Undisputed Truth

The Undisputed Truth was originally a trio, put together by fragments left from a couple of Motown groups. Joe Harris came from The Preps and had been involved with The Ohio Players in the 60's. Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce had a past history in The Delicates and as backup singers for Diana Ross, Four Tops and Edwin Starr. The year was 1970 and the man behind this project was famous Motown producer Norman Whitfield. Undisputed Truth has always been regarded as some sort of forever-and-ever warm up band, and not as a real group. Even if Norman saved his goodies for The Temptations to record, it's not fair to put the Undisputed Truth off as guinea-pigs. All three members had voices that cannot be neglected. Calvin's and Joyce's harmonies were like two singing birds around Harris' great lead. In fact, Temptation's monster hit Papa Was A Rolling Stone was first recorded by the Undisputed Truth. But their version never reached the same commercial success as Temptation's Grammy award winning version. Norman Whitfield was responsible for the radical change in The Temptations' sound. He brought in some adventure and innovation to Motown. The idea with the Undisputed Truth was problably to try out new stuff and experiment. At least you get this feeling when you look at the sleeves of Cosmic Truth and Higher Than High. The members of the group are not listed, only the studio musicians. http://www.the-undisputed-truth.com