#OtisAtHome - Otis Williams Pays Tribute To Fellow Founding Member, Paul Williams 

Man I just wanna sit and listen to him tell stories all day

I cried when Paul passed away in the movie. I loved his voice so much.

Paul Williams was the secret sauce for the 1960s Temptations -- his husky, smoky voice was part of those wonderful backing vocals on all of their classic hits. HIs best three lead vocals were "I Want a Love I Can See", "Don't Look Back", and "For Once In My Life" -- wish he had done more, but just be thankful for what we've got, right?

Paul Williams is my favorite Temptation. If I could sing like Paul, I would probably “cut the fool” as old people say!😂

Thank you Otis Williams for talking about Paul

Paul was a sensitive soul he had multiple women and let depression take over he suffered from sickle cell which is painful read he started drinking heavily to cope with the pain and depression so sad his life cut short at 34.

Happy 82nd birthday Mr. Paul Williams!

Paul was an absolutely dynamic performer! Great singer and dancer! R.I.P.

Otis was not reading from paper when he starting talking about Paul. It was all heartfelt facts and memories.

I love the temptations 😭❤️

Paul Williams is my favorite member of The Temptations. Many great artists have had alcohol problems. Just as many everyday people do. Unfortunately, it's not enough to tell someone to quit drinking. It's not that easy for them to do. There is a pain deep down that drives them to take refuge. I don't think there were as many ways to get help back then. Thank goodness, we can still enjoy the music and videos of the original Temptations, and see Paul dancing and singing and looking so great in those beautiful suits. I love when he sang: I Want a Love I Can See. RIP Paul.

Paul's mournful baritone wailing out front, gave as much of a solid lead voice to the sound of The Classic Five, as did Ruff's and E.K's. Another reason why that David Ruffin and the Temptations nonsense was ill-fated from the very beginning. Your reference to the Copa must be in regards to the "Live At The Copa" LP, recorded in late '67 right after the breakup, and issued in early 1968. That was indeed a showcase for just how strong Paul's influence was on the group's legacy, sound, and harmonies. Listen closely to I Could Never Love Another, and you clearly hear his third part voice below Otis and Eddie, and above Melvin's, anchoring that sweet harmony throughout the background. One of my all time favorite releases. I think of him every time I listen to it. Man, what I wouldn't give to see a video taped presentation of that performance; the smooth choreography, the stylish uniformity, and the chemistry created each time you brothers took the stage. In this case, it affirmed that the Tempts had moved on from the age of the Classic Five, and were entering into what would become their future era of sound. If such a video exists, and if it's available, please lobby Motown for its immediate release. Rest In Peace Paul, E.K., Ruff', Blue, and also Dennis. Your voices will still be heard long after we're all gone. Thank you Otis, for keeping the name and the brand alive and well in 2021, through this and other outets. Continued good health and happiness to you my brother.

Thank u Mr. Otis Williams. You were and still are the glue that keeps the Temptations moving.

The greatest group of All

BEST GROUP EVER !!! SO SAD THE OTHER "ORIGINAL" MEMBERS HAVE LEFT US

I love the way Paul dance

Paul Williams was my favorite, truly a legend to me He was unmatched in His voice singing and dancing, Powerful force his voice could make you feel every emotion from Happiness to Heartbroken....I miss Paul , love you Paul Williams ❤ forever a never met fan, Julia Carter.

Loved the group on one of my favorite jams where Paul killed it - No more water in the well!!!!! Miss you Paul Williams. Saw the group in 1971 at Indiana State University. Line up was Mel, Otis, Dennis & Paul. Eddie had just split. Paul carried the group on his back that day. Man did he step. The man was out of site!!!!

I would always focused on Paul when I seen them on tv.

Happy heavenly birthday, Paul. He would’ve been 83 years old. His impact with the Temptations will never be forgotten.

One of the greatest music dynasties of all time.

Thank you Otis for keeping it together to the best of your ability.x

Love Paul on "The Best Things In Life Are Free" song

Happy birthday to you Paul Williams! This is your day. Rejoice and be glad in it! Thanks for your service 🙂

"Running Away"....One of the most striking ballads with Paul Williams at lead vocals was one of my favorites. A very Jazzed harmonious tempo thanks to the Funk Brothers on this cut.

Happy birthday Paul ❤️

Paul Williams always Dance better than the other Temptations even a 7 year old Me could tell, Mellow mood his greatest performance, great Album

I was celebrating my High School graduation and when I found out Mr.Paul Williams had passed away it hurt me to my heart.

Beautiful, thanks Otis

I love the very first album bc it has a lot of Paul leading.

Happy Birthday Paul.My favorite temptation . with that beautiful Heavenly Soul and heart Baritone voice . He sing and talk so down to Earth . We miss u dearly. And your gone but not forgotten . 82 Years of joy

Thanks Otis! I still enjoy that "In a Mellow Mood" album I remember buying it at a Sears & Robuck store. If you listen closely to the background harmony on any of the Temps songs; Paul Williams voice can distinctively and clearly be heard. Not overpowering but a main guiding tone that matched well with Otis; Eddie; David and Melvin. We're all fortunate that providence brought such a great recipe of talent together that we call The Temptations. Blessings & Courage Otis

Paul Williams……..🔥💯❤️🔥💯❤️🔥💯❤️

Happy heavenly 🎂 paul

Paul Williams is the singer and choreographer who every singing group wanted because he was the man for everything

I loved Paul

Such a treasure!!! Beautiful backstory!!! Thank you OTIS!!!

Hands down the greatest vocal group ever.i was blessed to see them live.3 times and to meet otis,dennis,and, eddie.thank you Temps for the great memories.

Real music 🎶 🎵 🙌 Never gets old!!

When music was music. God bless the souls of every Temptation that lived. Thank you Otis. Your group left it all on the floor. The greatest.

" Corn it ain't about the money. Look our music that's who we are. Radio made us. Do you actually think the jocks are gonna get behind a bunch of sellouts?" Paul really was the heart and soul of the group

We always talk about God works in mysterious ways. Let's talk about His mystery in your music. He worked y'all Temptin' Temptations far beyond the songs. Your presence for the African American people and people of African descent around the world keeps our head up, our grind focused and our hearts singing Soul to Soul. Thank you Big O for taking great care of your health in obedience to God's will. He is still able to use you to keep on walking to give us a Message From a Black Man in this world's Ball of Confusion. God bless you.

Beautiful timeless music that got me thru the hardest parts of my youth & at 70 it's my go to music to feel alive & happy. This old heart of mine can hear it a 100 times a day & it never gets old.

I love Paul a thousand lifetimes 🖤

Temptations music is the backdrop of my teenage youth.

I came to see you Otis!!!🤗💜

Happy heavenly birthday 🥳🎉 Paul

I could listen to you for days, never getting tired to.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAUL!❤️❤️❤️✌️✌️✌️☮️☮️☮️🎂🎂🎂🎂🎂 THANK YOU SO MUCH SHARING YOUR GOD'S GIFT YOU ALL HAVE! AND FOUGHT TO GET THAT BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TO US! AGAIN THANK YA'LL!❤️❤️❤️

Hi Otis glad to see you I 💘 the temptation so much 🙏❤💜💙💛💚💓💛

Thank you for the Temptations! Love that song, My Girl! It’s the ring tone on my phone! That song is so iconic that when I’m out in public and my phone rings, people will stop, turn around and stare, smile, sing and dance! That song brings so much joy to so many people! Thank Smokey too!

Thanks for sharing those great memories!!! Long live to Dr. Otis Williams 💕❤

Otis I'm the biggest temptations fan your music has left an imprint in my life that has gotten me through alot.now I write and sing my own songs for those looking for a bit of joy .hats off to you paul and the guys..know this please..I appreciate you.glad you stayed the course otherwise lots of folks would've missed all that magic.thanks man.stop by enjoy an original of mine.r.i.p Paul Eddie blue David and the rest of the Motown angels.your music matters to all

I just wanted to say thank you for providing music w/ the world. There will be no music like the temptations- from a 17 yr old.

Paul Williams. What can you say. He could make you smile and cry on the same word. A fantastic baritone and marvelous dancer and choreographer. I wish he had sung more lead songs but the other Temps were wonderful too. The Temptations ? It’s a hsppier world because of them.

Great story

Thank you for sharing your memories. Happy Birthday Paul Williams🌹

I’d also would just love to sit down and hear all the stories as well. The Temps has always been my most favorite group and it was them my teenage group would emulate! I loved Paul and wish the brother was still alive and singing with them. Not celebrated enough and thanks Otis for the insight of yours and our friend and Temptations forever the great Paul Williams. Your original Temps will forever be the best! ❤

So glad they made a movie about them

Happy birthday heavenly Paul

Living legend! Thank you for sharing your stories.

Unsung for Paul Williams ❤️ B4 my time but I'm old school, please give him an unsung episode PLEASE

Happy Heavenly Birthday Paul ❤

Paul my Bae n movie🥰🥰😍😍🔥🔥🤴🏾🤴🏾❤️❤️

Thank you Mr. Williams . Whenever your not busy can we get a part 2 about paul an what YOU feel may have led to his exodus/leaving the tempts, those remaining years he spent off the road?. Just a big fan who is also fascinated by these true life experiences/stories

YEEEEEEESSSSSS KING?! I LOOOOOOOOVE THE WAY SPEAKS?! REST ON PAUL WILLIAMS?!🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑👑👑👑👑🥰🥰🥰🥰 THANK YOU KING OTIS FOR BEING THE MAN AND FRIEND YOU ARE AND AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL?! 🎊🎊🎊🎊👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👑👑👑👑👑🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💯💯💯💯🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗💐💐💐💐💐

I love y’all so much I love y’all music it’s so wonderful it makes me think about memories

🗣️Happy Birthday 🎂🥳 R.i.P Paul your tha truth R.i.P. to tha fallen Temps. David, Blue & Corn 🌽

Love Paul the Temptations was my favorite group. Eddie high falsetto n Melvin low Bass. Paul's soulful baritone. And Paul was the best dancer. I was a little boy in the 60's.. watching the Temps on TV

Hi Mr.. Williams (or, Otis if I may)-- It is SUCH a profound pleasure to hear your voice and engage with you given your legendary status as well as of the magnificent Temptations. I was but a toddler during your rise to fame but your sound and the feelings it evoked are cemented in my soul. Lately, I've been consumed with everything "Temptations-related" and just recently purchased your [revised] book on audio. As a musician myself, one of the things I'm most keenly interested in is the actual recording process in the early Motown years. I've seen some archival footage and I find it hard to imagine that so many musicians could record so efficiently (let alone fit) in a room so small without audio leakage. The tune I'm most interested in knowing about is "Since I Lost My Baby" with it's orchestration, layered vocals and instrumentation. I'm hoping to find the info in your book. I too, was a big fan of Paul WIlliams. His vocal timbre and tone along with his seemingly mellow personality made him endearing to me. Such a tragic loss.

I got a chance to speak to Dr Otis Williams and I emailed him we spoke on email . I also talk to his grandson . Dr Otis Williams is a nice man hope to meet him soon .

I really really love the song that Paul Williams song call longly. With the late Eddie Kendrick's, David Ruffin, Otis Williams, and the late Melvin Franklin. That was🤪

I’m 59 years old and i love love and still listen to the classics.

Love the Temps and glad we still have Otis. Audio is bad, though.

happy birthday 🎂 🥳 Paul 💓 💗 💛 💖

Wow as I’m listening to you one of my clients listening to “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” that’s crazy 😱

Happy Heavenly 82nd Birthday to my favorite member Paul Williams My favorite song that he led on was Don't Look Back and For Once In My Life.

People imitate all the temptation leads except Paul nobody can even try to sound like him.

If Motown would re release their 1968 Live at the Copa album & you listen to For Once In My Life you will know what Otis is talking about .

in a mellow mood!❤ album awesome!

I worked at a mall not too long ago and when I first started working there someone said, “You know one of the Temptations come here.” I said, word Mr. Otis?” They actually didn’t know Jack about the Temptations. I really wasn’t sure what he looked like but one day I seen him walking in a fly suit and I said that has to be him. I wasn’t positive until later lol. But no one was going to walk through more legendary than the Temptations. I heard a lot of Temptations growing up and no one has anything on The Temptations Silent Night. That was our go-to Christmas song and still is.

I love the way The Temptations dressed back in the 60s. Tall, sleek and handsome. Thanks to The Ed Sullivan Show RU-vid in HD. I can watch them in HD, so vibrant and lively. It feels like I'm in the 60s, time travelled.

Thank you Mr Williams....love hearing your stories..and may God continue to bless you..... The Temptations... amazing group. Often duplicated never replicated ....

Legend

Believe it or not, but Paul Williams was my favorite Temptations as a kid. My Mom favorite was Eddie Kendricks. My mom passed away in 1970 but I remembered how she loved Eddie, but Paul was the one for me. I think it was the way he dance !

I wish we could get more videos and stories like this from the legends who are still here like you

There something about listening to old folks tell stories.

Paul had the voice and showmanship; he was a natural choice for a front man. How was he so easily supplanted in that role by David Ruffin? They both seem equally talented and mesmerizing to hear and watch, but Ruffin's arrival seems to have pushed Paul Williams into the background inexplicably. Why? How did that happen?

Best Motown group ever!!

That was so beautiful of Otis to end it saying to Paul, "I'll see ya in heaven", bcuz I'm sure he KNOWS he has more time behind him than he has b4 him & although I'm sure every1 of us have atleast a little bit of fear & trepidation about leaving this existence, bcuz in 👇🏾this lifetime, there hasn't been any1 to come back & confirm for us that there indeed IS sumthn on the other side, that the lights don't just go out & it's all over, but if I can leave a glimmer of hope for everyone who reads this, it's sumthn I learned in my honors physics class & that's "ENERGY IS NEITHER CREATED, NOR DESTROYED, IT ONLY CHANGES FORM"...See, we are made up of earthly physical material, flesh & blood on the outside, our Earthly Avatar of sorts, but our Avatars are ACTIVATED w/CONSCIOUS, LIVING, SUPERNATURAL ENERGY, SO I.M.O., OTIS IS RIGHT, HE'LL SEE THE LATE GREAT PAUL WILLIAMS & ALL HIS TRANSITIONED TEMPTATION BROTHERS AGAIN.

Thank you 4 sharing 🙏🎵💜⚡

IT would be great IF Mr. Otis Williams would do a weekly short post on different events & life experiences about the different people he worked with ex. Florence Ballard, James Jamerson, Marvin Gaye etc. I guarantee it would be a hit !!!!!!!! We love you Mr. Williams, hope to have an opportunity to meet him one day.

Beautiful!!! Thank you !!

Best group of all time

With anticipated depth Dr Otis Williams storytelling style educates the generations of viewers, makes his message simple, launches brilliant ideas for future offsprings.

I want to meet Paul in Heaven too. Love his husky voice when he sings. Thank you for telling us how you felt about him. I wish he could have had better health.

All of the Temptations were and are still great entertainers Rest in peace Paul Williams and David. Ruffkin.🙏

Happy b day Mr.williams😍😍🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Paul is 14 minutes away from me I will be paying my respects 100%, Detroit misses you Otis we also miss your brothers!

I know I'm only 32 but you was my childhood