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The original Temptations version of "Get Ready", produced by Smokey Robinson, was designed as an answer to the latest dance craze, "The Duck".The Temptations' falsetto Eddie Kendricks sings lead on the song, which Robinson produced as an up-tempo dance number with a prominent rhythm provided by Motown drummer Benny Benjamin.
Get It (Stevie Wonder song) Get It Together (702 song) Get It Together (The Jackson 5 song) Get Ready (The Temptations song) Gettin' Ready for Love; Girl You're So Together; Give Me Just Another Day; Give No Fxk; Go Hard (Lil Baby song) Go Outside in the Rain; Going Down for the Third Time; Good Love (City Girls song) Good Morning Heartache ...
Gettin' Ready is the fourth studio album by The Temptations for the Gordy label released in 1966. It marks the transition of the group from having Smokey Robinson as its main producer, with new producer Norman Whitfield taking over Robinson's position.
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 ...
"The Motown Song" is a song performed by British singer Rod Stewart featuring American vocal group the Temptations. The song is from Stewart's 16th studio album, Vagabond Heart (1991). It was written by Larry John McNally and was originally recorded by McNally for the soundtrack to the film Quicksilver in 1986.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love — and compassion. In 1966, Four Tops, Motown’s second-greatest male vocal group, after the Temptations, delivered both with their signature hit ...
The new recording of "Get Ready" was edited down to 2:46 for a single, which was given a Tamla Motown release in the UK, the only release by the band to appear on Motown itself, and unlike the Temptations' version, Rare Earth's recording was a success on the pop chart. [3] The single peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. [4]
Both songs were Top 40 hits for the group immediately following the success of their first hit, "The Way You Do the Things You Do". "The Girl's All Right With Me", "I'll Be in Trouble's" b-side , charted on its own at number 102, and was written by Kendricks, Whitfield, and Eddie Holland , but produced by Smokey Robinson and Whitfield.