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My Girl by The Temptations
Genre: Soul
Year: 1965
Year: 1965
"My Girl" is a 1964 song recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label which became a number one hit in 1965. Written and produced by The Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations first U.S. number-one single, and is today their signature song. Robinsons inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles member Claudette Rogers Robinson. The song was featured on the Temptations album The Temptations Sing Smokey.
Musically, the song is notable because the eight ascending guitar notes in the opening riff over the C chord are a perfect example of a C major pentatonic scale, played exactly from octave to octave. Similarly, the analogous riff in the song that is played over the F chord is a perfect example of an F major pentatonic Read full article at wikipedia.org
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More songs by The Temptations: Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are), You've Got to Earn It, The Way You Do the Things You Do, My Baby, Heavenly.
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