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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 ".
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.
The Temptations ' box set Emperors of Soul has the edited version in stereo, but without the congas.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Temptations and Papa
* Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone, a popular song recorded by the Temptations
** The Temptations for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone "
** Paul Riser & Norman Whitfield ( The Temptations ) for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone ( Instrumental )"
** Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield ( songwriters ) for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " performed by The Temptations
** Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " performed by The Temptations
** The Temptations for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone "
** Paul Riser & The Temptations for " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone ( Instrumental )"
Starr introduced them to Norman Whitfield, Motown's ' psychedelic shaman ' who was responsible for bringing a progressive funk-rock slant to the company, via such productions as Starr's " War ", The Undisputed Truth's " Smiling Faces Sometimes " and The Temptations " Papa Was A Rolling Stone ".
" Papa Crazy " is based on " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " by The Temptations.
**" Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " by The Temptations
A second Best R & B Group Performance Grammy for Whitfield and the Temptations came in 1973 with " Papa Was A Rollin ' Stone ".
* 1972: " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone "-The Undisputed Truth Later re-recorded by The Temptations
Later in 1972, Whitfield, who also produced the song, took " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " and remade it as a 12-minute record for The Temptations, which was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and won three Grammy Awards in 1973.
In retrospect, The Temptations ' Otis Williams considers " Papa " to be the last real classic the group recorded.
Vocal jobs are performed in a true ensemble style: Temptations singers Dennis Edwards, Melvin Franklin, Richard Street ( who was a frequent fill-in for Paul Williams and his eventual replacement ) and Damon Harris ( who had replaced Eddie Kendricks as the group's falsetto singer the previous year ) alternate vocal lines, taking the role of siblings questioning their mother about their now-deceased father ; their increasingly pointed questions, and the mother's repeated response (" Papa was a rollin ' stone / wherever he laid his hat was his home / and when he died, all he left us was alone ") paint a somber picture for the children who have never seen their father and have " never heard nothing but bad things about him.
" Papa " rose to number one on the U. S. pop charts and number five on the U. S. R & B charts, becoming the Temptations ' final pop number-one hit.
Together, Strong and Whitfield wrote some of the most successful and critically acclaimed soul songs ever to be released by Motown, including " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " by both Marvin Gaye and Gladys Knight & the Pips ; " War " by Edwin Starr ; " Smiling Faces Sometimes " by The Undisputed Truth ; and the long line of " psychedelic soul " records by The Temptations, including " Cloud Nine ", " I Can't Get Next to You ", " Psychedelic Shack ", " Ball of Confusion ( That's What the World Is Today )", and " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone ", amongst others.
A number of their singles became minor hits, and many of them were also songs for Whitfield's main act, The Temptations, among them " You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth " and " Papa Was A Rollin ' Stone.
A number of the Temptations ' best-selling hits feature Street's lead vocals, including " Superstar ( Remember How You Got Where You Are )" ( 1971 ), " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " ( 1972 ), " Masterpiece " ( 1973 ), and his featured solo, " Hey Girl ( I Like Your Style )" ( 1973 ).
*" Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone ", a 1971 song recorded by The Temptations
Ironically, " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " was re-recorded by The Temptations shortly after its release, and the re-recorded version became not only a # 1 pop hit, but a three-time Grammy Award winner as well.
" Papa " won three Grammy Awards in 1973: Best R & B Performance by a Group for the Temptations, Best R & B Instrumental Performance for Whitfield and arranger / conductor Paul Riser's instrumental version of " Papa " on the single's b-side, and Best R & B Song for Whitfield and lyricist Barrett Strong.

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