The Temptations

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American rhythm and blues group Motown artist musical group vocal group

The Temptations are a legendary American vocal group renowned for their smooth harmonies, intricate choreography, and classic soul and R&B hits like "My Girl" that helped define the Motown sound.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
The Temptations Sing Smokey 1
The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul 1

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American rhythm and blues group ⓘ
Motown artist ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activePeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
2020s ⓘ
associatedMovement Motown ⓘ
surface form: Motown sound
associatedWith Berry Gordy ⓘ
Norman Whitfield ⓘ
Smokey Robinson ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame induction for My Girl ⓘ
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedInYear 1960 ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
disco ⓘ
doo-wop ⓘ
funk ⓘ
pop ⓘ
psychedelic soul ⓘ
quiet storm ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1989 ⓘ
hasFormerMember Ali-Ollie Woodson ⓘ
surface form: Ali Woodson

Ali-Ollie Woodson ⓘ
Barrington Henderson ⓘ
Bo Henderson ⓘ
Bruce Williamson ⓘ
Damon Harris ⓘ
David Ruffin ⓘ
Dennis Edwards ⓘ
Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
G.C. Cameron ⓘ
Glenn Leonard ⓘ
Louis Price ⓘ
Melvin Franklin ⓘ
Paul Williams ⓘ
Ray Davis ⓘ
Richard Street ⓘ
Ron Tyson ⓘ
Theo Peoples ⓘ
hasMember Otis Williams ⓘ
influenced Boyz II Men ⓘ
Jodeci ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
The Jackson 5 ⓘ
memberOf Motown Records roster ⓘ
notableAlbum All Directions ⓘ
Cloud Nine ⓘ
Masterpiece ⓘ
Meet The Temptations ⓘ
Psychedelic Shack ⓘ
The Temptations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Temptations Sing Smokey

The Temptations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
notableWork Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) ⓘ
Cloud Nine ⓘ
Get Ready ⓘ
I Can't Get Next to You ⓘ
Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) ⓘ
My Girl ⓘ
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ⓘ
The Way You Do the Things You Do ⓘ
origin Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
New Door Records ⓘ
Universal Music Group ⓘ
styleCharacteristic coordinated stage outfits ⓘ
intricate choreography ⓘ
smooth harmonies ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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Martha and the Vandellas → associatedAct → The Temptations ⓘ
The Four Tops → associatedAct → The Temptations ⓘ
The Supremes → associatedAct → The Temptations ⓘ
Gordy Records → associatedWith → The Temptations ⓘ
Hitsville U.S.A. → associatedWith → The Temptations ⓘ
Motown Museum → associatedWith → The Temptations ⓘ
Studio A → associatedWithArtist → The Temptations ⓘ
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → duetWith → The Temptations ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Super Bowl XXXII → halftimeShowPerformer → The Temptations ⓘ
Smokey Robinson → influenced → The Temptations ⓘ
Motown → launchedCareerOf → The Temptations ⓘ
The Temptations → notableAlbum → The Temptations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Temptations Sing Smokey
The Temptations → notableAlbum → The Temptations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul
For Once in My Life → notableRecordingBy → The Temptations ⓘ
Jenifer Lewis → notableWork → The Temptations ⓘ
For Once in My Life → performedBy → The Temptations ⓘ
I’m Gonna Make You Love Me → recordedBy → The Temptations ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Gonna Make You Love Me
Tamla → signedArtist → The Temptations ⓘ