Posted in: Oldies by Gail Nobles on December 20, 2007 | 10 Comments
The Temptations were a talented and big group at Motown. They sound soulful and religious singing blues.
The Temptations were a talented and big group at Motown. They sound soulful and religious singing blues. Otis Williams was the leader of the group that brought them all together. He had a tenor voice. There was Eddie Kendricks. He had a high pitched voice. There was Paul Williams with a baritone. Melvin Franklin had a deep bass voice, and David Ruffin had a raspy sounding voice. The Temptations were the biggest and baddest (best) singing group at Motown. When they sung their hit, “ My Girl”, you could hear how they blend wonderful. My favorite part is when Eddie goes “My girl”, then Paul going higher behind him, and David goes even higher after Paul. They made “My Girl” a beautiful song.
There was a movie made about the Temptations in 1988. According to the movie, there was anger in the group. The guys could not get along. David Ruffin was always late, and they voted him out of the group. Fans loved the Temptations, and fans really loved David Ruffin. The guy that played as David name was Leon Robinson. Leon looked like David’s
twin. I didn’t know David in real life, but if I didn’t know Leon was Leon, I would have thought he was David. Not only Leon, but all of the characters did wonderfully and made you think you were watching the original Motown.
After David left the group, he went solo and made hits. Then Eddie Kendricks left the group too, and he went solo. Then the Temptations had a reunion tour. After that, according to the movie, David Ruffin died a tragic death, and Eddie Kendricks died of lung cancer. The Temptations were a great singing group at Motown that will always be remembered.
Lucy Lockett December 20th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
I love Motown music, I used to like The Temptations too!
Gail Nobles December 21st, 2007 at 5:59 am
Lucy, I’m always glad to hear from you! We have things in common.
Ruby Hawk December 21st, 2007 at 5:54 pm
A lot of interesting information. Good reading.
Gail Nobles December 22nd, 2007 at 10:33 am
Thanks, Ruby.
C A Johnson December 27th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
I enjoyed reading your article. I watched the Temptation movie too. I didn’t realize that they had so many troubles in the group.
Gail Nobles January 6th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Hi Johnson. A lot of those groups from the old days had troubles. A lot of them got on drugs and had a lot of personal problems.
C A Johnson January 18th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Yeah, I’ve read about the older groups having a lot of trouble with drugs. It’s sad to think about how so many of them are gone now because of drugs.
K Washington April 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
what’s up gail.I read your article and enjoyed reading it.i am a big,big temptations fan.i heard they have a book based on them,but can’t seem to find it any where.i’ve also seen the movie once,twice,twenty,thirty times and try to catch it whenever it comes on.i need your help if you can help me.there has been an on going argument with some of the guys on my job about the movie.some say David Ruffin’s voice is not in the movie at all,but i beg to differ.if you could help me on this,so i can shut their mouths up,i would greatly appreciate it. Thank You
Gail Nobles April 9th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Hi K! I don’t know the answer but it’s possible that David Ruffin’s voice is in the movie. It’s possible someone else could be singing and mixed with David’s voice too during some of the performances. All kinds of things can be done in a recording studio. Sometimes it sounded like the original songs were played in the movie.
apb June 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
i wish it would rain- was definitely David.