The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. Six members of the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The Temptings were ranked at number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time. As of 2020, the group continue to perform with founder Otis Williams in the lineup.
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The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single \”Cloud Nine\” in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul. The band members are known for their choreography, distinct harmonies, and dress style. Having sold tens of millions of albums, the Temptation are among the most successful groups in popular music. Six members of the group were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989. The Temptings were ranked at number 68 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all time. As of 2020, the group continue to perform with founder Otis Williams in the lineup. Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams started singing together in church as children. By their teenage years, they formed a doo-wop quartet in 1955 with Kell Osborne and Wiley Waller, naming themselves the Cavaliers. After Waller left the group in 1957, the remaining trio left Birmingham to break into the music business. The group settled in Detroit where they changed their name to the Primes under the direction of Milton Jenkins. The Primes later created a sister group, The Primettes, later known as the Supremes. In 1964, Bryant was replaced by David Ruffin, who was the lead vocalist on a number of theGroup’s biggest hits, including \”My Girl\” and \”Ain’t Too Proud to Beg\” The group recorded four Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles and fourteen R&B number-1 singles.
Their music has earned three Grammy Awards. Three classic Temptational songs, \”My Girls\”, \”Just My Imagination \”, and \”Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone\”, are among The Rock and Rock Hall of Hall of Famer’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and roll. In 2013, the band received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to the music industry and the culture of the Motown label, which they founded in the 1950s and 1960s. They have won three Grammys and two AC/DC Grammys for their performances on The Muncie Show, which aired on PBS stations in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s. In the 1990s, they won the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Group for their performance on the TV show “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” The group has also won two Grammys, one for Best Song Written for Television and one for Song of the Year, for the song “Treat Her Like a Lady” and “I Wish It Would Rain” for their performance of “I Want To Be Loved” in 1984. In 2010, the Grammy Awards were given to the group for their work on the album “Temptations,” which was released on Motown’s own label, RCA Records.
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