The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (1983): The Temptations. Formed in Detroit in 1962. #otiswilliams #eddiekendricks #paulwilliams #paulwilliamstemptation #melvinfranklin and #eldridgebryant | #davidruffin replaces Bryant after the first year. #thetemptations were the most successful male vocal group of #thesixties and the #earlyseventies . Their rough-edged leads and urgent harmonies and their precise choreography made the most of #mowtown ‘s best material and production. By, 1982, the group had sold an estimated 22 million records worldwide. (I don’t have any of their albums, but quite an integral part of U.S. #musichistory .) #rockandroll #motownmusic #theseventies https://www.instagram.com/p/CB9hs_Llosu/?igshid=ebnmmwdnkn0z