Artist:The Temptations
Song:Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Album:20th Century Masters:The Millenium Collection:The Best Of The Temptations Vol. 2
By the time Papa Was A Rollin' Stone came out in 1972, Paul Williams was dead and David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks had been replaced by Dennis Edwards & Damon Harris. This classic song written by Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield and produced by Whitfield brought the Tempts out of a major tailspin. And it was probably their biggest hit. I guess it was somewhat influenced by the social commentary in R & B from Curtis Mayfield & Marvin Gaye and it's as powerful as anything those guys did. This series of budget CDs is a good intro to the Tempts but you can get this six minute version on plenty of comps and you can get the full twelve minute version on the original New Directions album. Papa Was A Rollin' Stone is an all time classic and supposedly the guys didn't even want to do it.
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