Ron Tyson is an American

United States

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 tenor

Tenor

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/falsetto

Falsetto

Falsetto is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal folds, in whole or in part...

 singer and songwriter

Songwriter

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. Tyson is the current tenor for long-lived singing group 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,...

, filling the role made famous by Eddie Kendricks

Eddie Kendricks

Eddie Kendricks was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as "The Way You Do The Things...

 in the 1960s.

Biography

Tyson was born Ronald Tyson Presson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 and raised in Monroe, North Carolina

Monroe, North Carolina

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. Before joining the Temptations in 1983, he wrote for them on their 1977 Atlantic

Atlantic Records

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 album, Hear to Tempt You. That album (and the one after it) stiffed and they returned to Motown Records

Motown Records

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 for four more albums with tenor Glenn Leonard

Glenn Leonard

Glenn Carl Leonard is an American R&B and soul singer best remembered for serving as the first tenor/secondary lead singer of the Motown quintet The Temptations from 1975 to 1983.-Biography:...

 before Tyson joined them.

Tyson was lead singer of a Philadelphia soul

Philadelphia soul

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 group called The Ethics, which later changed its name to Love Committee. His brother David Tyson is a member of singing group The Manhattans

The Manhattans

The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group, with a string of hit records spanning four decades. Their best known million-selling songs being "Kiss and Say Goodbye" and 'Shining Star' in 1980...

. In addition to his work as a singer, Tyson has written songs for artists such as The O'Jays

The O'Jays

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1963 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert , Walter Williams , William Powell , Bobby Massey and Bill Isles. The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005...

, First Choice

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, Eddie Kendricks, Archie Bell & The Drells

Archie Bell & the Drells

Archie Bell & the Drells was a R&B vocal group from Houston, Texas, and one of the main acts on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records...

, The Four Tops, The Dells

The Dells

The Dells are an R&B and crossover musical group. Their successful recordings spanned more than four decades. Formed in 1952 after attending high school together, the Dells' repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul, disco and contemporary rhythm and blues...

, Eddie Holman

Eddie Holman

Eddie Holman is an American singer and recording artist. He is best known for his 1970 hit song "Hey There Lonely Girl".-Biography:...

 and Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor

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. Additionally, Tyson served as lead vocals for Tom Moulton

Tom Moulton

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's 12" releases on Casablanca Records

Casablanca Records

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, "I Don't Need No Music" and "Put Yourself in My Place."

Tyson, who succeeds Kendricks, Ricky Owens

Ricky Owens

Ricky Owens was an African-American R&B and soul singer better known as the first tenor and lead singer of the doo-wop/R&B group The Vibrations and, briefly, as member of The Temptations, the first replacement of original Temptations founding member Eddie Kendricks...

, Damon Harris

Damon Harris

Damon Harris is a three-time Grammy Award-winning African-American soul and R&B singer. He is most notable as a member of The Temptations from 1971 to 1975. Twenty years old when he joined the group, Harris was the youngest member of The Temptations during his tenure in the group...

, and Glenn Leonard as the Temptations' falsetto, has a tenure with the group that is third only to tenor 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...

, who has been in the group since its inception in 1960; and bass singer Melvin Franklin

Melvin Franklin

David Melvin English better known by the stage name Melvin Franklin, was an American bass singer. Franklin is best known for his role as a member of Motown singing group The Temptations from 1960 to 1994....

, who was in the group from 1960 until his death in 1995. As a side project, he released a solo Christmas

Christmas

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album, Christmas...My Favorite Holiday, in 2004.