Three months later, in March 1965, the song had ascended to the top of Billboard's pop and R&B charts, giving the Temptations their first No. 1 hit. "My Girl ... Otis Williams and Paul Williams.

In a time when folks needed an escape from the world around them, The Temptations provided one. Amid civil unrest and war, songs such as “My Girl” and “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” sung in ...