Get Ready
The Temptations
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More by this artistEditorial Motown-family recording selection; not an official all-time chart.
Release: 1966
Release: 1966Source checked
The selected original recording is documented in 1966 in the release history of Get Ready. Only year precision is assigned. Later singles, annual-list appearances, reissues and different performances do not replace the original year. First-release year carried forward from the existing source-reviewed Artist Essentials selection through its explicit reviewed recording-ID link. Exact user-file audio and mastering are not authenticated by this metadata propagation.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Complete Motown Singles - original 1966 program
The original program identifies Get Ready, Aint Too Proud to Beg, Beauty Is Only Skin Deep and I Know Im Losing You in 1966. Other performers in subsequent volumes are not used as the original group recordings.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Get Ready is the Temptations' original 1966 studio recording. It is documented in the label's historical 1966 Motown singles program. This release history supplies the original year; the date of a later compilation does not replace it.
Evidence scope: Source-supported recording and first-release context; a personal songwriting inspiration is not inferred.
Sources for this information
Complete Motown Singles - original 1966 program
The original program identifies Get Ready, Aint Too Proud to Beg, Beauty Is Only Skin Deep and I Know Im Losing You in 1966. Other performers in subsequent volumes are not used as the original group recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-18
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
This soul and R&B selection is included for listening discovery. A reliable song-specific creative-origin account and original recording date have not yet been established in this catalog.
Other appearances and versions
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An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
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Broad editorial collection/style classification.
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