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Ronald Tyson Presson is the Temptations' fourth replacement for Eddie Kendricks. (Damon Harris, Ricky Owens, and Glenn Leonard preceded him.) He's also had the most tenure; Tyson, a gifted songwriter, joined the Tempts in 1983, while Kendricks sang with the group for ten years. Born February 8, 1948, in Monroe, NC, Tyson grew up in Philadelphia, PA, and woodshedded with various groups before forming the Ethics with singers he befriended at talent shows. Tyson, Andrew "Bike" Collins, Joe Freeman, and Carl "Nugie" Enlow formed a quartet with a range similar to the Temptations. In 1967, Thaddeus Wales started producing the Ethics and their first single appeared on Wales, four on Vent, and a final single on Golden Fleece Records in 1974. Tyson had a hand in writing many of the tunes and in seven years, the Ethics didn't wax any major hits but cut some nice ones like "Sad, Sad Story" and "Farewell." Toward the Ethics' waning years, Tyson's songwriting talents started to bloom and he collab...