Ron Tyson
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Ron Tyson (born February 8, 1948) is an American tenor/falsetto singer and songwriter. Tyson is the current tenor for long-lived singing group The Temptations, filling the role made famous by Eddie Kendricks in the 1960s.
Tyson was born Ronald Tyson Presson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in Monroe, North Carolina. Before joining the Tempts in 1983, he wrote for them on their Atlantic album, "Hear To Tempt You". That album (and the one after it) stiffed and they returned to Motown Records for one more album with tenor Glenn Leonard before Tyson joined them.
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 artists such as The O'Jays, First Choice, Eddie Kendricks, Archie Bell & The Drells, The Four Tops, The Dells, Eddie Holman 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 original member Otis Williams, who has been in the group over forty-six years. As a side project, he released a solo Christmas album, Christmas...My Favorite Holiday, in 2004.
