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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. Members of The Distants were acquainted with The Primes, as both groups participated in the same talent shows and performed at the same public venues.
This page is a chronology of the Motown singing group the Temptations. It lists the members of the group during all phases of the group's history. While the Temptations have frequently changed their lineup, the group has always employed a person for each of the following roles: main lead singer (e.g., David Ruffin) secondary lead and baritone singer (e.g., Paul Williams) first tenor lead ...
Otis Williams (born Otis Miles Jr.; October 30, 1941) is an American second tenor/baritone singer. [1] [2] He is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer.Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, [1] a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name.
Given that the 83-year-old singer is still a member of the Temptations, 64 years after the group’s founding, it’s not to figure where that came from. He’s been the sole original member in ...
The Temptations' early Apollo experience would later lead the group to earning four Grammy awards, and an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
As a member of the Temptations, Paul Williams was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013. [22] [23] [24] Both of his solo recordings were later released by Motown on Temptations-related compilations in the 1980s and 1990s.
Edward James Kendrick [3] (December 17, 1939 [2] – October 5, 1992), [4] better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American tenor singer and songwriter.Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971.
David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; [1] January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known.