Ron Tyson
Ron Tyson (born
Ronald Tyson Presson on
February 8 1948 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an
American tenor/
falsetto singer and
songwriter. Tyson, raised in
Monroe, North Carolina, is the current tenor for long-lived singing group
The Temptations, filling the role made famous by
Eddie Kendricks in the
1960s. His mother is
Mexican, and his father is
African-AmericanBefore joining the Tempts in
1983, Tyson was lead singer of a
Philadelphia soul group called The Ethics, which later changed its name to
Love Committee. His brother David Tyson is a member of singing group
The Manhattans. In addition to his work as a singer, Tyson has written songs for groups such as
The O'Jays and
Gloria Gaynor.
Tyson, who succeeds Kendricks, Ricky Owens, Damon Harris, and Glenn Leonard as the Temptations' falsetto, has been a member of the group for over twenty years, a tenure second only to group founder
Otis Williams, who has been in the group over forty years. As a side project, he released a solo
Christmas album,
Christmas...My Favorite Holiday, in
2004.
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Ron Tyson's official website
