The Temptations, Carla Thomas: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Roger St. Pierre, NME, 15 April 1972
IF ELVIS himself had stepped onstage at the Hammersmith Odeon on Friday he could hardly have created more excitement than the Temptations stirred up with a show which proved them not merely the world's number-one vocal group but the complete entertainers.
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