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| Al Bryant sang lead on "Come
On." |
Richard Street sang lead on
"Come On." |
| Berry Gordy was a "big
deal" by the time Melvin and Otis met him in
the men's room. |
Berry Gordy was just starting out. |
| The first time Melvin met Berry
Gordy was in the men’s room with Otis. |
Melvin had signed a contract with
Gordy long before he met Otis. |
| Melvin invited Eddie and Paul into
the group. Otis didn’t think it was such a
great idea. |
Otis invited Eddie into the group
and Eddie suggested that Paul join to. |
| The decision to add David to the
group was a spur of the moment decision that
occurred at Mama Rose’s table. |
The group had their eyes on David
long before Al’s departure from the group. |
| David couldn't
care less about Dennis and didn't know who he was
until he jumped onstage with them at that
concert. |
David
and Dennis were best friends and David asked
Dennis to replace him. (thanks Voice Master) |
| David, Dennis and Eddie began
touring with their own group of Temptations in
the mid to late 1970’s. |
Eddie, Dennis and David didn’t
start touring together until the late
1980’s. |
| Melvin died in Mama Rose’s
kitchen. |
Melvin died in the hospital after
going into a coma. |
| After his death, David’s body
lay unclaimed in the morgue for a week. |
The limo driver who left David at
the hospital identified him as "David Ruffin
of the Temptations." |
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