Originally formed as The Lovemen, the trio—lead singer Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, whose powerful falsetto featured on most of their recordings, Harold "Scotty" Scott and Deljuan "Del" Calvin—met in the mid-1960s, when they were in junior high school,[1] along with Larry Dodson, future lead singer of The Bar-Kays.
[5] The trio's last hit was 1976's "I Found Love On A Disco Floor," their first release on Epic, again produced by Jo Bridges.
[6] The band reunited in the 1990s and released a fourth original album on the small Memphis label, High Stacks in 2000 called "Because We Love You," produced by the group.
The Temprees' rendition of "Dedicated to the One I Love" was one of 50 songs featured in the double album box set, Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2007.
In 2016, they released their fifth studio album From The Heart, which also included a cover of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Reasons".