Let Your Hair Down
The Temptations | Artist Essentials
First released: 1973 (year verified)
Original 1973 studio recording
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First released: 1973 (year verified)
The selected original recording is documented in 1973 in the release history of 1990. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year.
Recording: Original 1973 studio recording
Credit: The Temptations
Role in this collection: Original group performance
Original album: 1990
Let Your Hair Down - original recording item
The recording item identifies the original 1973 performance from the album titled 1990. The album title is not a release year; the specific November 1973 field is used only to support year precision. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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About The Temptations
The Temptations developed in Detroit and signed to Motown in 1961. Their recordings paired carefully arranged vocal harmonies with coordinated stage movement, making the group sound and visual presentation closely connected. The Way You Do the Things You Do and My Girl helped establish their 1960s repertoire. Later recordings explored funk and psychedelic soul as the membership changed. Those phases remain part of the group's history, distinct from the solo work of singers who passed through it.
Artist background sources
The Temptations - official group history
Detroit and 1961 Motown signing, harmonies/choreography, early repertoire, changing historical lineups and funk/psychedelic soul; current membership and chart totals are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
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