An amalgamation of the Distants and The Primes, the Temptations became the finest Motown vocal group, their '60s and '70s 45s and LPs imperishable label highlights. Co-written by Barry Gordy and Tempts Otis Williams, Elbridge Bryant and Melvin Franklin, Otis and Melvin's slow start is torn up by Paul Williams' increasingly desperate lead, barely held in check by svelte harmonies.

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