''Live at the Copa'' is a 1968 live album recorded by

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at the Copacabana supper club in

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. Released in 1968 by Gordy (

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) Records, ''Live at the Copa'' features new lead singer Dennis Edwards in place of David Ruffin. Edwards' first studio album with the Temptations would be the group's next album, 1969's ''

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''.

Track listing

Side one

#Introduction #" Get Ready" (

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) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) #" You're My Everything" ( Cornelius Grant,

Roger Penzabene Rodger Penzabene (1945 – December 31, 1967) was an American songwriter for the Motown label. Among his most notable compositions as a lyricist are "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" by Gladys Knight & the Pips; "The End of Our Road" by Gla ...

, Norman Whitfield) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Dennis Edwards) #"I Truly, Truly Believe" (George Gordy, Margaret Gordy, Allen Story) (lead singer:

Melvin Franklin David Melvin English (October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995) better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, or his nickname "Blue", was an American bass singer. Franklin was best known for his role as a founding member of Motown singing g ...

) #"

I Wish It Would Rain "I Wish It Would Rain" is a 1967 song recorded by the Temptations for the Motown label (under the "Gordy" imprint) and produced by Norman Whitfield. Release Issued with the Melvin Franklin-led "I Truly, Truly Believe" as its B-side, "I Wish ...

" (Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) #" For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) (lead singer: Paul Williams, last line:

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) #"

I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" is a single recorded by the Temptations and released on Motown Records' Gordy label during the spring of 1968. The song is the last with lyrics by Rodger Penzabene, and as the final Temptations singl ...

" (Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: Dennis Edwards)

Side two

#Introduction of Band and Group #" Hello, Young Lovers" (

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) (lead singer: The Temptations) #" With These Hands" (

Benny Davis Benny Davis (August 21, 1895 - December 20, 1979) was a vaudeville performer and writer of popular songs. Biography Davis started performing in vaudeville in his teens. He began writing songs when working as an accompanist for Blossom Seeley. In ...

Abner Silver Abner Silberman (28 December 1899, in New York City, New York, United States – 24 November 1966) as pen name Abner Silver, was an American songwriter who worked primarily during the Tin Pan Alley era of the craft. Career Usually composing the m ...

) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) #" Swanee" ( Irving Caesar,

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) (lead singer: The Temptations) #" The Impossible Dream" (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion) (lead singer: Dennis Edwards) #"

Please Return Your Love to Me "Please Return Your Love to Me" is a 1968 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Produced by Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote the song with Barrett Strong and Barbara Neely, it is the last single to feature David Ruffin in the li ...

" (Strong, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks) #"

(I Know) I'm Losing You "(I Know) I'm Losing You" is a 1966 hit single recorded by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label, written by Cornelius Grant, Eddie Holland and Norman Whitfield, and produced by Norman Whitfield. The group performed the song live on ...

" (Grant,

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, Whitfield) (lead singer: Dennis Edwards)

References

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