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"My Girl" climbed to the top of the U.S. pop charts on March 6, 1965, after its Christmas time 1964 release, making it the Temptations' first number 1 hit. The single was also the first number 1 hit on the reinstated Billboard R&B Singles chart, which had gone on a fifteen-month hiatus from 1963 to 1965. [ 14 ]
An edited seven-minute version was released as a single and became one of the longest hit singles in music history: it hit number 1 on the pop charts and number 5 on the R&B charts. In 1973, "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" won the Temptations their second Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Group.
Great Songs and Performances That Inspired the Motown 25th Anniversary T.V. Special: 1983 — — — — RIAA: Gold [11] The Temptations 25th Anniversary: 1986 140 55 — — Motown's Greatest Hits: 1992 — — — 8 Emperors of Soul: 1994 — 52 — — The Ultimate Collection: 1997 137 60 — — RIAA: Gold [11] Lost and Found: You've Got ...
Meet the Temptations is the debut studio album by the Temptations for the Gordy label released in 1964.It includes most of the group's early singles, excluding only the first, "Oh Mother of Mine", and its b-side, "Romance Without Finance" (later included on a CD reissue of the LP); as well as the single "Mind Over Matter" (and its b-side "I'll Love You Till I Die"), in which the group is ...
Here are the Temptations 25 best songs, from David Ruffin-led "My Girl" to "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" and other greatest hits from the movie and play.
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the Temptations' first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking in the Top 20 at number eleven; it also went to number one on the Cash Box R&B chart. [3]
Starr's version of "War" was a No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of his career, but it is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded. It was one of 161 songs on the no-play list issued by Clear Channel following the events of September 11, 2001. [2]
The album marked a major turning point in the group's career. It is the first full Temptations studio LP to feature Dennis Edwards as the replacement for David Ruffin, who was fired in June 1968. It also marked the beginning of the Temptations' delve into psychedelic soul under the ambitious direction of producer Norman Whitfield.