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Consequently, the Temptations came up with boosts like "hey hey hey" and a series of "my girls" that echo David's vocal." [5] The opening bass notes are recognized around the world. As Smokey Robinson says, "I can be in a foreign country where people don't speak English and the audience will start cheering before I even start singing "My Girl."
The next Temptations single, "My Girl", would be the first to feature David Ruffin as lead and would be produced by Robinson. Ruffin, up to this point, had only sung lead on stage and on a few unreleased tracks, otherwise singing backgrounds behind Kendricks and then main lead singer Paul Williams. When "My Girl" hit number 1 on the R&B and Pop ...
Three Temptations songs, "My Girl", "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" (1971), and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972), are included among the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. The Temptations were ranked No. 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2010.
Hearing entire stadiums-ful of baseball fans singing the Temptations’ signature song is just a small wrinkle in the undying life of the tune, which included “My Girl” being used as the title ...
For Temptations founder Otis Williams and his current group lineup, the coming “My Girl” festivities will include a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this Thursday and a host of high ...
The Temptin' Temptations is the third studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy label released in 1965. The album includes several of the group's hits from 1965, and also includes a handful of singles that were not included on the Temptations' first 1965 album, The Temptations Sing Smokey .
"It's Growing" is a 1965 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Pete Moore and produced by Robinson, the song was a top 20 pop single on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States , on which it peaked at number 18.
Composed by Richard A. Whiting with lyrics by Sidney Clare [198] "My Girl" The Temptations: 1964 Recorded by the Temptations in 1964 [199] "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" Tiny Tim: 1968 Written by Al Dubin (lyrics) and Joe Burke (music) [200] [201] "Forever and Ever, Amen" Randy Travis: 1987 Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz and recorded ...