Soul survivors: the Temptations, the Crystals, the Four Tops and Tavares

They may be legends, but for the remaining members of the Temptations, the Crystals, the Four Tops and Tavares, music's still a job. Paul Lester talks to soul's true survivorsOtis Williams, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Dolores "Dee Dee" Kenniebrew and Arthur Paul "Pooch" Tavares have, between them, racked up a grand total of 212 years in the music business. Their bands – respectively, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Crystals and Tavares – all formed around 1959-60 (except for the Tops, who got to...

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