Artist	Song
The Temptations	Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
from My Girl: The Very Best of the Temptations (2002)
The Stylistics	Betcha By Golly Wow
from The Very Best of the Stylistics...And More! (2005)
The Chi-Lites	Have You Seen Her
from The Chi-Lites: 20 Greatest Hits (2001)
The Manhattans	Shining Star
from Love Songs (2000)
Jackson 5	I'll Be There
from Anthology: Jackson 5 (2000)
The Moments	Love On a Two Way Street
from Love On a Two-Way Street - The Best of the Moments (2005)
The O'Jays	Sunshine
from The Essential O'Jays (2004)
The Dells	The Love We Had (Stays On My Mind)
from The Dells: Ultimate Collection (2004)
The Spinners	How Could I Let You Get Away
from The Very Best of Spinners (1993)
The Delfonics	Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
from La-La Means I Love You (1997)
The Main Ingredient	Spinning Around (I Must Be Falling In Love)
from Everybody Plays the Fool: The Best of The Main Ingredient (2001)
The Originals	The Bells
from The Very Best of The Originals (1999)
The Dramatics	In the Rain
from The Best of the Dramatics (2006)
Blue Magic	Sideshow
from Soulful Spell - The Best of Blue Magic (2005)
The Emotions	So I Can Love You
from So I Can Love You / Untouched (2006)
The Friends of Distinction	Going In Circles
from The Best of Friends of Distinction (1996)
The Lost Generation	The Sly, Slick & the Wicked
from Brunswick Top 40 R&B Singles 1966-1975 (2006)
The Four Tops	Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
from Essential Collection: Four Tops (2000)
The Intruders	I Wanna Know Your Name
from The Best of the Intruders - Cowboys to Girls (1995)
The Escorts	Look Over Your Shoulder
from Hits Anthology (2007)
The Temprees	Dedicated to the One I Love
from The Best of the Temprees (2006)
The Dynamic Superiors	Shoe Shoe Shine
from Heart of Soul Classics 2 (2001)
The Natural Four	Can This Be Real?
from The Natural Four (2006)
The Three Degrees	When Will I See You Again
from Super Hits (2002)
The Ebonys	It's Forever
from The Ebonys (2003)
Brenda & The Tabulations	Right On the Tip of My Tongue
from Storm Warning: Philly Original Soul Classics, Vol. 1 (1998)

Comment:

The silken harmonies that bolted from gospel's tent, sneaking into the subway for a smoke during doo-wop's heyday, reinvented themselves in the '70s for a new generation. In "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)," Eddie Kendricks' swoon-inducing falsetto folds into Norman Whitfield's windswept arrangement, the final ingredient to one of soul music’s most achingly romantic masterpieces — its otherworldly beauty made all the more affecting because it was his final Temptations track. Producer Thom Bell's downy-soft string arrangement cradles Russell Thompkins, Jr.'s falsetto like a mother's arms in the Stylistics' "Betcha by Golly, Wow." And the Chi-Lites' ode to love gone astray, "Have You Seen Her," opens with the four members' voices building to a crescendo, as though erecting a shrine made of sound, over a fuzzed-out guitar riff. From the Delfonics to the Spinners, we’ve got plenty more angelic voices and supple strings where these came from.

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