Elbridge Bryant who was born in Georgia performed till his last breath; he was also a core team member of the group. His premature death came as a shock to people, as his fans were only used to hearing about his new releases.
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Elbridge Bryant – The Temptations
Elbridge Bryant was an American tenor and one of the original members of the famous Singing group, The Temptations. He played a crucial role in building the group and their early success.
The Temptations are an American singing group from Detroit, Michigan, who were successful in releasing a series of albums with Motown Records during the 1960s to mid 1970s.
Elbridge Bryant early life
Elbridge Bryant, also called “Al” or “Bones,” was born in Thomasville, which is located in Georgia, later he was moved to Detroit, Michigan, where destiny unfolds, and he became best friends with Otis Williams. They were in common in several groups together, like Otis Williams & the Siberians, the El Domingoes, and The Distants, before forming The Elgins in 1960.
Later on, Elbridge Bryant with his team members decided to change the name and keep it as The Temptations.
Elbridge Bryant – background vocals
Elbridge Bryant squad The Temptations’ studio recordings involved Paul Williams and Kendricks who were lead singers in the group while Otis Williams, Franklin, and Bryant provided background vocals, ad-libs, and harmonies to enhance the melody of songs and make them more harmonious.
Elbridge Bryant was not only a background vocalist as during live performances, all five members used to get equal opportunity to be a lead singer. Bryant also had moments where he sang lead on songs like “May I Have This Dance” and co-lead on “I Want a Love I Can See” during live performances in 1963.
| Also known as | The Elgins, The Pirates |
| Origin | Detroit, Michigan, U.S |
| Genres | R&B soul funk progressive soul psychedelic soul |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Labels | Motown Gordy Miracle Warwick EAR Capitol Atlantic New Door |
| Members | Otis Williams Ron Tyson Terry Weeks Tony Grant Jawan M. Jackson |
| Past members | Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Elbridge “Al” Bryant, David Ruffin, Dennis Edwards, Ricky Owens, Richard Street, Damon Harris, Glenn Leonard, Louis Price, Ali-Ollie Woodson, Theo Peoples, Ray Davis, Harry Mcgilberry, Barrington “Bo” Henderson, G. C. Cameron Joe Herndon, Bruce Williamson, Larry Braggs, Willie Greene, Mario Corbino |
Elbridge Bryant – milkman
Initial years for the Temptation band was really tough, during the first two years with Motown, The Temptations only had one charting single called “Dream Come True”, which reached 22nd on the R&B charts. Even though “Dream Come True” did well on the R&B charts but couldn’t make it to U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart.
The band did not lose hope, but it shattered them after constant failures as the same thing happened with their other six singles released during that time, they still had fan followings and die hard fans who cheered them.
But Elbridge Bryant was upset over the fact that the band lacked national success, and this constant thought was coming in between his career as he started preferring a day job as milkman over constantly performing and recording with the group.
Elbridge Bryant and Paul fight
Elbridge Bryant’s behavior became volatile, and he struggled with alcohol. Due to this he couldn’t control his anger and an intense fight between Bryant and Paul broke where Bryant crossed all his limits and humanity, he smashed a beer bottle across Paul’s face. But Paul was mature enough to let go of the situation and didn’t fire Elbridge Bryant. But it seems like he didn’t really change and continued to be uncooperative as he did again during Motown’s Christmas party, but this time Bryant was fired from the group. But it didn’t hamper much of their growth as they were able to bounce back and find a new member named David Ruffin and recorded their first Top 20 pop hit, “The Way You Do the Things You Do.”
Elbridge Bryant – The Premiers
Elbridge Bryant was fired from the Temptations after misbehaving with Paul, but he didn’t put a stop to his career and joined other singing groups in Detroit, like The Premiers, at Premiers he found his former bandmate Pee Wee Crawford.
Elbridge Bryant was also seen at The Dramatics Summit on August 23, 1972.he worked his ass off to achieve and made his name in the industry, but destiny had other plans, and he couldn’t make up to his 50s to witness his grandchildren’s. it his rightly said “zindagi hamein kabhi bhi badshah nahi banne deti , hamesha fakeer hi rakhti hai kisi na kisi cheez ke liye tarasta hua”(life never let us become kings, it always keeps us as beggars, always longing for something or the other).
Elbridge Bryant cause of death
Elbridge Bryant who became a sensation in the music industry couldn’t live anymore due to his health issues, he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis on October 26 1975, even before his death he was actively participating in other local groups.
Elbridge Bryant was too young to be buried and passed away at the age of 36 in Flagler County, Florida.
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Summary
Elbridge Bryant was a leading member of the vocal group Temptations; he started his journey as a background vocalist in the band and with his hard work he became a prominent member of the group but due to his careless attitude and not treating Paul Williams respectfully he got fired.
Right after he made an exit from the previous group Elbridge Bryant joined another group named Premiers but couldn’t make up till his last as he passed away at a very young age.
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