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Otis Williams of The Temptations is looking back at his time working with Motown's artist development department, where he says the label "just needed to spit shine us" before the group reached.

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Otis Williams (born Otis Miles Jr.; October 30, 1941) is an American second tenor/baritone singer. He is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name. . Early life. Williams was born Otis Miles.

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Motown's impact on the culture of the '60s ran much deeper than the pop charts. "The '60s was one of the most tumultuous decades within the last 100 years for America," Williams. "And here come.

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Exclusive interview with Otis Williams of the Temptations as the group celebrates its 60th anniversary. Williams says their music help bring America together.

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The Temptations' Otis Williams agrees: "Motown was no happenstance. God brought that up to start. Detroit, Michigan, was known for the big three - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.

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Now 60 years after releasing their first album as a group, The Temptations' surviving founding member Otis Williams, 82, is looking back exclusively with PEOPLE at his memories of recording hits.

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Paul Sexton. Otis Williams - Photo: Jay Gilbert, courtesy of UMe. Otis Williams, the sole surviving original member of the Temptations, is not just excited to be representing the legendary soul.

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The Temptations' story is an epic journey of courage, struggle, triumphs, setbacks, and ultimately, international superstardom. The genesis and magnitude of their greatness is one of the most extraordinary stories of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Billboard Magazine in 2017 called them the "#1 R&B/Hip-Hop Artists of All Time," and in.

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Otis Williams of the Temptations arrives at the 73rd annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 9, 2019, in New York. "Ain't Too Proud," a musical based on the Motown group.

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Otis Williams the last living member of the original Motown group the Temptations and manager Shelly Berger, sit down with Dr. Chavis to share little known facts and candid insights of the life.

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In 2017, The Temptations and Otis Williams' then-protégé, Kyle Maack, recorded a cover of "Treat Her Like a Lady" for Maack's Shaky Ground EP which also included two additional Temptations covers. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the Temptations number 67 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

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The Temptations are celebrating their 60th anniversary with a new album, titled 60. Tom Power spoke with founding member Otis Williams about the group's lega.

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David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin, Paul Williams, Otis Williams and Eddie Kendricks of the Temptations pose for a portrait in 1965. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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Otis Williams, the last living member of the original musical group The Temptations speaks with guest host Allison Keyes. The Temptations 49th album was just released, titled Still Here, which.

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The crowd screamed, "No!". But semi-jokingly, 76-year-old Otis Williams, the lone surviving original Temptation, raised his hand. He's been the ensemble's primary force of cohesion for.

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Dr. Otis Clayborn Williams, founding member of the world-renowned, Grammy Award-winning group, The Temptations, is a music legend. From award-winning singer, songwriter to critically acclaimed author, from television producer, and Broadway executive producer to executive producer of the group's brand-new album, Temptations 60, Dr. Williams defied all odds, having gone from the dirt roads of.

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