Temptations
Revised and Updated

I have a kind of obsession with that late 80’s period of time when nostalgia for 60’s music kind of seeped into popular culture. I remember very well the mayonnaise and Hi-C commercials that reworked songs by Gene Chandler and The Four Tops, and the “Mac Tonight” McDonald’s mascot. At the height of......more

It's a great story and there is no better person to hear it from. Otis does a great job telling it like it is (at least from his point of view). The details of how things were done at Motown were particularly notable.......more

i read it fully !!!!......more

Although I'm not old enough to remember the Temptations during their heyday, I've always enjoyed their music. This was a definitive look at the group, provided by the founder and only surviving member, Otis Williams. In many ways, this story is typical of the memoirs of many/most musicians: the recor......more

I've really, really enjoyed reading this book. I grew up hearing Temptations hits on the radio, and found the variety of styles and vocalists remarkable. But at the same time, I didn't know a whole lot about the people in the group. I knew they had several members, and figured that each one was getti......more