The group recorded a song, "Pecos Kid" for a label run by radio deejay Senator Bristol Bryant. The group included Elbridge "Al" Bryant, James "Pee-Wee" Crawford, Vernard Plain and Arthur Walton. By 1958, Williams was the leader of a vocal group named Otis Williams and the Siberians. Meanwhile, concurrently, Texas teenager Otis Williams moved to Detroit as a youngster to be with his mother. Kendricks was already seen as a "matinee idol" in the Detroit area, while Williams was well received for his baritone vocals. Jenkins later created a sister group, the Primettes, later known as the Supremes. The Primes soon became well known around the Detroit area for their meticulous performances. The group settled in Detroit where they changed their name to the Primes under the direction of Milton Jenkins. Īfter Waller left the group in 1957, the remaining trio left Birmingham to break into the music business. By their teenage years, they formed a doo-wop quartet in 1955 with Kell Osborne and Wiley Waller, naming themselves the Cavaliers.
2.3 From funk to disco to adult contemporary (1974 to present)Įddie Kendricks and Paul Williams started singing together in church as children. 2.2 Psychedelic and cinematic soul (1968–73). 1.4 David Ruffin's departure and Dennis Edwards' arrival. The Temptations were ranked at number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time.Īs of 2021, the Temptations continue to perform with founder Otis Williams in the lineup (Williams owns the rights to the Temptations name). Three classic Temptations songs, "My Girl", " Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", and " Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", are among The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Six of the Temptations (Edwards, Franklin, Kendricks, Ruffin, Otis Williams and Paul Williams) were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The Temptations were the first Motown recording act to win a Grammy Award – for "Cloud Nine" in 1969 – and in 2013 received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Their music has earned three Grammy Awards. Over the course of their career, the Temptations released four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and fourteen R&B number-one singles. Later members of the group have included singers such as Richard Street, Damon Harris, Ron Tyson, and Ali-Ollie Woodson, with whom the group scored a late-period hit in 1984 with " Treat Her Like a Lady" and in 1987 with the theme song for the children's movement program Kids in Motion. The group's lineup has changed frequently since the departures of Kendricks and Paul Williams from the act in 1971. Ruffin was replaced in 1968 by Dennis Edwards, with whom the group continued to record hit records such as "Cloud Nine" (1968), " I Can't Get Next to You" (1969), and " Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (1970). In 1964, Bryant was replaced by David Ruffin, who was the lead vocalist on a number of the group's biggest hits, including " My Girl" (1964), " Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (1966), and " I Wish It Would Rain" (1967). The founding members came from two rival Detroit vocal groups: Otis Williams, Elbridge "Al" Bryant, and Melvin Franklin of Otis Williams & the Distants, and Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams of the Primes. įeaturing five male vocalists and dancers (save for brief periods with fewer or more members), the group formed in 1960 in Detroit under the name the Elgins. Having sold tens of millions of albums, the Temptations are among the most successful groups in popular music. The band members are known for their choreography, distinct harmonies, and dress style. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single " Cloud Nine" in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of R&B and soul music. 
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The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
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