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Paul Williams (July 2, 1939 – August 17, 1973) was an American baritone singer. He was noted for being one of the founding members and the original lead singer of the Motown group the Temptations. Along with Elbridge "Al" Bryant, Otis Williams, and fellow Alabamians Eddie Kendricks and Melvin Franklin, Williams was a member of the Temptations.
The Temptations – specifically Edwards, Franklin, Kendricks, Ruffin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams – were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Christian Payton as Paul Williams, a member of The Primes and the Temptations' original lead singer, who succumbs to alcoholism and sickle cell anemia, forcing his retirement from the act in 1971. He died by suicide two years later. Rhonda Ross Kendrick as Maxine, Paul's wife
Paul Williams (The Temptations singer) (1939–1973), founding member of The Temptations; Paul Williams (English singer) (1940–2019), vocalist for Juicy Lucy, Tempest; Paul Williams (songwriter) (born 1940), songwriter and film and television actor; Paul Williams (comedian) (born 1992), New Zealand comedian and singer-songwriter
The Temptations' Otis Williams (center, in Detroit cap), is joined by the Motown Museum's Robin Terry, Detroit City Council member Angela Calloway, Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and others as ...
Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, [6] the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae (née Burnside), a homemaker. [1]One of his brothers was John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969. [7]