The Elgins: A Hand-Me-Down Temptations Name and a Northern Soul Revival

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Before they were the Elgins, Robert Fleming, Johnny Dawson, Cleo "Duke" Miller and Norman McLean recorded around Detroit as the Sensations, the Five Emeralds and the Downbeats, cutting sides for Motown in 1962. Motown paired them with Saundra Mallett, later Saundra Edwards, whose own recordings, including some backed by the Vandellas, had not sold. Berry Gordy renamed the quintet the Elgins, a name the Temptations had used before settling on their own. Their first single, Put Yourself in My Place, came out in December 1965 on the VIP subsidiary, with early copies still credited to the Downbeats.

Holland-Dozier-Holland wrote and produced Heaven Must Have Sent You, which reached number 9 R&B and number 50 pop in 1966, but the 1967 follow-up I Understand My Man stalled at 92 and the group split. In 1971 England's Northern Soul scene revived the record, and its UK reissue hit number 3. Saundra Edwards declined to return, so Yvonne Vernee, already a Wigan Casino favorite, sang lead on a UK tour. In 1989 producer Ian Levine brought the group to Motor City Records for a high-energy remake.

Put Yourself in My Place reached number 4 R&B, and its B-side Darling Baby also made the Hot 100.
The UK reissue of Put Yourself in My Place charted at number 28.
Yvonne Vernee's solo track Just Like You Did Me was already a Northern Soul staple, and she had cut unreleased material with the group at Motown.
The 1989 remake copied Bonnie Pointer's 1979 disco cover rather than the group's original.
The Motor City era yielded Take the Train in 1990 and Sensational in 1991, and Saundra Edwards later recorded for the same label.

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