Otis Williams (born Otis Miles, Jr. October 30, 1941) is an American baritone vocalist. Nicknamed “Big Daddy”, he’s sometimes also a songwriter as well as a record producer. Williams is best known as the last first remaining member of the Motown vocal group The Temptations, a group where he continues to perform.
These groups comprised Otis Williams and the Siberians, the El Domingoes as well as the Distants. In 1959, The Distants scored a local hit, co-composed by Williams as well as their supervisor/producer Johnnie Mae Matthews, called “Come On”, with lead vocals by Richard Street. Future Distants records are not as successful, and following an offer from Berry Gordy of Motown Records, Otis Williams and his friends/bandmates Elbridge “Al” Bryant and Melvin Franklin stop the Distants. The truth is, the group’s lineup shifts were so regular, nerve-racking and worrisome that Williams and Melvin Franklin assured each other they could not stop the group. Franklin would stay in the group until 1994, when he became physically incapable of continuing. Franklin expired on February 23, 1995, leaving Otis Williams, then 53, as the final remaining original member of the Temptations quintet.
Arleata Williams (m. 1983–1997), Ann Cain (m. 1967–1973), Josephine Rogers (m. 1961–1964)
Children
Otis Lamont Williams
Parents
Hazel Louise Williams, Otis Miles
Nicknames
Otis Miles , Otis Miles, Jr. , Big Daddy , The Temptions & The Supremes , The Temptations
Music Groups
The Temptations
Movies
The Temptations: Live in Concert
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Trademark
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Baritone singing voice
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Quote
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[Talking about his friend, The Temptations' bass singer Melvin Franklin] Mel will be in my heart as long as I live. He will always be my partner, and in his name The Temptations will continue on.
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The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them.
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Fact
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The Temptations were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
i’d LOVE to bow down and kiss Master Otis’s Feet..