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The band The Temptations was founded in 1960. Before coming to fame, the band got it’s start in Detroit. Generally, music journalists would define The Temptations’s style within the genre/s of doo-wop, funk, soul music, rhythm and blues, rock music, rock and roll, and other rock music.
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The Four Tops
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The Supremes
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The Miracles
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Mary Wells
Mary Esther Wells (May 13, 1943 – July 26, 1992) was an American singer, who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s. Along with The Supremes, The Miracles, The Temptations, and the Four Tops, Wells was said to have been part of the ch... [wikipedia]
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The Marvelettes
The Marvelettes was an American girl group that achieved popularity in the early- to mid-1960s. They consisted of schoolmates Gladys Horton, Katherine Anderson, Georgeanna Tillman, Juanita Cowart (now Cowart Motley), and Georgia Dobbins, who was replaced by Wa... [wikipedia]
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The O’jays
The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert (born June 16, 1942), Walter Lee Williams (born August 25, 1943), William Powell (January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977), Bobby Massey (born 1942, Cant... [wikipedia]
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The Isley Brothers
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Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenh... [wikipedia]
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The Spinners
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and frontman of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and pro... [wikipedia]
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The Velvelettes
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Commodores
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The Contours
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Smokey Robinson And The Miracles
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of... [wikipedia]
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What Genre is The Temptations?
The Temptations genre is not easily defined. Music magazines and journalists have different opinions on a clearly defined genre for The Temptations. However, many describe the style within the genre/s of doo-wop, funk, soul music, rhythm and blues, rock music, rock and roll, and other rock music.