Temptations

New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. Third Printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. Aaron Rappaport (Photograph of Otis Williams). 240 pages. Illustrations. Some DJ wear and soiling. Some page discoloration. Inscribed by Otis Williams on the half title page. Inscription reads To Andy, Thank You. Otis Temps "88". Includes Acknowledgments, Temptations Singles Discography, Temptations Album Discography,The Temptations with Diana Ross and the Supremes, and Top 10 Otis'isms. In this book, Otis Williams tells about the lean days and the fat, about Berry Gordy's renowned "Motown U." and the colleagues he got to know so intimately: Gladys Knight and the Pips, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, and especially The Temptations' sister group, The Primettes--later to be known as The Supremes. Contains 70 black and white photographs of the Supremes and the Temptations. This is the frank, revealing story of Motown's legendary super group, told by the group's founder, Otis Williams. Otis Williams (born Otis Miles Jr.; October 30, 1941) is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name. In 1989, Otis Williams was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Temptations. Williams received an honorary doctorate from Stillman College in May 2006. Derived from a Publishers Weekly article: Williams, founder of the Temptations, a blues group that sang its way to the top of the charts in the 1960s, with Patricia Romanowski, tells a vivid story of good times and bad: Motown's super group has been plagued by violent quarrels, drug and alcohol abuse, suicide. The Temptations have often been on the verge of falling apart, but Williams, according to the authors, has always been able to pull them together again, even to pick up the pieces of their troubled relationship with Motown founder Berry Gordy. Among other tidbits, the book provides illuminating insights into the famous ``Motown U,'' where singers were instructed in charm and deportment as well as musical skills. The group is still going strong, though membership has changed over the years, and Williams writes as a man who is proud of having kept it alive for so long.