caption associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active label background birth_date instrument genre image article_title name occupation
richard street -lrb- top right -rrb- the distants , the temptations , the monitors 27 february 2013 las vegas , nevada , u.s. richard allen street detroit , michigan , u.s. 1959 -- 2013 warwick , motown , atlantic solo_singer 5 october 1942 vocals r & b , pop , soul , disco tempts-truly4u . jpg richard street
 richard street singer , dancer , songwriter
richard street

richard allen street -lrb- october 5 , 1942 -- february 27 , 2013 -rrb- was an american soul and r&b singer , most notable as a member of motown vocal group the temptations from 1971 to 1993 .
born and raised in detroit , michigan , street was the first member of the temptations to actually be a native of the city which served as motown 's namesake and hometown ; all of the previous members were born and at least partially raised in the southern united states .
