Underground Hit [Level 5]
What a stormer....funky and rough. Really surprised when I cam upon this one...never knew The Temps went disco.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
Everybody at Motown at one point or another recorded disco tunes. The Temps started with the Song For You record.
Incidentally, Happy People was created using portions of The Commodore's track 'Superman' from their Machine Gun LP. That's why Lionel Richie gets co-writer credit.
Disco Funk
Indie Release [Level 4]
Other Temptations I truly enjoy are "Glass House" and "Shakey Ground" and my all time favorite is "In A Lifetime." The later is Disco all the way. "In A Lifetime" contains that Philly Sound when they left Motown and headed for Atlantic Records. Ron Tyson of the Philly Sound produced it. However, the song is contained in The Temptations boxed set Emperors of Soul.
Platinum Record [Level 8]
That Philly LP they did in '78, called 'Hear To Tempt You', is all great. My favorite cut from that LP is 'Think For Yourself'.Originally Written by Discomanic
Disco Funk
Indie Release [Level 4]
I am not sure if I know this song. Originally, whn I posted, I was thinking of another song by the Trammps. Anyway I like that one. (Disco - Where the Happy People Go)
Double Platinum Record [Level 9]
That's why we love Marky's charts !!! :D :D :D
From Marky's Year of 1975 Compilation List :
The Temptations ranked as the 37th disco act for 1975 :
37) THE TEMPTATIONS
(327 POINTS)/ 4 titles/ Gordy
Two of those four songs that charted by them in 1975 :
51) GLASSHOUSE - The Temptations
(Gordy/ 1975) P: Jeffrey Bown; W: Charlemagne
Timing: 3:55: BPM: approx. 127 bpm
Pop: #37; R&B: #9; Disc-o-la Fortune 500: not listed
45: A) Glasshouse; B) The Prophet
CD Availability: "A Song For You"
A= 70; D= 68; E= 61; Total points = 199
22 weeks on the chart (2/15/75 - 5/3/75, 5/24/75 -5/31/75, 6/14/75 - 7/19/75, 8/9/75, 8/23/75)/ 1 week in the Top 10/ Peak: #9
and:
95) HAPPY PEOPLE - The Temptations (w/ The Commodores (unbilled) as backing band)
(Gordy/ 1974) P: Jeffrey Bowen; W: J. Bowen/D. Bowen/Lionel Richie
Timing: 3:35 (vocal); 2:54 (inst.); BPM: approx. 119 bpm
Pop: #40; R&B: #1 (1); Disc-o-la: not listed
45: A) vocal; B) inst.
CD Availability: "A Song For You"
A= 10; B= 34; C= 18; D= 50; Total points = 112
9 weeks on the chart (12/7/74 - 2/8/75)/ 2 weeks in the Top 10/ Peak: #9
That's two of their four charting disco songs of 1975 . They had two more somewhere within Marky's list of 462 !!! disco songs of 1975 . I'll let someone else who's curious enough find those !!!
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