Echoes, Redferns Richard Street, a member of legendary Motown Records group…
Richard Street Dead: Former Temptations Singer Dies at 70
- Posted on Feb 27th 2013 4:59PM by The Associated Press
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Street's wife, Cindy, says her husband died early Wednesday at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
Richard Street sang as a young man with Temptations members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin, but didn't join the famed Motown group until the early 1970s. He later made the move from his native Detroit to Los Angeles with other Motown acts and stayed with the group until the mid-1990s.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but Cindy Street expects services to be held sometime next week in Cypress, Calif.
She says her husband "was a really good person" who should be remembered for his work with the Temptations.
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I loved the Temptations...I grew up with their music.That was when music was music....
February 28 2013 at 12:36 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThe Temps were great.
RIP Mr. Street.
Love their music to this day. The Temtations knew how to get the emotion through those songs: Cloud Nine, I Wish It Would Rain, etc. Motown at their finest! We need singers to get back to this type of music. Music you can actually understand that isn't filled with foul language. Time to get back to music with class & emotion that gets you in motion! Street family, my condolences to you all. Richard was a good guy & we will all miss him.
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