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** At the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, the then surviving members inducted (Ruffin, Kendricks, Edwards, Otis, and Franklin) sang one of Paul's [[SignatureSong signature songs]], "Don't Look Back", in his memory at the stand.
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** At the group's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, the then surviving then-surviving members inducted (Ruffin, Kendricks, Edwards, Otis, and Franklin) sang one of Paul's [[SignatureSong signature songs]], {{signature song}}s, "Don't Look Back", in his memory at the stand.
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** When the group announced they were replacing David, many were skeptical. Not only did they do so successfully, but their first single without Ruffin, "Cloud Nine", won Motown its first Grammy.
** When the group announced they were replacing David, many were skeptical. Not only did they do so successfully, but their first single without Ruffin, "Cloud Nine", won Motown its first Grammy.
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* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome:
**SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: When the group announced they were replacing David, many were skeptical. Not only did they do so successfully, but their first single without Ruffin, "Cloud Nine", won Motown its first Grammy.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Where to start?
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Where to do we start?
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** David Ruffin was initially hired as a backing singer, but his beautiful voice and magnetic charisma made him the FaceOfTheBand in less than a year.
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** David Ruffin was initially hired as a backing singer, but his beautiful voice and magnetic charisma made him the FaceOfTheBand in a fan-favourite within less than a year.
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* FaceOfTheBand: While Motown gave relatively equal status to each member in terms of promotional push, generally Ruffin and Kendricks serve this role. Otis is also this nowadays, due to him being the last living classic member.
** Otis’s status as the face nowadays is rather ironic, as he was never the lead singer on any of their hits. Not even during their psychedelic soul phrase, which seemed to went out of its way to avoid this trope as much as possible by having the other four sing different parts of a song.
** Otis’s status as the face nowadays is rather ironic, as he was never the lead singer on any of their hits. Not even during their psychedelic soul phrase, which seemed to went out of its way to avoid this trope as much as possible by having the other four sing different parts of a song.
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** David Ruffin, from background tenor to main lead singer in less than a year.
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** David Ruffin, from background tenor to main lead singer Ruffin was initially hired as a backing singer, but his beautiful voice and magnetic charisma made him the FaceOfTheBand in less than a year.
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** Despite relatively few leads, Richard Street tends to be well liked by fans. His history with the group also helps in this regard.
** Among later members, Ali-Ollie Woodson.
** Among later members, Ali-Ollie Woodson.
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** Despite relatively few leads, Richard Street tends to be well liked by fans.fans as his energy and voice helped transition the group out of the Classic 5[=/=]Hall of Fame 6 era and anchored the lineup through ''many'' changes. His history with the group also helps in this regard.
** Among later members, Ali-OllieWoodson.Woodson as his powerful voice transformed the group's sound and modernized it going into the [=1980s=]. Unfortunately, his battles with cancer cut his tenure short.
** Among later members, Ali-Ollie
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** David Ruffin vs Dennis Edwards vs Ali-Ollie Woodson (ironically, the two former were friends in real life, and the two latter toured together after both had left the group).
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** David Ruffin vs vs. Dennis Edwards vs vs. Ali-Ollie Woodson (ironically, the two former were friends in real life, and the two latter toured together after both had left the group).
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** "Since I Lost My Baby", another song about a lost love, was written by Smokey Robinson and was actually written after his wife Claudette suffered a miscarriage.
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** "Since I Lost My Baby", another song about a lost love, was actually written by Smokey Robinson and was actually written after his wife Claudette suffered a miscarriage.
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** After fans heard "War" on ''Psychedelic Shack'' and embraced the ProtestSong, they sent letters asking Motown to make it a single. But the label were afraid of alienating the group's conservative fans, so Edwin Starr re-recorded it, and it's now his SignatureSong.
