A report on Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)
1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label.
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The Temptations
6 linksAmerican vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single "Cloud Nine" in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of R&B and soul music.
Norman Whitfield
2 linksAmerican songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.
American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.
During his 25-year career, Whitfield co-wrote and produced many enduring hits for Motown artists, including "Ain't Too Proud to Beg", "(I Know) I'm Losing You", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Cloud Nine", "I Can't Get Next to You", "War", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)", "Smiling Faces Sometimes", and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".
Eddie Kendricks
3 linksAmerican singer and songwriter.
American singer and songwriter.
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).
Psychedelic soul
3 linksMusic genre that emerged in the late 1960s and saw Black soul musicians embrace elements of psychedelic rock, including its production techniques, instrumentation, effects units (wah-wah pedal, phaser, etc.) and drug influences.
Music genre that emerged in the late 1960s and saw Black soul musicians embrace elements of psychedelic rock, including its production techniques, instrumentation, effects units (wah-wah pedal, phaser, etc.) and drug influences.
Also important were the Temptations and their producer Norman Whitfield, who moved from a relatively light vocal group into more hard-edged and topical material like "Cloud Nine" (1968), "Runaway Child, Running Wild" (1969), and "Psychedelic Shack" (1969).
Dennis Edwards
2 linksAmerican soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records.
American soul and R&B singer who was best known as the frontman in The Temptations, on Motown Records.
With his rougher gospel-hewn vocals, Edwards led the group through its psychedelic, funk, and disco periods, singing on hits such as "Cloud Nine" (1968), "I Can't Get Next to You" (1969), "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" (1970), "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (1972), and "Shakey Ground" (1975), among others.
Paul Williams (The Temptations singer)
2 linksAmerican baritone singer and choreographer.
American baritone singer and choreographer.
Williams also sang lead with Dennis Edwards, who joined in 1968, on Motown's first Grammy Award-Winner "Cloud Nine".
Dance to the Music (song)
1 links1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label.
1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label.
The Temptations' single "Cloud Nine" was inspired by "Dance to the Music" and was a top ten hit, winning a Grammy Award.
1968 in music
0 linksList of notable events in music that took place in the year 1968.
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1968.
"Cloud Nine" – The Temptations
The Funk Brothers
3 linksThe Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.
The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit-based session musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972.
"Cloud Nine" – The Temptations
Dennis Coffey
1 linksAmerican guitarist.
American guitarist.
By the late 1960s as a member of the Funk Brothers studio band, Coffey played on dozens of recordings for Motown Records, and introduced a hard rock guitar sound to Motown record producer Norman Whitfield's recordings, including distortion, Echoplex tape-loop delay, and wah-wah: most notably heard on "Cloud Nine", "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)", and "Psychedelic Shack" by The Temptations.