I just found out that Richard Street & his group were just in the UK.
They played the Butlins Soul & Motown Weekender held at Bognor Regis on 25th/26th September.
.... ..... Anyone here go to see them perform ???
He was interviewed by a Butlins guy as publicity for the show & stated the following .........
That he was at Motown from the beginning; working as a temp before getting a job in the quality control department. Here, along with Norman Whitfield, he selected the cuts that would go before the Friday evaluation meeting with Berry & the team.
He states that if any group member missed a rehearsal [[due to sickness or whatever), he would be called in to sing 'from the wings' to ensure the full group sound was maintained. This duty led to him eventually being invited to become an 'offical' Temptation.
The person in the biz that most impressed him in the 70's was Curtis Mayfield. This was because Curtis played, produced & wrote his own songs. Many of those songs having uplifting stories about people in desolate situations staying on course to achieve success.

BTW, Tavares will play a Butlins venue on 13th November [[having already played Butlins gigs at Minehead on 18th September & Skegness last weekend).
They will of course also be perfoming at the Prestatyn Motown & Soul Legends Weekender in 10 days time.


Ben E King play their Bognor Regis weekender next March 12th.