Original vs Remake (Ain't Too Proud To Beg)

Ain't To Proud To Beg

The Temptations

1966

(8 non consecutive weeks at #1 on the Billboard Soul chart)

Ain't To Proud To Beg

The Rolling Stones

1974

Top 10 Decade Defining Musical Acts: 1960s

#1 Song of the Week

Today in 1972 The Temptations hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with their 4th and last #1 single,
"Papa Was a Rolling Stone".


This remake of a forgotten song Undisputed Truth single spent only one week at the top but this may be one of their most popular and enduring hits.   A winner of 3 Grammy awards, Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group, the B side instrumental won Best R&B Instrumental and the writers Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong won Best R&B Song.

#1 Song of the Week

Our chart topper spotlight this week is on the Temptations and "Just My Imagination".   They spent 2 week at #1 in April 1971 and this was the final Temptations song to feature founding members Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams.

April 3rd 1971
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)"
(2 weeks at #1)

Original vs Remake #14

This week our original was a big Motown single from 1966.

What Becomes of the Broken Hearted   by Jimmy Ruffin was a #7 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was his biggest success on the Pop charts.  However it did get a second life in 1992 on the Adult Contemporary charts, topping that chart for 1 week in Feb of 1992.



The biggest success for a cover version was in 1996 when UK act Robson and Jerome hit the top of the UK Top 40  for 2 weeks.
Robson and Jerome were a duo that was in a UK television series called Soldier Soldier.