My Girl (The Temptations)

"My Girl", along with " Papa Was a Rollin 'Stone ", the most successful single of the American soul - and R & B group The Temptations . The song is the first and main single from the second album by the group "The Temptations Sing Smokey". "My Girl" the first # 1 hit by The Temptations and was also was the first # 1 hit on the R & B list, since the reintroduction of the list. With a # 43 listed, however, it was not in a position of the top 40 in the United Kingdom to reach. However, the song was named # 88 on the list of 500 best songs of all time by the magazine Rolling Stone .

"My Girl" was written by Smokey Robinson, another Motown group The Miracles , along with Ronald White , also a member of that group. Robinsons inspiration for the song was his wife Claudette Robinson, as he and White member of The Miracles. At first he wrote the song than for his own group. When it was finished he decided to include it with The Miracles, however, but with The Temptations . This was because he David Ruffin of The Temptations had heard singing during a performance lead.Around that time were Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams who sang nearly all lead by The Temptations, but that action Ruffin got a chance. Smokey Robinson found his lead party so much that he decided to write a song for the group Ruffin sang lead on. He found "My Girl" fit well with the voice of Ruffin and number therefore decided not with The Miracles, but with The Temptations record.

After the success of "My Girl" was David Ruffin who now lead sang with The Temptations and occasionally Paul Williams or Eddie Kendricks only. Thanks to the success of "My Girl" and successors as " Is not Too Proud to Beg, "" Beauty Is Only Skin Deep "and" I Wish It Would Rain "Ruffin was a growing ego. For example, he arrived late at gigs and did not show up at rehearsals. He also wanted to change the group's name was "David Ruffin & The Temptations". Because of his big ego Ruffin was four years after the success of "My Girl" in 1968, then released from the group.

"My Girl" has been covered many times because of its popularity. Fellow Motown artists such as Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye, an instrumental version of Billy Prestonand The Jackson 5 Coverden the number. The writer of the song, Smokey Robinson, the song still decided to record with The Miracles, and it also appeared on their album "Time Out For Smokey Robinson & The Miracles." Also non-Motown Acts like The Mamas & the Papas, who had a # 15 hit with it, and Otis Redding Coverden the number. It was also used as the title song of the movie "My Girl" which include Macaulay Culkin starred in and can be heard in the television series Full House and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air .

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 * 1 Occupation
 * 2 Hitnoteringen
 * 2.1 Dutch Top 40
 * 2.2 Dutch Single Top 100
 * 3 Radio 2 Top 2000

Occupation [ edit ]

 * Lead: David Ruffin
 * Background: Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin
 * Instrumentation: The Funk Brothers
 * Writers: Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
 * Production: Smokey Robinson