marv2, I love this album, got it on my iPod. The vocals are superb on this recording! Did
Ray sing the bass on the entire album?
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He does have a similar sound to Paul Williams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OS04Sn1Oo
His[i wake up crying]is a bonified classic i could listen to it all day.
Hey marv,what is the guy;s name who was the lead singer of[the softones]?the reason i mention him is because and no slight to any first tenors outthere,but this guy to me was the best first tenor since eddie and would've been great in the temps.
This was mine by Chuck....."Tell Him I'm Not Home"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0C2btBk9qw
Marvin smith i think is the guy from the softones,whom i was asking about,great first tenor,who maybe could've been a temp,what do ya think?
The only group to rival the temps in great lead singers coming and going were the drifters...clyde mcphatter...ben e. King...johnnie lee williams...charley thomas...david baugh...johnny moore...gerhard thrasher...bobby hendricks...rudy lewis...what singers what great,great groups.
Ok,if you can listen to some of the[softones]work and let me know what you think of his vocals.
https://youtu.be/TJSFbO3BupQ
Tony Williams [[The Platters)
Greatest of them all???
Here's what I listened to of the Softones. They were good...............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOxMUZ9avnM
So marv,what do you think of his vocals where would you rank him?could he have been a temp? I've seen the softones and they could dance too.
Hey my temptaholics,i was gonna post this in another post but i'll put it here and you can tell me what you this,the temptations are an american institution so how about thier original five headed mike being donated to the smithsonian,it would be a crowning achievement for not only for the temps but motown itself,maybe have berry himself there with the group..oh and that should include dennis.
Question for my temptaholics..when was the last time you saw the[classic]temps in concert? For me it was[1967]at crampton hall in d.c.
As a 15 year old kid...my friend Paul WIlliams invited me and a buddy to hang out with them at The Roostertail when they recorded a Live album. We hung out in the dressing room before and after the show as several Motown artists and Berry Gordy [[with his kids and Chris Clark) continued coming backstage...Ruffin was big hit with the ladies..Paul kept sending us to the bar to get him scotch and drinks for us...I could handle whiskey sours [[LOL) and wore sunglasses to look older, although I probably looked like I was 13 [[LMAO)...Those were fun times...
They just played this little gem on Soul Town of Sirius radio............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fDPzaKIE9M
wow, great memory for you. I was looking some old Tempts vids and was thinking in a sense he was a lead singer. The leads he did were fantastic and his dance moves were incredible. He was very important to the success of the group. I am not dissing the others . Just giving him credit.
Hey Marv!!!!!!! Nice to see more life to this thread. I been thinking how the Tempts were such a large part of our socialization growing up in Detroit! Although more so with Dennis as lead, cause of my age. Psychedelic Shack and Ball of Confusion were so radio friendly it would make you pause and listen!
Where did you see the Tempts with Dennis?
thanks
Hi Marv,
As like others who have posted, this is a wonderful thread and I have truly enjoyed it so thank you. I feel BLESSED that "my kids" have met and/or telephone interviewed 17 of the 22 men who can say they are/were a Temptation. I feel even more BLESSED knowing that one became a very good friend of mine and now that he is gone, I miss our phone chats.
Thank you.
Good work here Marv.
I know it's a labor of love One little note is that I wished Allie Ollie Woodson received more notice for his great efforts. But the time he was in the group the music industry changed away from the great soul groups. Sad but true. Edafan
Edafan, thank you so much. I agree about Ali Woodson. However, he was able develop an individual/solo following something that had been difficult to do since the days when Eddie first left the group. People were starting to know who Ali-Ollie Woodson was outside of the Temptations.
I always felt as far as the multi-voiced Tempts, David Ruffin and Ali-Ollie Woodson had the most range.
David, definitely. He was the king of the male whistle register singers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-o4vLOprY
Maybe no one sang with the pain in his heart like david,when he sang sad you felt it too...[but after i've been crying allnight,the sun is cold and the new day seems old].
You mean like this don't you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_lNksyHVho