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TemptsInfo.com Message Board :: Message Boards :: General Discussions - Tempts/Music Related :: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros?" Author Topic: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros?" (Read 81 times) AnnaK Temptaholic member is offline "The sun keeps on shining/ even when it rains..." Joined: Sept 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 270 Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros?" « Thread Started on Nov 7, 2009, 10:16pm » I just found a recording (What's Wrong With Your Love) whose intro is spoken by someone who sounds like Melvin. Does anyone know more about the group or the song? Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "There will always be another song to sing." take a look at my blog SoundsOfTheSoul: http://raggedy-soundofsoul.blogspot.com/ estylovestempts New Member member is offline Joined: Oct 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 22 Location: South Florida Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #1 on Nov 10, 2009, 7:24pm » Hi there Anna K....that does sound sort of like Melvin <grin> I googled a bit and found the Metro's that I think you are looking for... http://www.soul-sides.com/2009/07/metros-so-sweet.html "The Metros were a Detroit quintet comprising singers Fred Mitchell, Percy Williams, Robert Suttles, James Buckman and Gordon Dunn. " Apparently they had one album, released in 1967...when of course the Tempts were having hit after hit!! soul-sides is a UK based website Melvin was in a group called VoiceMasters (Voicemasters?) then he met Otis when he was 18 and their group/s would "become" the Temptations (Otis W and the Siberians, OW and the Distants, the Elgins>>>>> the TEMPTATIONS) I have been listening to Melvin in "A Precious Love"....that is such a great use of his powerful deep voice.... Don't Deny our Precious Love!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KC6_GNxxgqo Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged AnnaK Temptaholic member is offline "The sun keeps on shining/ even when it rains..." Joined: Sept 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 270 Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #2 on Nov 10, 2009, 7:45pm » Hey esty! Thanks a lot for the link to the article. I am almost sure, it is Melvin, now that I know more about the Metros ... (Don't know why I didn't dig the post up myself?) Also, The Metros seem to be a group worth of a little more research, according Oliver Wang. Okay here's the song ... What do you think? It somehow sounds as if the intro were actually from a different recording ... http://www.divshare.com/download/9269979-0e5 « Last Edit: Nov 10, 2009, 7:55pm by AnnaK » Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged "There will always be another song to sing." take a look at my blog SoundsOfTheSoul: http://raggedy-soundofsoul.blogspot.com/ Gua Temptaholic member is offline Temptin Temps Joined: Aug 2004 Gender: Male Posts: 445 Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #3 on Nov 10, 2009, 11:51pm » Hey Anna, I don't think that that is Melvin. It doesn't sound like Melvin to me. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged If life is a waste of time, and time is a waste of life, then let's all get wasted together and have the time of our lives ken-du Temptaholic member is offline Pride, Confidence and Ability Joined: Apr 2002 Gender: Male Posts: 770 Location: RICHMOND VA Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #4 on Nov 11, 2009, 5:32am » Melvin was in a group called VoiceMasters (Voicemasters?) then he met Otis when he was 18 and their group/s would "become" the Temptations (] The VoiceMasters went on to become The Originals Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged ken-du Temptaholic member is offline Pride, Confidence and Ability Joined: Apr 2002 Gender: Male Posts: 770 Location: RICHMOND VA Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #5 on Nov 11, 2009, 5:34am » Nov 11, 2009, 5:32am, ken-du wrote: Melvin was in a group called VoiceMasters (Voicemasters?) then he met Otis when he was 18 and their group/s would "become" the Temptations (] The VoiceMasters went on to become The Originals The bass on that song sounds a little like Melvin but it's the way he pronounces his words that tell me it's not. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged estylovestempts New Member member is offline Joined: Oct 2009 Gender: Female Posts: 22 Location: South Florida Re: Did Melvin ever sing in a group named "Metros? « Reply #6 on Nov 11, 2009, 7:49am » Hi Anna...I agree, the intro might be from another recording? but I don't think it was Melvin the name of the song is (oddly IMHO) What's Wrong With Your Love: (version 2) so maybe the intro is from "Version 1"?? The year of the recording...1967 ..and fact it was on RCA is pretty much proof it is not Melvin I think. I doubt Gordy lent his star singers to RCA for a debut effort LOL Of course..."in house" was a different story....I have read/heard that many of the Motown stars helped out on particular tracks when needed.....much as the same way that the Funk Brothers and the The Andantes were used by all of them (The Tempts only used the Andantes on one or ? songs but they were on most of the Four Tops and did most of the background work for other groups, some say they did a lot of the singing for the various girl groups) Otis says in his book that the Temptations sang back up on other artists songs when needed There is an interesting clip of them backing Mary Wells live (4 of them...it was right before David joined them) Berry Gordy was such a shrewd businessman....he "recycled" by having two or more artists record them and then let the best seller "win"....and you can bet he would have another singer jump in to fill in to finish a recording However, by 1967 the Temptations were at the top of Motown and stars..so I don't think they were filling in for other groups then Their days of that were when they were signed to Motown but couldn't get a "hit" song. 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