associated_acts death_date death_place birth_name birth_place years_active label background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
the impact temptations , the young tempts/the young vandals , 18 february 2013 baltimore , maryland , u.s. otis robert harris , jr. . baltimore , maryland , u.s. 1966 -- 1978 t-neck , motown , atco , fantasy solo_singer 17 july 1950 vocals r & b , pop , soul , damon harris
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damon harris

damon harris -lrb- born otis robert harris , jr. , july 17 , 1950 -- february 18 , 2013 -rrb- was an african-american soul and r&b singer , 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 .
as a teenager harris had formed a temptations tribute band named `` the young tempts '' -lrb- aka `` the young vandals '' -rrb- .
the group had charted singles released on t-neck records , and later had a few minor hits under the name `` impact '' .
he also was instrumental in his former singing group partner , billy griffin , getting the opportunity to replace smokey robinson in the miracles .
harris later founded , and became the ceo of , `` the damon harris cancer foundation '' dedicated to promoting the awareness , diagnosis , and treatment of prostate cancer .
