RICHARD STREET, 70
Died February 27, 2013. Sang with the Temptations for 25 years from the early 1970s. Back in the early 60s, he sang with future Tempations Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin in the Distants. he worked at Motown in the quality control department and with his group, the Monitors.
Occasionally filled in for tenor baritone Paul Wiliams on the temptations before going full time when Williams left the group. Sand lead on "Papa Was a Rolling Stine. During his tenure, the Temptations had more than 4 dozen Top 40 hits on the R&B charts. Reportedly left the group in 1993 over personal tension with Otis Williams.
His ex-wife Cal Gill Street was a member of Motown's Velvelettes who had the song "Needle in a Haystack."
Otis Williams is still with the Temptations, the only original member.
I am a big, big Motown fan, especially the Temptin' Temptations.
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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