored Paul would tell everyone that I could sing too Now Paul he will respond with the song Don't Look Back They reached number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number 14 on the r b charts this song was a beloved song among fans as it was a song that paul played regularly during his live performances.

Now Norman Whitfield had his eyes on the group for a while and really wanted to work with them. Norman expressed his feelings to Barry and Barry. I told him that if Smokey's next song doesn't make the top 20, then he can keep it so you know, Norman, I was expecting a flop. Hebrew Smoking write the song, get ready, they hit number one on the r b charts andnumber 29 on the billboard. 100 charts now since get ready didn't reach the top 20 on the billboard charts now was norma's time to shine normally he would write he's not too proud to beg for them to reach number one on the r b charts and number 13 in the heart Billboard's 100s saw Norman surpass Smokies, thus earning Norman the title of The Tentation's lead songwriter and producer.

He usually wanted to change the group's image from Babyface's love songs to a more mature and edgy sound, something like the sound of James Brown, the classic Five or Better era. Known as the David Ruffin era, almost every song that featured David's vocals became a top 20 hit, although David didn't give the group a Grammy, there are countless songs that could have won. Born Cornelius Grant on April 27, 1943 in Failfield, Texas, Cornelius was now raised. for his grandmother he really adored her and at the age of nine he taught himself to play the guitar at the age of 13 his family would move to Detroit Michigan and this is where he would continue to work on his craft and when he turned 15 he started playing in clubs , bars and talent shows with all their hard work paid for.

At the age of 18 he earned his money working with Motown artists such as Mary Wells and Marvin Gaye in 1964 at the age of 21 the Tents hired him as the group's permanent guitarist Now we all know that the group has found members but the role of Cornelius He is important as he helped write some of the group's songs such as I Know I'm Losing You and also created the guitar riff heard in the opening scene 1964 Barry Gordy hired Charlie Atkins to be the choreographer for all the Motown acts , this would put Paul aside, since he was the original choreographer of the group, he was also the supreme choreographer, and in 1965, Paul would have an affair with the supreme hairdresser, Whitney Brown, the legs roll and the group grows every day less and he will roll with the company paul will face depression along with him living a double life this will play a tone as he would develop a trigger problem now paul never drank before now for someone who goes from drinking only milk to drinking alcohol this will tell him the type of pain paul was experiencing he was also dealing with sickle cell and at that time there was no help or treatment for this disease norman whitfield had his own team of songwriters as did heisler dozer and hoslin norman brought in roger pennsylvania and barry strong foreman whitfield strong and pennsylvania this songwriting dream team will produce wish i reigned reached number one on the r b charts and number four on the billboard heart 100 charts and i could never love another reached number one on the rv charts and the number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts Fun fact: This was the last song to feature David Ruffin.

Now Roger, he discovered that his wife was unfaithful to him, so he wrote I wish it rained and I could never love another. He wrote these songs expressing the pain he feels. felt and how he was unable to leave his wife even though she was having an affair, so if anyone could provide the sound that was needed for these songs it was David, especially on the song I Wish It Would Rain On New Year's Eve 1967 , a week after the release of the original bahrain roger he would commit suicide he was now 23 years old although patti labelle was never assigned to motown she was often around that circle in the late 60's patty and the eldest they started dating even getting engaged she said who believed she was more in love with temptations than the eldest now patti will receive a wake up call where otis wanted her to move to detroit and stop singing she would break off their engagement politely but let it be known that she would never stop singing for anything One also said that I was glad she didn't marry him, so I ended up dating Otis and we ended up getting engaged and then he gave me this beautiful ring and talked about, you know, what kind of life we ​​were going to have. and everything and I say yes, I said: am I attracted to a temptation or a man I want to be with?

I think I was more in love with temptations. I don't think this is going to work and the reason I said. It's because he wanted me to move to detroit and stop singing and not use this, I don't think so, I said it really, I said it very nicely, the engagement is off, I have to sing for the rest of my life, no matter what if they didn't do it. You don't pay me, I have to sing. That's how it is with me, no matter what I'm going to sing. Yes, I still care a lot about him.

He's a sweet man, but I'm glad I didn't marry Boo-Boo now. I said before, between the years 1964 and 1968, the temptations went from unknown applicants to international stars. They will be broadcast all over television on shows like American Bandstand, the Ed Sullivan Show and Hollywood Palace. In 1967, David began demanding special treatment as a leading man. The singer, for example, David began writing in a separate limousine with his characteristic glasses. He also wanted to change the group's name to David Ruffin in Temptations. Now I don't see any problem with this since he was the lead singer and it had already been done before. the Miracles and the Supremes Now, although Foreign was a founding member of the group, Diana Ross became the singer of the league, but unlike Otis Flo, she was able to see the dissertations with anyone before David, it was not until David bought Startum for the group now, although David was a star, he also has some personal problems that he had to deal with, such as his relationship with fellow Motown star Tammy Terrell, so for more details on David and Tammy's relationship , watch his video in the description box below.

David also had a great relationship. drug problem and it started to take effect as he started to miss rehearsals, he felt like he didn't need it because everyone came to see him anyway, I'm the one who sells the records, they come to see me, they come to see the temptations no one comes see you otis would you like to be able to work like i do now david cockneyness will finally get him fired from the group after missing a very important performance at the cleveland ohio super club attended by barbara gail martin on june 27, 1968 temptations will fire officially to david are you crazy?

I'm sorry, you're stupid, leave me, you're nothing without me, I messed up your asses, you can't fire me, do you hear me? You hear me, you can't make me like this Otis had his eyes on Dennis Edwards who was a member of the contours Now Eddie and David will become very close in the last four years Eddie would beg Odis not to kick David left the group but now everything was ready to bring dennis now dennis and david that was great now there were actually friends david actually gave dennis his blessing and told him that the group was looking at him to replace him on july 7, 1968 dennis made his debut with the group everything was going very well until there was a single song that had david as lee david he walked on stage he is next to dennis mike embarrassing him although the fans loved it because they thought it was part of the show otis I was furious, this act It would continue until David was let back into the group the next day.

David would miss a show, resulting in him being kicked out of the group permanently with David's departure. This will cause Eddie to begin to distance himself from the group in July. 9 1968 dennis edwards officially replaced david ruffin as lead singer giving rise to the era of psychedelic soul dennis edwards the change no one knew was necessary dennis helped elevate an already legendary group to iconic status with his hand they bring a motown not one but two grammy dennis helped take the group from a babyface group to a more minor group that can give you a lot of soul dennis will make his album debut with the group on the album live at the copa which was a concert live that was included on our album now, all of these songs that were sung were done before his time with the group in 1968, the group would record albums with the Supremes and these albums were called Diana Ross and the Supremes joined the temptations which reached number two on the Billboard Top 200 Charts and number one on the major R B albums charts also earned gold certification on tcb which reached number one on the Billboard Top 200 charts and number one on the major RNB album charts, as well as increasing the gold certification now with Dennis joining the group.

He would change the whole sound now we can all agree that David and Dennis' voices are very different, but his voice isn't bad, it's actually good, it's just strong. This will lead Norman Whitsfield to change the group's sound. He felt that the group. The sound needed something new but cool, so he would create a funk sound for the group and draw inspiration from Sly in the Family Stone and the funkadelics. Now Dennis came from a religious family who grew up in the church and his father, Dennis Edward Singer, was a preacher so Dennis had a strong preacher voice singing the tents they would debut this new sound with the song called cloud9 this song became the

greatest

hit of the group and this song would eventually reach number six on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number two on the r b charts the song had motown's most underrated group the funk brothers on the beat on february 17, 1968 it was released on album cloud9 and reached number four on the billboard top 200 charts along with the suffolk titles song, this album gave us another hit titled monterey child running away which reached number six on the hot 100 charts available and number one on the RV charts and the album was also certified Norman gold. he combined the sound of motown and the sound of psychedelic rock in such a beautiful way that this had created a completely new sound and he would call this sound psychedelic soul on september 23, 1969 the group's second album with dennis called puzzle people was released This album was released to number five on the Billboard top 200 charts and this album also gave us a hit called I Can't Get on Your Side, this song will reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number one on the lists R B.

Now during this time Paul was dealing with sickle cell and during this time there was rarely any medicine that could help not even the doctor. Research on this disease was very low at this time with all this pain he was going through, plus the work schedule was so intense. Paul fell into a deep depression in the late 1960s and developed a problem with alcohol. Now this was a red flag because paul was not a drinker and according to otis paul never drank anything stronger than milk and all of this would affect paul's ability to perform like he used to do in 1968 otis hired richard street to sing paul's lines behind from the curtain by Paul Lipscomb Also during this time, Eddie Kendricks, began to separate himself more from the group with David Fiery and his best friend, Paul, health is in decline, Eddie, often fixes fights with Otis and Blue who sometimes become violent, he often said he prefers. the old material from the old days instead of the new material they were working with now, David will persuade Andy to go solo, plus Eddie already felt that he no longer had to say it when it came to the group, he also felt that Motown was He mismanaged the group's finances and also felt that Motown was defrauding the group of this money.

Eddie, he was the only one dedicated to getting David back into the group, but no one else relented in 1970, Eddie, who would try to create a strike until Barry Gordy and the Motown staff were willing to review the group's finances with accountants. Otis was completely against this idea and the result of this only fueled the fire between the two even more. Now Eddie would finish the group's album called Sky's the Limit, this album. was released on April 22, 1971. This album will also reach number 16 on the Billboard Top 200 charts. Now this album gave us 80 songs from the latest league with the group called Just My Imagination.

This song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number one. on the r b charts what a way to go out now after eddie's departure otis hired ricky owens for vibes but only after two dates otis fired ricky for forgetting his lines now paul doctor informs him that he couldn't continue acting So in May 1971, Paul resigned and was officially replaced by Richard Street. Now Paul was still paid at least a fifth of the group's income and he also continued to work with the group when he could as the group's advisor and choreographer. He also attempted to pursue a solo career and recorded two songs that were never released on August 17, 1973.

Paul died of a gunshot wound to the head. He was only 34 years old. For the life and death of Paul Williams, see his story in the description box below the group went for a couple of weeks in May with only four members otis blue dennis and richard at the end of may 1971 the group finally hired someone to replace to eddie kendricks damon harris the 20 year old from baltimore born otis harris jr on july 17, 1950 in baltimore maryland growing up he was a big temptations fan, idolized eddie kendricks and studied everyhis movement along with some childhood friends, they had a group called the young tips, they recorded two versions of the group called i've been good to you and too busy thinking about my baby they will record these songs under the isley brother t-neck records label now motown will file a lawsuit against t-neck records for the use of the group's name so they changed the name of the groups to young vidals one of the versions reached number 46 on the r b charts, in my opinion it called the group that will record two more singles and I'll wait for you, the group will break up because Damon felt that college was more important than moving forward. a single race in april 1971 a friend of damien's convinced him to audition for the group since they were staying nearby in washington dc now damon had an audition in front of dennis blue and richard can only see otis if the group approves his performance Now Otis was hesitant to hire him since he was very young, but Damon's childhood dream was to be a temptation, he idolized Eddie Kendricks and studied his every move and now he is a member of that same group replacing his ironic idol right in October. 17, 1971, the group will release the song Superstar now, this was the first similar song between friends on January 11, 1972, the album Solid Rock had reached number 24 on the Billboard Top 200 charts and number one on the Billboard Top 200 charts. top R B albums on September 28. 1972 the group will release a song papa was a Rolling Stone now in this song it reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number five on the ar b charts and this song will be certified gold and it can also be said that this song it's the biggest song by a group as always a fun fact this song was originally for the motown group the indisputable

truth

in which they would record the song May 9, 1972 where they recorded a version of three minutes and 28 seconds, now normally I wanted to add a different sound to the song so I would go back and play with the instrumental and give this song to the temptations and have the group record a 12 minute version this song will win the group's second grammy award now norman and beretta strong would win a grammy As a songwriter after the success of the song Norman started working with Beret and started working on his own his first song on his own was called Masterpiece which reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number one on the R charts.

B. This would lead to the album titled Sufrir. Masterpiece that reached number seven on the Billboard Top 200 charts and number one on the top R B albums at this time. Tensions between the group and Norman began to rise, but Papa's long version was a rolling stone in the opening verse of that song that Dennis disrespected, plus Norman started showing up late and kept wanting to make songs that had long instrumentals. At the beginning and the group was completely against it, the group wanted to change producers and they really wanted to change this due to the decline of the group's cells.

The last album that was produced by Norman was called 1990. This reached number 19. at the top of the Billboard. 200 charts and this album only had one hit which was called let your hair down which reached number 27 on billboard hot 100 charts and number one on r b charts now normally he left motown and created his own record label in 1975 called ritz field records what would i take the indisputable

truth

really hutch and the group rolls royce with him in 1976 norman wrote rose ward's biggest hit called car wash now this song went to number one on the billboard hot 100 charts and number one on the r b charts and this song was also made for the 1976 film car wash starring richard pryor barry gordy assigned jeffy bowen as the group's new producer, so on january 19, 1975 their first LP titled a song for you was released, this album reached number 13 on the billboard hot 200 charts and the album also gave us three hits with shaky ground reaching number 26 on the billboard hot 100 charts and number one on the r b charts along with happy people they reached number 40 on the billboard hot 100 charts and number one on the rv charts and number 11 on their disco charts the glass house reached number 37 on the billboard hot 100 charts and number nine on the r b charts glasshouse It was the last song of the group that reached the top 40 on the billboard hot 100 charts now during the recording of the album a song for you otis fired damon harris for bad behavior and work habits he would replace him with glenn leonard from washington dc who was a member from unifix the group were going to release three more albums now these were almost a house party that was released on November 4, 1975.

This album reached number 40 on the Billboard Top 200 Sharks and number 11 on the Top R B Albums. This album also had a hit song called Keep Holding On which reached number 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and number three on the Billboard Charts. r b charts wins the love which was released on march 10, 1976 which peaked at number 29 on the billboard top 200 charts the temptations due to temptations which were released on august 16, 1976. this album did not reach the charts at all during the recording of the album wings of love a couple of songs you can hear dennis' voice more than the groups otis didn't like this so he went to motown and accused them of lack of attention which was lack of attention shown during the production of this album so he blamed this as the reason why the group was not doing well in sales so after the album the temptation Through the temptations dennis was fired and replaced with louis price now the group would leave motown assigned to Atlantic Records and after four years with Atlantic and two unsuccessful albums, Atlanta decided to drop the group from the label in 1980.

The Temptations would re-sign with Motown after the group re-signed with Motown. Lewis Price left him and joined the vagabonds. Dennis Edwards. He tried his hand at his first attempt at a solo career, but was unsuccessful, so Dennis would rejoin the group just in time for Motown's biggest plan for the group, but before that could happen, Barry Gordy would have to take matter into his own hands and would write and produce the song. power which reached number 11 on the r b charts but failed to reach the billboard hot 100 charts just when people started counting the temptations, they always tend to have something up their sleeve and this would be none other than rick james and a reunion tour. motown will use the most promising artist rick james in 1981 the temptations will work with rick james in his head single super freak melvin franklin would refer to rick james as his nephew but in reality they are cousins ​​since the temptations provided background vocals for the rick james song In return, Rick would write as a producer and guest star on the group's reunion album on April 7, 1982, the album was released and this album reached number 37 on the Billboard 200 charts and number two on the Billboard chart.

Top rv. Album charts, the album will produce two hit singles with more inside and will reach number 82 on the Billboard R B charts and while at the top, will reach number 53 on the UK charts, number 66 on the Billboard charts Hot 100 and number six on the billboard. r b charts the tour began in april 1982 now the tour began with much success at first but david ruffin began using cocaine again and disappeared from many shows costing the group thousands of dollars in the kendricks his voice began to deteriorate due to years of chain smoking, plus Dennis Edwards and Glenn Leonard started causing a lot of problems for the group by being late to rehearsals, this whole tour really became a very stressful situation.

Eddie and David were dismissed from their duties and the two began. Performing together as a duo after the tour, the group released an album titled Surface Thrills. This album was released on February 18, 1983 and this album reached number 159 on the Billboard 200 charts and number 19 on the Billboard Top R B Soul charts. This album produced one. hit song titled love on my mind tonight and this song reached number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and number 17 on the Billboard R V charts on this album the group will take a different approach and a group that will move away from their traditional soul . sounds and tries to adapt a rock and roll sound after this album glenn leonard was fired and replaced by ron tyson natalie said he was a former member of the ethics and love committee a fun fact ron tyson was actually part of the songwriting team of Atlantic record during the time The Tentations were around in 1983, the group that would play for Motown's 25th anniversary show that same year, the group that would release that album title, Back to basics on this album, Ron Tyson, performed as league singer, this album will produce. a hit song titled Cell Away which reached number 13 on the billboard r b charts and this song featured the return of norman whitsfield to produce this song in 1984 dennis edwards was fired from the group for missing rehearsals and showing up hungover the group will replace Dennis with Detroit native Ali Ali Woodson back in 1977, when Dennis was first fired from the group. otis williams, this song will be known for treating her like a lady.

This song will reach number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 Sharks charts and number 13 on the Billboard Dance charts, as well as reaching number two on the Billboard R B charts and number 12 on the UK charts. This song will appear in Hollywood films and television shows such as the 1985 film The Last Dragon and the 1997 episode of the Jamie Foxx Show. This song became the group's biggest radio hit since 1975. In 1985, the group saw another hit with the song Do You Really Love Your Baby Now? This song reached number 14 on the Billboard R B charts and this song was co-written by R B legend Luka Van Draws in 1986.

The song Lady Soul was the group's third and final hit of the decade. They say that he would remain with the group until 1987 but he was finally fired for arriving late to the group that would replace Wilson with a return of Dennis Edwards who will record one more album with the group it was called This album together again This album reached 112 on the Billboard 200 and number 12 on the Billboard Top R B album charts, this album produced three hit singles with I Wonder Who You're Seeing Now, which reached number three on the Billboard R B charts and number 90 on the UK charts.

Look what you started, which reached number eight. on the Billboard r b charts and number 63 on the UK charts and you want to go with me reached number 53 on the Billboard r b charts in 1988 Otis would publish his autobiography book titled Temptations that same year they would make the theme song for the series children's educational musical movement called kids in motion in 1988 dennis edwards who was fired again for being late and was replaced by ollie wilson in 1989 the group never released another special album title on january 18, 1989 the temptations which was inducted into rock and roll hall of fame this event had honored dennis edwards melvin franklin otis williams david ruffin eddie kendricks and paul williams on stage members past and present show no ill feelings towards each other otis later claimed that eddie had refused to talk With him the group would finish their ceremony by performing Paul Williams' signature song Don't Look Back Again inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Edwards Kendrick and Ruffin decided to tour together as the former stars of The Temptations now all plans they were established until june 1, 1991 when david ruffin would die of an overdose shortly after andy was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1992 richard street would miss a performance to receive surgery to remove otis kidney stones without being aware of this activity and called him angrily on the phone about his absence street felt that otis didn't care and would leave the group in 1993 after spending 22 years with the group they would replace street with theo peoples melvin franklin his health began to deteriorate and he would miss performances in the process now ray davis of the funkadelics who dropped into blue on february 23, 1995 blue would pass away after suffering a stroke after the death of franklin davis would be officially placed in blue on september 26, 1995 the group would release the ivo title for Lovers Only Now This The album featured Blue and Woodson's final recordings as members of the Temptations Davis was then diagnosed with lung cancer and left the group and the group became Corlett for a time until they recruited base singer Harry McGill.

Berry Wilson would step away from the group after his battle with throat cancer and they would replace Wilson with Terry Weeks in 1998. The group had the opportunity to perform at the Super Bowl that year. The lineup at that time was Williams Tyson Peoples Weeks and McGill Berry on August 18, 1998. released that album called Venus Rise. This album reached number 44 on the Billboard 200 charts and number eight on the Billboard Top R B Album chart. This album also became the first 1-selling albummillion of the group in more than 20 years. This album was released to positive reviews. I read People.

He was fired from the group due to his drug problems and would replace People with Barrington Bo Henderson Now during the 1998 Christmas season the Temptations miniseries was released This miniseries aired on NBC on November 1 and 2 Otis had acted as a producer executive along with hallmark and depassi entertainment as the production companies in which it will open. Today I have sun. I'm swimming. I am right. You guys are very good tonight. Do you have a manager? No Yes. Here's my card, Mr. Gordy is waiting for my group for an audition, make up a name for yourselves, but temptations, guys, we were successful, now we enjoy the fruits, the largest group in the world forever, but for everything they had, something else escaped them. money our music that's what we are i don't know if paul will ever perform again me or you're going to straighten out we let you make a big mistake getting to the top is never as easy as it seems i'm the one selling the records they come to See me, there is no one bigger than this group, there is no more temptation, you are nothing anymore and no one made it look as good as the temptation with the original Motown songs. and music by smokey robinson starring leon over babatunde charles malik whitfield and bb woodside the music the lives and the legacy the temptations now some of the things that were wrong in the miniseries like the 1964 new year's party where al had broken his bottle to paul now This happened, but it happened in October 1963 and it was Paul who didn't want to do another encore, he didn't come out now, he was fired two months after that incident, the characteristic four-head microphone that didn't debut until Dennis Edwards joined. but actually the four-head microphone debuted in 1966, in fact, the four-head microphone was created so that David Ruffin could put on the show and last but not least, and there's more that the show had gotten wrong, well , I'll leave it here, David. ruffin's death he was not found dead after being thrown from a car his body was not left unidentified or weak he actually had a drug overdose and was taken to the hospital by his driver who informed the staff who he and his family were.

Once it became known what his family discovered, they came immediately, he was only there for two days, not a week, Oda's ex-wife, Josephine Miles, Blue's mother, Rose, Franklin, David, Ruffin, the family and Johnny may matthews as sue otis motown de passe and la psa entertainment r mark. and NBC for defamation of character the judge ruled in favor of the defendants but the ruling was confirmed in 2001 when the plaintiffs appealed in 1999 the group was inducted into the Vocal Groups Hall of Fame on May 16, 2000 the album irresistibles was Released in 2001 the group would win their third Grammy for Best Traditional R B Vocal Performance in 2003.

Bo was fired from the group, which in turn voted the group for wrongful termination which would replace Beau with GC Cameron, who was the former leader of harry mcgillbury spinners. He was replaced by Joel Hard in the group that would release their final album on Motown on June 8, 2004 titled Legacy in 2004, the group that was granted its release and signed to Universal Records' sub-label, New Door Records, the first album that was released under this label was called reflections during this time dennis edwards created his own group called the temptations review with dennis edwards gc camera would lead the group in 2007 to focus on his solo career it would be placed by bruce williamson in 2007 it was released another album titled Back to Front May 4, 2010 The group will release another album title Still Here This album was heavily criticized for having autotune February 9, 2013 The group that would receive the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Six Grammys were awarded to the greatest dennis david eddie paul and blue at the end of 2015, williamson and hardin would leave the group william said he was replaced by larry braggs and herndon was replaced by willie green may 4, 2018 another album title was released all the time october 2019 bragg's ya He was not a member of the group and the Temptations had been on tour as a quarter on June 19, 2020 when Mario Carbino replaced Braggs in the fall of 2021 the group will release two singles called Va va a ser yes o no and when we were kings on June 28.

January 2022 the group released another album titled Temptation 60. December 2021 20 thousand dollars would replace Mario Carbino Temptations are still touring and making hits to this day Temptations are one of the biggest groups of all time Las temps are so big in black culture they are like our beatles the temptations influence so many groups like the shot light, the spinners, the dell phonics, the soft tones, the monitors and the jackson 5 to name a few, now with the temptations being an influence for all these groups, imagine if temptations never existed, today's music will be forever. different you