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The Temptations Biography

Profession Soundtrack, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Had several hit songs during the mid-1960s, including "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "My Girl," "Beauty's Only Skin Deep," and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg․"
  • Were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989
  • Signed with Motown Records in the early 1960s and achieved their first hit song with "(You're My) Dream Come True" in 1962
  • The group was formed from members of the Primes (Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams) and the Distants (Otis Williams, Melvin Franklin, and Eldridge Bryant), although Bryant was soon replaced with David Ruffin
  • Best known as a soul and R&B vocal group whose hit songs included "My Girl," "Papa was a Rolling Stone," and "Just My Imagination․"
  • Had the most successful period in their career during the late 1960s and early 1970s, after Dennis Edwards took over for David Ruffin and their music took a more psychedelic turn
  • Participated in a vocal duel with the Four Tops on Motown's 25th anniversary TV special in 1983