The Temptations

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THE TEMPTATIONS - Songs

Highly acclaimed Motown group with many personnel changes. Key members included Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin, and David Ruffin who all served at various times as lead singers. Prior to 1961, they were known as the Primes and the Elgins, then they changed their name to the Temptations around 1964. Of their many chart hits, their best known songs include "My Girl" (1965), "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (1971), "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" (1972), and "The Motown Song" (with Rod Stewart) (1991), and they continued to have hits on the R&B charts throughout the 1990s. The Temptations were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989.

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The Temptations

Ain't Too Proud To Beg 1966
("Ain't Too Proud To Beg" later also charted for the Rolling Stones (1974) and Rick Astley (1989).)

All I Need 1967

Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) 1970

Beauty Is Only Skin Deep 1966

Cloud Nine 1969
(An instrumental version of "Cloud Nine" also charted for Mongo Santamaria in 1969.)

Don't Let The Joneses Get You Down 1969

Don't Look Back 1966

Get Ready 1966
("Get Ready" later also charted for Rare Earth in 1970.)

Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue) 1964

The Girl's Alright With Me 1964

Glasshouse 1975

Happy People 1975

Heavenly 1974

Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) 1973

I Can't Get Next To You 1969
("I Can't Get Next To You" topped the charts for the Temptations in 1969 and later also charted for Al Green in 1971.)

I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) 1968

I Truly, Truly Believe 1968

I Wish It Would Rain 1968
("I Wish It Would Rain" also charted for Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1968.)

I'll Be In Trouble 1964

(I Know) I'm Losing You 1966
("(I Know) I'm Losing You" later also charted for Rare Earth (1970), Rod Stewart & Faces (1971), and Uptown (1987).)

It's Growing 1965

It's Summer 1971

(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need 1967

Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 1971
("Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" topped the charts in 1971.)

Let Your Hair Down 1974

Masterpiece 1973

Mother Nature 1972

My Baby 1965

My Girl 1965
("My Girl" topped the charts for the Temptations in 1965 and later also charted for Bobby Vee as a medley (1968), Daryl Hall et al. as a medley (1985), and Suave (1988).)

Papa Was A Rollin' Stone 1972
("Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" topped the charts for the Temptations in 1972 and later also charted for the Undisputed Truth (1972), Wolf (1983), and George Michael as a medley (1993).)

Paradise 1962

The Plastic Man 1973

Please Return Your Love To Me 1968

Psychedelic Shack 1970

Run Away Child, Running Wild 1969

Shakey Ground 1975
("Shakey Ground" later also charted for Phoebe Snow in 1977.)

Since I Lost My Baby 1965

Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are) 1971

Take A Look Around 1972

Ungena Za Ulimwengu (Unite The World) 1970

The Way You Do The Things You Do 1964
("The Way You Do The Things You Do" later also charted for Rita Coolidge (1978), Hall & Oates et al. as a medley (1986), and UB40 (1990).)

You're My Everything 1967

You've Got My Soul On Fire 1974

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