When Dennis Edwards replaced David Ruffin in the Temptations their sound changed but the hits kept coming
David Ruffin
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Ken Shane
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Bobby Womack encapsulates the New Year’s Eve spirit on his 1978 release
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Ken Shane
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Two classic versions of one classic song. Which is your favorite?
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Ken Shane
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The muscular Tempts or the slow-burning Al Green. Which version is your favorite?
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Ken Shane
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Known primarily as background singers, the Originals got some help from Marvin Gaye and had their own hits
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Ken Shane
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The Undisputed Truth’s hit was one of many in the storied career of producer Norman Whitfield
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The Contours were one of the most high-energy acts ever signed to Motown
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David Ruffin was not the only Temptation who went on to solo success
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Jimmy Ruffin’s biggest hit is a Motown classic
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Ken Shane
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A Motown immortal is celebrated in recent reissues
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Michael Parr
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It’s the Friday Five! Shuffle through five random tracks from your library and share it with the Popdose community.
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Ken Shane
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Carl Carlton scored his biggest hit with a cover
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Ken Shane
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Florence Ballard was part of one last hit before she was brutally dismissed from the Supremes
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Ken Shane
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David Ruffin’s final single as lead vocalist with the Temptations featured one of his finest performances.
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Isaac Hayes and David Porter wrote a string of hits for Sam & Dave in the ’60s. Ken Shane recalls perhaps the greatest of them all.
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We’re back after a brief pause for the holiday season, and we’ve got a couple of stone classics for you.
Ken Shane
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The Temptations’ hit “My Girl” is the very definition of a Motown standard. This week Ken Shane unearths a rare a cappella version of the soul classic.
Popdose Staff
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Last Christmas, we gave you our heart, but you were too busy doing real stuff. Hey, it’s perfectly understandable. We launched a “special gift” on Christmas morning 2009 with zero…
Ken Shane
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Ken Shane celebrates the six-month anniversary of his Soul Serenade column with an awesome mix that includes every song that has appeared in his column so far.
Ken Shane
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It’s surprising to me that we’re now several months into Soul Serenade, and I have yet to feature a track by the Temptations. They are, after all, my favorite soul…
Ken Shane
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Levi Stubbs never left. While Diana Ross split from the Supremes, Smokey Robinson migrated from his Miracles, and David Ruffin took off from the Temptations (ok, technically he was fired,…
Ken Shane
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I have mixed feelings when it comes to telling people about some of the shows I’ve seen. After all, the Beatles in ’64, Dylan in ’65, and the Stones in…
Ken Shane
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The multiplatinum duo gets its first four-disc box, containing all the hits, a few deep cuts, and plenty of unreleased material. Ken Shane has the review.
Ken Shane
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Last year, the Revelations featuring Tre Williams released their Deep Soul EP, which was not only one of my favorite recordings of the year, but one that I voted for…
Robert Cass
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The career-spanning, four-disc box set Do What You Want, Be What You Are: The Music of Daryl Hall & John Oates comes out October 13, and in anticipation of its…
Ken Shane
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I love soul music in each and every one of its glorious permutations, so it’s been gratifying for me to listen as a new generation of soul masters has taken…
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