The Untold Truth Of Richard Street (Motown Legends Ep9) 

Richard Street was a very versatile singer who l pattererned myself after when l sang with an amateur group. I will always remember that velvet voice. Continue to RIP SIR

I'll never forget how much Richards character was present in the Temptations movie. The actor was a familiar face and the way he was portrayed made it easy to love him. As a kid I remember being at Hitsville with my family. I was staring a picture of the Temptations during the Street era when an employee approached me. He learned how big of a fan I was so he wanted to tell me more about the picture. He asked, "Have you seen the movie?" and then "Do you remember when they sung Just my Imagination?" he then pointed at the Richard in the picture and asked "Remember the guy that came in during the transition?" and I replied "Yup, that's Richard Street!!" He looked at me amazed, I guess he didn't think I knew because I was so young but nah I knew! From that moment on Mr. Street held a special place in my heart, I could never forget him. Love to @WBPTV @Cheryl Mainor and the Hitsville employee that took the time to speak to me that day!

Great fan when he was with the Monitors. May he R.I.P.

Wow great information on Richard street. I never knew he was married too the leader of the velveletts. Thank you for this information

I like Richard’s lead on “Isn’t the Night Fantastic” too.

I agree, I liked his style better than Paul and Dennis,he was truly underrated,he should be right their with David and Eddie,

I will definitely check out Richard Street and was he fired too? Also did he write a book I would rather read his book them Otis.

Heavenly was the lick...

Me and my son’s jam

Both he and Damon put their foot in that song!!

"Heavenly" and "Hey Girl". Love 'em both. Great, great tracks.

Yes, I love him singing that song as well. I love his voice.

Your father is a LEGEND first and foremost. I would love to redo this video this was everything I could find via internet. I would love to chat with you about Mr.Street, as well as fixing any mistakes I’ve made If your interested please email me - WBPTV@outlook.com

I remember meeting you and your Mom and sister.Did you stay off schoolcraft in Detroit if so I stayed next door.Richard was an outstanding entertainer.

@@brendacooper8306 Yes but I don’t remember, my apologies I will definitely run this by my Mother.

@@WBPTVI’ll contact you.

Yes I understand bc it was a long time ago.

I loved the tempts with all heart and soul but this thing with Otis firing every dawn member is highly insane,I mean for a man who just stood in the background and who could not sing worth a can of beans is rediculous.do you think that the tempts would of been anything without the likes of paul,Paul, david,David, etc,etc Otis was surrounded by a bunch of brothers who could sing and made money not only for the tempts but motown as well and besides the tempts were from a collective of two groups Otis was not the real leader and that's exactly why ain't nobody coming to see his ass(and the band played on.

@@kenardgreene7083 Otis treats The Temptations like a business with the other four guys in the group being like his employees whom he can treat like dirt and fire entirely at-will. I wonder if any former member of the group, living or deceased, ever tried to go over Otis's head to group manager Shelley Burger or even Berry Gordy himself and asked them, "Do you want me fired?" I mean, no other Motown group ever had a leading group member who could willingly let their bandmates go like that due to personality clashes. The only exception was Diana Ross and her less-than-secret love affair with her boss, Berry Gordy, and their alleged joint desire to let Florence Ballard go from The Supremes in 1967.

@@bobwatson1162 Otis and Shelley Berger are of similar corporate mindsets when it comes to working with other people, musically and otherwise. Shelley Berger isn't a bad guy, but he is definitely more of a businessman than one of musical, human understanding--just like Otis.

I TOTALLY agree with you on that dam 🤔🤔

@@kenardgreene7083 hater lol

And that’s the truth! He’s still with them and has an amazing voice! One of my Dad’s (Richard) closest friends to the absolute end!

Oh right, one more thing. I know that Richard sings lead on the verse from Papa Was A Rolling Stone that goes: “Hey Mama. Is it true what they say that, Papa never worked a day in his life?” 😊

No the most underrated is al Bryant

In the mini series Otis is pictured as the back bone .only thing he did wong was cheat on his wife . everyone else had issues .it was made like he came up with being fined for things that u didn't do to keep the group together it was Paul . I wanted to see the play but it is still telling Otis version through his eye as well as the manager. No one else is around to to dispute anything. I've seen him in interviews contradicting himself . He says nobody do anything to Paul to make him be that way but it does not mention that Paul was sick and while he was ill but not interview he claims that all them with depressed around the time of that last song Eddie sang with the group just my imagination I like to know why everybody was depressed He didn't go into that he jumped to something else I'm going to be a conspiracy theorist but something just don't seem right with this people dying all around him and he still standing. Knowing the music and just see at that time when Paul allegedly shot itself nothing to say about that I believe it was a hit out on him and everybody became hush hush motel might have paid the people off it was something fishy about his murder. Otis the only one says oh he talked about ending his life months prior before his death . Otis has money coming out his toes get getting cash everytime he opens his mouth. Every member died some of cancer.

Totally agree

@@antoniatilley2589 I understand that but everybody forgets al he never is talked about they mention Richard because he was with the tempts when they had their biggest hits with Ollie Woodson in 1990’s I can’t disagree more.

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@@bobwatson1162 never heard Marvin or Dennis slept with her.

@@tonygrooove that she did

@@bobwatson1162 I dont think Marvin was interested in Diana. They didnt seem to personally like each other

@@astrochakbathbodyaromather5984 No Marvin wasn't interested in Diana. He said she was too skinney for him.

That’s not his true book…

@@januaristreet805 what do you mean? he spoke it and toi moore wrote it all down. i believe she even recorded every session. he passed away before the book was finished

I know I didn't 🤔🤔

Yeah The Temps recorded their version in 1969 a year after Marvin Gaye but the song is originally The Miracles they recorded in 1966

@@WBPTV Thanks for letting me know, I'm going to listen to their version right now. And I'm also going to subscribe. I have to send this video to my mom. She's the reason I love oldies. Blessings.

@@WBPTV I just listened to their version. Nice sound! Was this the only Norman Whitfield song that The Miracles ever recorded? I know that Smokey and Norman were songwriting rivals all their lives at Motown together, even though Smokey had the last laugh since Norman sadly passed away in 2008.

I heard that song first from the temptations ... then they use to sing it as the California raisins

If it wasn’t for Otis, there would be no Temptations! Facts!

@@cornellnewsome934 Fact: If it was about just Otis, why he didn't go solo then and make a hit! Like some of them that left the Temptations and had a hit on their songs when they went solo!

@@tioutlw782 Otis wasn’t a lead solo singer. Tito and Marlin wasn’t Michael nor jermaine but they still could sing. Same for Otis.

@@cornellnewsome934 No he was not a lead singer, but he lead a song with Temptations it was not successful. A while back. Otis was just a background singer and that's it! Otis will be were he is now if it were not for the Temptations!

@@tioutlw782 he knows that and they wouldn’t have been as successful if it wasn’t for him. They all had a role to play. He might not have been the most talented but he was just as important

The other members of the current Temptations lineup, with the exception of longstanding member tenor Ron Tyson who has been with the group since 1983, were just children when the classic lineup of the Tempts first became successful in 1964. They are a whole generation younger than Otis himself.

Glad you enjoyed it

@@WBPTV Alright.

That’s another underrated song that he lead.

Greetings to Uncle Sam the Monitors first little local hit🎶

I thought one of the first big hits was my girl.

He was handsome

Yeah that’s a case of mispronunciation lol

Power is a great song. However, I've heard another reason why it failed and I believe their was something else as well. From what I understand, there was an electric company in Florida called Power that had some kind of scandal or huge problem with their services and alot of people complained about them. In addition, I also personally believe it was the timing of that release. Power is a disco song with an R and B and funk feel to it. The disco era was coming to an end as hip hop was slowly but surely emerging. Had that song been done anywhere from 77' to 79', I'm pretty sure it would've been another BIG hit for the group.

Power was a big hit in the summer of 1980. I know because everybody used to dance to it.

Definitely David

My opinion Dennis Edwards, not to mention less trouble but that's my opinion, and trust me im not taking NOTHING from David Ruffin...the way I look at it is David n Dennis were 2 great singers for different time periods with the Temps

Ole brotha Dennis brought not only the Temps but Motown period their very first Grammy (Cloud Nine) 😉