The film opened in 2, 035 theaters in the United States on September 19, 2003 and grossed $ 8, 190, 574 in its opening weekend, ranking # 5 at the box office behind Underworld, Secondhand Lions, The Fighting Temptations, and Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Since leaving the group, Woodson began a solo career, and often toured with a Temptations-like revue called Ali-Ollie Woodson & the Emperors of Soul ( Emperors of Soul being the name of the Temptations ' 1994 box set ).

Emperors of Soul is a 1994 box set compilation for The Temptations, released by Motown Records.

* Emperors of Soul The Temptations, 1994 boxed set

The first season featured some of the first music videos seen on network TV, with cast members appearing in films set to the music of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Bee Gees, The Temptations, the Strawberry Alarm Clock and The First Edition.

Building on the foundation set by their previous " psychedelic soul " records from the Cloud Nine album, " I Can't Get Next to You " is a marked departure from with the Temptations ' David Ruffin-led hits.

After working as a freelance choreographer for The Miracles, Atkins was hired by Berry Gordy to work as a Motown choreographer in 1964, and set about developing the routines that would later become the trademark moves of other Motown acts like The Supremes, The Temptations ( Atkins was also featured in the video for their hit single " Lady Soul "), The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips and others.

* 1994 Temptations, Emperors of Soul

Relocating to Los Angeles in 1980 and as a songwriter, he had two Top Ten hits with the Temptations on Motown – ' Lady Soul ' which is included on the ' Motown Greatest Hits 1972-92 Hitsville USA ' CD Compilation and ' Look What You Started ' which features on the definitive Tempations compilation ' The Emperors Of Soul '.

The Smokey Robinson and Eddie Kendrick written track " Don't Send Me Away " from the LP The Temptations with a Lot o ' Soul ( 1967 ), the intro on early group song " Check Yourself " ( 1961 ) and the Norman Whitfield-penned tune " I Ain't Got Nothing " from 1972's All Directions are extremely rare showcases for Williams singing lead.

Motown artists such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, and The Jackson 5 recorded covers of " Sing a Simple Song ", and the song's guitar riff can be heard on the recordings of Ike & Tina Turner (" Bold Soul Sister " from The Hunter, 1969 ), Jimi Hendrix ( Band of Gypsys, 1970 ), and Miles Davis ( A Tribute to Jack Johnson, 1971 ).

Ain't Too Proud To Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of The Temptations.

The cover to 1967's The Temptations With a Lot O ' Soul

Jackson made his first big screen appearance in the 1997 film Soul Food, and since has appeared in films such as Deliver Us From Eva, The Temptations, Uninvited Guest, Motives and Flip the Script.

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* Griffin has also been featured in several movies, including Driving Miss Daisy, Murder in Coweta County, Mississippi Burning and The Fighting Temptations.

Though renowned Temptations bass vocalist Melvin Franklin cited James as his nephew, that has sometimes been disputed.

“ This Christmas ” has been covered by numerous artists across diverse musical genres, including The Whispers, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, Chicago, Harry Connick, Jr., Dru Hill, * NSYNC, Gloria Estefan, Boney James, The Cheetah Girls, Chris Brown, and Patti LaBelle.

She has only appeared in a small number of films, and her biggest role to date is as " Paulina ", the main antagonist in the 2003 film The Fighting Temptations.

Although he has served the longest tenure in the Temptations, Williams rarely sings lead, focusing instead on his role as the group's leader and organizer, and as the background " tenor in the middle ".

Dorton Arena has hosted countless performers over the years, including The Platters, Garth Brooks, Patty Loveless, Clint Black, Travis Tritt, Chubby Checker, Alan Jackson, Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood, Waylon Jennings, The Temptations, KISS, The Four Tops, Three Dog Night, George Jones, Trace Adkins, Toby Keith, Little Richard, Ray Charles, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Loretta Lynn, Village People, Josh Turner, Clay Aiken, Edwin McCain, Third Day, Blake Shelton, Earl Scruggs, Chris Brown, Casting Crowns, Lady Antebellum, Jason Aldean, Kellie Pickler, Darius Rucker.

In Australia there is also an Aero Temptations bar, which has the bubbly chocolate, but with a caramel topping.

Over the years, Steve has created songs for some of music industry's biggest artists including Heart, Janet Jackson, Diana Ross, Neil Diamond, The Temptations, America, Cheap Trick, LFO, Westlife, Huey Lewis & the News, Joe Cocker, Al Jarreau, Rod Stewart, and American Idol's ( Season 7 ) David Archuleta.

While the original Undisputed Truth version of the song has been largely forgotten, The Temptations ' version of the song has been an enduring and influential soul classic.

For Erlewine, " the Temptations ' performance has a dream-like quality, quietly drifting through the singer's hopes and desires.

Unlike the Temptations ' original, the Rolling Stones cover has a higher tempo, prominent electric guitars, and replaces the subdued tone of the original with a rougher feel.

Leon has received critical acclaim for his portrayal of three legendary singers in made-for-TV movies: David Ruffin in the 1998 NBC miniseries The Temptations, Little Richard in the self-titled 2000 NBC movie based on the life of the rock-and-roll pioneer, and he also played JT in The Five Heartbeats.

Eddie is still under the Motown label and has made two major hits, while David, who has had some hits after the Temptations, is also under a dry spell.

He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius ; his opera The Last Temptations has received over 500 performances worldwide, and is considered by many to be Finland's most distinguished national opera.

The song has been recorded by many different artists including The Miracles, who recorded the 1960 original version, The Temptations, The Supremes, Terence Trent-D ' arby, Brenda and The Tabulations, John Farnham, Human Nature and En Vogue.

Allen has also played bass with a number of other artists, including George Clinton, Lenny Williams, The Temptations, and Lighthouse for the Blind.

The song is one of Sly & the Family Stone's signature songs, and has been covered by a number of acts, including Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, The Commodores, Miles Davis ( during the Jack Johnson sessions ), The Meters, Prince, The Budos Band, Maceo Parker and others.

Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, as the song's narrator, describes an idyllic world where everyone has everything they could ask for, except he doesn't have his love:

He has supported artists ranging from Michael Jackson ( on the albums Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory and Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix ) to the Temptations, Whitney Houston, Thomas Anders, Patti LaBelle and Luis Miguel, to rockers such as Chicago and Elton John, to jazz greats such as George Duke, Dave Koz, Al Jarreau, David Benoit, Marcus Miller and Kirk Whalum, and to Christian artists such as Leon Patillo and Don Moen.

An edited version was planned as the Temptations ' summer 1971 single release, but this plan was dropped when lead vocalist Eddie Kendricks, frustrated by personnel problems within the group, quit the Temptations and signed a solo deal with Motown in March 1971.

The single from the album, a cover version of The Temptations song " Don't Look Back ", performed as a duet with Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, made Tosh one of the best-known reggae artists.

Williams ' later leads on Temptations songs include, " Just Another Lonely Night " ( 1965 ), " No More Water in the Well " ( 1967 ), a cover version of " Hey Girl " ( 1969 ), and his signature song " Don't Look Back " ( 1965 ).

In addition, he had recorded the first version of The Temptations hit " Beauty Is Only Skin Deep.

The soundtrack features ten late ' 60s / early ' 70s pop / rock songs, including " The Weight ", " Good Lovin ', " In the Midnight Hour " ( the Young Rascals version ), " You Can't Always Get What You Want ", " I Heard It Through the Grapevine ( the Marvin Gaye version )", " My Girl " ( the Temptations version ), "( You Make Me Feel Like ) A Natural Woman " and " Joy To The World " ( the Three Dog Night version ).

He also leads on " I'm Gonna Make You Love Me " ( 1968 ), a popular duet with Diana Ross and the Supremes, and on the Temptations ' famous version of the Christmas classic " Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer " ( 1968 ).

His work includes Motown hits such as, among hundreds of others, " Shotgun " by Jr. Walker & the All Stars, " For Once in My Life ", " I Was Made To Love Her " by Stevie Wonder ( sometimes noted as being claimed by Carol Kaye, Ms Kaye actually claims the track on the late 60s Beach Boys version of the same song ), " Going to a Go-Go " by The Miracles, " My Girl " by The Temptations, " Dancing in the Street " by Martha and the Vandellas, " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and later by Marvin Gaye, and most of the album What's Going On by Marvin Gaye, " Reach Out I'll Be There " and " Bernadette " by the Four Tops, and " You Can't Hurry Love " by The Supremes.

The CityPulse newscast originally began with the instrumental version of " Masterpiece " by The Temptations.

In 1969, Whitfield produced a version for the Temptations " psychedelic soul " album, Cloud Nine, in which he " brought compelling percussion to the fore, and relegated the piano well into the wings ".

The Temptations ' version of " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " followed in the extended-length " cinematic soul " tradition of the work of Isaac Hayes and others, and future songs like Donna Summer's fourteen-minute " Love to Love You Baby " and the instrumentals of MFSB expanded upon the concept in the mid-1970s.

The recorded version of " My Girl " was the first Temptations single to feature David Ruffin on lead vocals.

" I Can't Get Next to You's " intro was sampled for the album version of the next major Temptations hit, " Psychedelic Shack ", one of the earliest uses of such a technique.

Original stereo album version, as included on My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations.

The original version of " Hum Along and Dance " was recorded by The Temptations in early 1970 as an album track for the Psychedelic Shack album.

With The Supremes, Diana Ross recorded a version of " Ain't No Mountain High Enough " which was more faithful to the Terrell-Gaye original version as a duet with The Temptations.

Jimmy Ruffin also recorded a version with The Temptations providing background vocals in 1966.

The Blind Boys ' version of Tom Waits ' " Way Down in the Hole " featured on Spirit of the Century, also became the theme song for the first year of the acclaimed HBO series The Wire, and their song " Soldier " was featured in the 2002 film The Fighting Temptations, featuring Beyonce and Cuba Gooding Jr.