Topix — But now those singers have plowed their field so fallow, it leaves a swath of pop space open for an R&B male groupA a ' a la Jodeci or New Edition , if not the Miracles and the Temptations . more info

MTV.com News — T-Pain, David Banner, Lil Jon, Cheetah Girls and more slated to appear at January 20 event.By Gil Kaufman Outkast's Big Boi and Ludacris Photo: Frank Micelotta/ Getty Images While rumors continue to swirl about which artists will play at P... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Rock AlmanacSpinner.com: On This Date in 1972: 'Papa Was a Rollin' Stone,' by the Temptations, takes over the No. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart. The Almanac Advises for December 2: "Depending on your perspective, th... more info

Guardian Music — • In our Halloween special, singers with an interest in the spooky side of things choose the scariest songs they've ever heard. Prepare to be terrified by the spectral sounds of, er, Rolf Harris• French dance duo Justice have just made a ... more info

MTV.com News — The singer/actress often told press that her family kept her grounded while she rocketed to fame.By Jennifer Vineyard Darnell Donerson and Julian King Photo: myspace.com/jenniferhudson With the announcement late Monday afternoon that the b... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — For me, the time to listen to the Four Tops was always at night, alone and in the dark. Their sound, possibly more than any Motown act, was the sound of yearning and longing, sometimes with a happy ending, sometimes not. But it was also the sound o... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ish said... Jazz & other rarities: Big Black And His Congregation, If You're Diggin' What You're Doin' Keep On Doin' What You're Diggin', 1971 The Temptations, Masterpiece, 1973 Sunbirds (Klaus... [Visit the blog for the full post] more info

Mojo 4 Music — When the late Norman Whitfield found a way to play all the great quintet’s aces. more info

Rolling Stone — Motown producer and songwriter Norman Whitfield, who helped craft some of the Detroit label’s biggest hits, died Tuesday at Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Hospital. He was 65. While an exact cause of death wasn’t revealed, Whitfield reportedly suffe... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — Playing Detroit for the first time in October of 1975, on the Born To Run tour, Springsteen did an incredible, one off version of the Norman Whitfield written, Temptations classic, "Ain't Too Proud To Beg," as a duet with "Miami" Steve Van Zandt. It... more info