Best known as one of the lead singers of The Temptations, Ruffin’s star story has a tragic ending.

During the Friday, Dec. 12 episode of her eponymous talk show, Clarkson introduced The Temptations to give a special "cameo-oke" holiday performance. While singing their smooth and soulful rendition ...

Few people can simply pop into a theater and see their life story unfold on stage. Or lay claim to music and lyrics you know by heart just from hearing those first few notes. But then, few people are ...

With the Detroit Lions Cheerleaders and Honolulu Boom drumline as accompaniment, 84-year-old Temptations founder Otis Williams cut a familiar figure onstage during the three-song set: “Get Ready” (Ron ...

Dennis Edwards, one of the former lead singers of the Temptations, died at the age of 74. Edwards died Thursday in Chicago and his cause of death was complications from meningitis, his wife Brenda ...

After The Temptations, Brooks shifted much of his focus toward musical theater, building a respected stage career rather than ...

In August of 1970, America embraced one of the most powerful protest songs in music history, as “War” by Edwin Starr reached No. 1. But Starr only got his chance at stardom because the label behind ...

Otis Williams’ nickname is “Oak,.” Given that the 83-year-old singer is still a member of the Temptations, 64 years after the group’s founding, it’s not to figure where that came from. He’s been the ...

On Dec. 21, 1964, The Temptations released what is now considered to be one of the greatest love songs ever recorded. Smokey Robinson and Ronald White wrote and produced the classic Motown melody "My ...

Bruce Williamson, the former lead singer of The Temptations, has died. He was 49. By Mitchell Peters, Billboard Bruce Williamson, the former lead singer of The Temptations, has died. He was 49. The ...

The musician had been battling "a long illness," his manager said. — -- Former Temptations member Dennis Edwards, who contributed lead vocals to such hits as "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," "I Can't ...