''Greatest Hits'' is a 1966
greatest hits
A greatest hits album or best-of album is a type of compilation album that collects popular and commercially successful songs by a particular artist or band. While greatest hits albums are typically supported by the artist, they can also be crea ...
album for
The Temptations
The Temptations are an American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s. The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top ...
, released by the Gordy (
Motown) label. It peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 album chart and remained on the chart for 120 weeks. Included are popular Temptations hits such as "
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the Temptations' first charting single on the ''Billboard'' Ho ...
", "
Get Ready", "
Since I Lost My Baby", "
My Baby", "
Don't Look Back", and their signature #1 hit, "
My Girl". One non-album single, "
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 song, written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr., and produced by Whitfield. Norman Whitfield recorded the song's instrumental track. Two years later, Whitfield got together with Eddie Holland to h ...
", is also included; it was a #3 hit in the summer and fall of 1966.
The album was included in
Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in ''
Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981).
Track listing
Side one
#"
The Way You Do the Things You Do
"The Way You Do the Things You Do" is a 1964 hit single by the Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. Written by Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers, the single was the Temptations' first charting single on the ''Billboard'' Ho ...
" (
Smokey Robinson,
Robert Rogers) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
#"
My Girl" (Robinson,
Ronald White
Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse ''Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form of ...
) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
#"
Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (
Edward Holland, Jr.,
Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield (May 12, 1940 – September 16, 2008) was an American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. allmusic Biography/ref> He has been credited as one of the creators of the Mo ...
) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
#"
Don't Look Back" (Robinson, White) (lead singer: Paul Williams)
#"
Get Ready" (Robinson) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
#"
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
"Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" is a 1966 song, written by Norman Whitfield and Edward Holland, Jr., and produced by Whitfield. Norman Whitfield recorded the song's instrumental track. Two years later, Whitfield got together with Eddie Holland to h ...
" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
Side two
#"
Since I Lost My Baby" (
Warren Moore, Robinson) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
#"
The Girl's Alright with Me" (Holland,
Eddie Kendricks
Edward James Kendrick (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992), better known as Eddie Kendricks, was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group the Temptation ...
, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
#"
My Baby" (Moore, Robinson, Rogers) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
#"
It's Growing" (Moore, Robinson) (lead singer: David Ruffin)
#"
I'll Be in Trouble
"I'll Be in Trouble" is a 1964 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label and written by Miracles lead singer Smokey Robinson.
Background
This single was the follow-up to "The Way You Do the Things You Do", with falsetto Eddie Ke ...
" (Robinson) (lead singers: Eddie Kendricks, Melvin Franklin)
#"
Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)
"Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)" is a 1964 hit single by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label. It was the group's first A-side release to be produced by Norman Whitfield, who co-wrote the song with Edward Holland, Jr. of the Holland-Do ...
" (Holland, Whitfield) (lead singer: Eddie Kendricks)
Chart and singles history
Singles
Year-end charts
See also
*
List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)
*
List of number-one R&B albums of 1967 (U.S.)
* ''
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2''
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greatest Hits, Temptations
Albums produced by Norman Whitfield
Albums produced by Smokey Robinson
1966 greatest hits albums
The Temptations compilation albums
Gordy Records compilation albums
Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A.