It might sound like an understatement or faint praise to say that “Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations” is worthy of the band of its title. But there’s no such thing as being merely ...

Turning points in music history are almost always more complicated than they appear at first glance. That's exactly the case with the Temptations' "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," which ...

Eddie Kendricks was done. Once upon a time, Kendricks, master of the feathery falsetto, had been the Temptations' lead singer. But then David Ruffin showed up and sang lead on "My Girl" and everything ...

“Just My Imagination” spent two weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. It replaced Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” at No. 1 on the chart, and, in turn, was replaced by Three Dog Night’s “Joy to the ...

As a child, I grew up hearing The Temptations, but I don’t recall really listening. Of course, I knew of Motown and thus I knew some of their biggest songs, some by heart, even if I wasn’t entirely up ...

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The Temptations’ second lead singer Dennis Edwards died Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 at age 74. He gave one of his final interviews with WTOP’s Jason Fraley recently in 2016. Listen below. WASHINGTON — ...