Some seem to forget about the great voice of Paul Williams of the Temps, we mostly talk about- David, Eddie, but Paul lead most of the early tracks...which brings me to my fav from him- Slow Down Heart[1963] anyone else remember this great singer?

He was a great singer. Sadly he killed himself close to the Motown studio at West Grand Blvd and 14th street. He was only 34 years of age.

I would pick "I Want A Love I Can See" or "Forever in My Heart".

Hard to pick one track as a favourite as all his lead vocal tracks are superb. As a showcase for Paul's talent I'd go for Last One Out Is Brokenhearted issued on the Lost and Found CD of unissued recordings. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhe2j8e8lLM

The YT video gives some info on the track. Also worth a listen is the extended version someone has made.

For more of Paul watch the live video of For Once In My Life from T.C.B TV special on YT. 

10 minutes ago, Rick Cooper said:

Hard to pick one track as a favourite as all his lead vocal tracks are superb. As a showcase for Paul's talent I'd go for Last One Out Is Brokenhearted issued on the Lost and Found CD of unissued recordings. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhe2j8e8lLM

The YT video gives some info on the track. Also worth a listen is the extended version someone has made.

For more of Paul watch the live video of For Once In My Life from T.C.B TV special on YT. 

Good thread - more learning for me. 

Thanks for this info Rick.

Peter

Hey Girl from the LP. The Temptations cover of the Freddie Scott classic on Colpix. Paul Williams just oozes soul on this.

Not my favourite by him but it shows the soul of the man

 

Father

and son

 

 

Excellent video telling his story

 

This is fabulous

 

 

This is great, Paul's isolated vocal and just the bass

 

46 minutes ago, Eddiefoster said:

 

If it's nice play it twice 😉 Honor to Chalky. The one tune by them that got a lot plays home lately while spinning 45's.

As mentioned by @The Yank

 

and a great video by Rob of one of the anthems of the 80s Soul scene

 

Another "Lost And Found" track -

k - 

Edited August 15, 2024Aug 15 by The Yank

Was he lead on My Baby ? no it was DR according to Video 

Edited August 15, 2024Aug 15 by Ted Massey

"Once you had a heart". An unreleased track he recorded for Motown, years later released on cd. Incredibly talented guy who never fulfilled his full potential. 

A fantastic singer with a voice full of Soul

ML

On 15/08/2024 at 09:35, Jim Elliott said:

"Once you had a heart". An unreleased track he recorded for Motown, years later released on cd. Incredibly talented guy who never fulfilled his full potential. 

This is the one Jim, all contributions to this thread are obviously brilliant, due to the brilliance of Paul as a vocalist, but "Once you had a heart" totally blows me away, every time I hear it 

Kev

My favourite group and my favourite track, lead by Paul Williams.

Never been 100% that he killed himself. Talk of foul play. Sad loss of a tortured soul.

 

On 23/08/2024 at 13:27, Kev Cane said:

This is the one Jim, all contributions to this thread are obviously brilliant, due to the brilliance of Paul as a vocalist, but "Once you had a heart" totally blows me away, every time I hear it 

Kev

Agree, Kev. How this got left in the can is beyond me.

Knew it would be right up your street Mike 👌

Kev

On 15/08/2024 at 09:35, Jim Elliott said:

"Once you had a heart". An unreleased track he recorded for Motown, years later released on cd. Incredibly talented guy who never fulfilled his full potential. 

that was the one i was gonna pick out. supposed to have been a solo 45 if he had not bailed out in 73 so it was shelved