The people around them
Who works with them most. Tap a person to see everything they made.
Who makes their records
People credited as writer, producer, engineer or mixer on their songs.
Written by, Produced by
47 songs
Written by, Produced by
25 songs
Written by, Produced by
25 songs
Written by
13 songs
Written by, Produced by
9 songs
Produced by, Written by
8 songs
Produced by, Written by
7 songs
Written by
5 songs
Written by
5 songs
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5 songs
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Norman Whitfield produced 5 of The Temptations’s top 10 songs
Norman Whitfield is The Temptations’s most frequent collaborator, credited on 47 songs
The Temptations recorded most at Hitsville (6 songs)
Credited songs by The Temptations span 61 years, 1961 to 2022 (156 songs)
Top songs
- 1
My Girl
The Temptations, 1965
- 2
- 3
From Gettin’ Ready
- 4
1966
- 5
- 4
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
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Where the songs were made
- Hitsville6 songs
- Motown Studios - Hitsville West4 songs
- Capitol Studios1 song
- Golden World1 song
- Tarpan Studios1 song
Releases
Album
Album
Album
Album
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Members
- Ron TysonRT
- Melvin FranklinMF
- Richard StreetRS
- David Ruffin
- Damon HarrisDH
- The Original Lead Singers of The TemptationsTO
- Paul WilliamsPW
- Theo PeoplesTP
- Terry WeeksTW
- Ali Ollie WoodsonAO
- Aaron “A Train” SmithAA
- Nate EvansNE
- Otis WilliamsOW
- Dennis Edwards
- Elbridge BryantEB
- Eddie Kendricks
- Charles BlagmonCB
- Larry Braggs
Elsewhere
Sources (7)
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1MusicBrainz The Temptations is from Detroit
2Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is doo-wop
3Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is funk
4Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is r&b
5Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is rock
6Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is rock and roll
7Wikidata The genre of The Temptations is soul