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  • This is where the funk went from psychedelic to epic, with all of the Tempts (even basso Melvin Franklin) trading bravura leads.

    2008 September : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • This is where the funk went from psychedelic to epic, with all of the Tempts (even basso Melvin Franklin) trading bravura leads.

    Norman Whitfield’s Funky Business : Scrubbles.net 2008

  • The others are Motownespecially my Tempts, Santana, Chicago, Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin and a lot of others before I would listen to just about anyone new, today.

    The Legend Lives On: Jackson's estate raking in millions 2009

  • Stevie Wonder, now… there is a musician and a creative talent. the Tempts, Smokey Robinson… whipped up Jackson arse without raising an arm. then there was jazz and blues and Sam and Dave and the Moodies and Handel and Mozart… lots of great stuff that was not two chord rockers and fronted by rhinestones and wiggles.

    Friday! June 26 – The Bleat. 2009

  • This is not too difficult a task, since the Tempts charted fifty-five titles on Billboard, not counting joint efforts with other Motown acts; the hard part, of course, is cutting all that down to an hour and a half or even less on a CD.

    dustbury.com » The way they do the things they do 2007

  • And unwise purpose like the unknown gods Tempts on a wasteful way.

    The Eye of Zeitoon Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • Tempts him through damps to trust the midnight air?

    Poetical Sketches 1795

  • All come with the tightly wrapped harmonies and friendly demeanor that makes the Tempts the Tempts, and even a brief rap interlude in opening cut, "Change Has Come," manages to fit seamlessly amid the vintage sounds. prelude fittingly sets the stage for the comeback record by local singer-songwriter Jeff Scott: "Begin Again" (***, self-released) is a textbook piece of Midwest pop-rock, splashed with a touch of Nashville soul.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • All come with the tightly wrapped harmonies and friendly demeanor that makes the Tempts the Tempts, and even a brief rap interlude in opening cut, "Change Has Come," manages to fit seamlessly amid the vintage sounds. prelude fittingly sets the stage for the comeback record by local singer-songwriter Jeff Scott: "Begin Again" (***, self-released) is a textbook piece of Midwest pop-rock, splashed with a touch of Nashville soul.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

  • "It's time to resurrect that, 'cause there's nothing like that right now," lone original member Otis Williams remarks in the opening bars of "Soul Music," a lively tribute to a litany of peers as the Tempts prepare to celebrate their 50th anniversary.

    Freep.com - RSS 2010

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