the temptations wrote the song my girl by the temptations.
the temptations wrote the song my girl by the temptations.
who wrote the song my girl by the temptations?
the temptations
my girl (the temptations song)









































"my girl" is a soul music song recorded by the temptations for the gordy (motown) record label. written and produced by the miracles members smokey robinson and ronald white, the song became the temptations' first u.s. number-one single, and is today their signature song. robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, miracles member claudette rogers robinson. the song was included on the temptations 1965 album "the temptations sing smokey". in 2018, it was selected for preservation in the national recording registry by the library of congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant."
my girl (the temptations song)
the temptations began singing background for mary wells. after an initial dry period, the temptations quickly became the most successful male vocal group of the 1960s. although technically kendricks was first tenor in the group's harmony, he predominately sang in a falsetto voice. among the temptations songs kendricks sang lead on were "dream come true" (1962), the group's first charting single; "the way you do the things you do" (1964), the group's first us top 20 hit; "i'll be in trouble" (1964); "the girl's alright with me" (1964), a popular b-side that kendricks co-wrote; "girl (why you wanna make me blue)" (1964); "get ready" (1966); "please return your love to me" (1968); and "just my imagination" (1971). he was also allowed to sing a few leads in his natural voice such as "may i have this dance" (1962). he shared lead vocal duty on other records, including "you're my everything" (1967) (shared with david ruffin), and a long string of norman whitfield produced psychedelic soul records where all five temptations sang lead, such as the grammy winner "cloud nine" (1968), "i can't get next to you" (1969), and "ball of confusion" (1970). he also leads on "i'm gonna make you love me" (1968), a popular duet with diana ross and the supremes, and on the temptations' famous version of the christmas classic "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" (1968).
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