Walter Joseph Herndon is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 R&B and soul

Soul music

Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...

 singer, former bass singer of a version of doo-wop group The Spaniels

The Spaniels

The Spaniels were an American R&B doo-wop group, best known for the hit "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite".They have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group...

 and the current bass singer for The Temptations

The Temptations

The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...

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Biography

Herndon was born in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 and began his career joining the D.C.-based version of The Spaniels

The Spaniels

The Spaniels were an American R&B doo-wop group, best known for the hit "Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite".They have been called the first successful Midwestern R&B group...

 in the 1970s. He would remain singing with this version of the group until the late-1990s when he joined forces with former Temptations singer Glenn Leonard to form the splinter group The Temptations Experience. Upon the dismissal of Temptations bass singer Harry McGilberry

Harry McGilberry

Harry McGilberry was an American R&B and soul singer and latter-day bass singer for The Temptations between 1995 and 2003....

 in late 2003, Herndon was asked to replace McGilberry as a featured member of the legendary Motown quintet by Otis Williams

Otis Williams

Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...

. Herndon accepted and made his official Temptations debut on their last Motown album, 2004's Legacy

Legacy (Temptations album)

Legacy is a 2004 album by The Temptations for the Motown label, introducing new Temptations G.C. Cameron and Joe Herndon. The album was the group's final release on Motown; they left the label shortly after its release.-Track listing:#"Still Temptin'"...

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He is still a current member of the group alongside Otis Williams

Otis Williams

Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...

, Bruce Williamson

Bruce Williamson (singer)

Bruce Williamson is an American R&B and soul singer; currently a lead singer for The Temptations.-Biography:Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Bruce started singing in church at a young age. Williamson said the love for music began after experiencing jealousy with a cousin of his...

, Ron Tyson

Ron Tyson

Ron Tyson is an American tenor/falsetto singer and songwriter. Tyson is the current tenor for long-lived singing group The Temptations, filling the role made famous by Eddie Kendricks in the 1960s.-Biography:...

 and Terry Weeks

Terry Weeks

Terry Wayne Weeks is an American R&B and soul singer who is currently one of the lead singers of the legendary Motown quintet The Temptations....

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