Once You Had a Heart by Paul Williams

[KrazyKrystal2388]

When I close my eyes,it feels as if he's singing right here in front of me.I love you and R.I.P.

[darrenmother]

Wow like I never knew Paul even did any solo stuff. Good song and even better voice

[99Ciderman]

Fantastic, soul at it's best

[PoetryManDC]

All I could think when this song was playing was "Sang Brother" - so much Soul & Passion in his voice… God Bless You Mr. Williams ~ Thank You for singing your songs!!!

[LisaMobley123]

@PoetryManDC I cannot stop listening to his songs...I love Paul Williams...great talent; true talent

[MrBlujay42]

Paul...my goodness...yet another great talent that left us far too soon.  A beautiful song from an entertainer who painted a loving portrait with his heartfelt renditions.

I closed my eyes and drifted back to the 60s and 70s. Damn, music was real then.

[RIchardEPfeifer]

Very, very sad. My life has been very, very sad. I miss everyone....!

[RockaCha1]

My, I thought this was Al Johnson of the Unifics....lol.

[qwertymanor]

Paul Williams Is the BEST!!! Temptations Forever.

[lovegreen22able]

How can I get this single? I've looked online no one has it. 

[mrsmebryant]

Paul was my all time favorite Temptation!

[eli0298]

i NEVER STOP LISTENING TO PAUL...I PLAY HIS SONG ALL THE TIME..HE LEAD IN A LOT OF THEM..HE WILL ALWAYS HAVE A DEEP SPOT IN MY HEART..

[EarthAkiaku]

What a voice! He is missed! All of the Tempts that passed on are now singing with the angelic choir, I"m sure!!

[brightwood257]

VERY NICE SONG,,, I NEED THIS SONG HOW CAN I GET IT ??

[susan8163]

Paul knew he could have made it "solo" but he dearly loved his band mates and enjoyed working with them, especially,,"Corn"..

RIP my sweet.....some.....day.......I will always miss you! Your "B" O L F!!!!

[froggyhoover]

this is a beautiful song

[KRYSTALLIGHT88]

i love that picture of mr.paul...he's so handsome

[MrMaru211b]

tha shit

[wmall7]

Never heard this one before thank you again.

[KRYSTALLIGHT88]

i love this song so much!!

[utubemusiccritic]

They should re-release this- it would be a big hit.

[Mistyyflyy]

My God! This is a great song by Paul Williams. He could have a wonderful solo career. Paul Williams just had Outstanding talents as a singer, dancer, performer and choreographer. Lets continue to keep this great Temptations memory ALIVE.

[TheRaymondc11]

I will never forget that night when the Temps were in San Francisco at Winterland and Martha Reeves helped me to sneak on the bus right afte the show. We went to the Motel on Van Ness and sung together all night long. Great guys. My singing group, The Elegents, didn't believe that I had spent the night with the Motown crew until I took them back to the Motel and Melvin greeted me with a loud "Hey Coats"! Man those guys just fell out.

[npenciso]

I feel so bad to have lost such a talented artist at a young age. Hope you are peaceful and happy now..

[npenciso]

Wherever you are,you are great and will always live in our hearts.

[joeluis98]

I think Motown did him dirty, and so did Otis. After being the front man for most of the earlier songs, when David came aboard and did "My Girl", he was put to the back burner. He loved to sing. He became the George Harrison of the Temps. They would give him one song to do just to keep him quiet. Once he went solo, they didnt give him the support he needed.

[Kaejae75]

This sounds like a song the Dramatics would of sung.

[SupaStarry]

i cannot believe that i didnt comment this sooner...i LOVE this song and Poopie!

[mschest]

Paul was a great talent. RIP, my darling.

[grievous05]

almost brought a tear to my eye. BEST TEMPTATION EVER

[retroracer8]

@grievous05 For sure the 'BEST"

[robertclemon]

Brand new for me , loving it .....thanks much

[macnastee]

This song is beautiful! Paul Williams was underrated. A lot of artists' careers are based on image but if record execs realized that Paul's music was his image as well as his whole being I think he would've gone pretty far. definitely one of the greatest baritone singers ever! RIP Paul Williams!

[tuzwol]

Paul died before they got a chance to release them

[joehancock01]

so did eddie kendricks help paul williams in his solo career for the backing ?

[fordsucks2]

From what i read yes. Eddie either co-wrote "I feel like givin up" or "once you had a heart", i can't remember which but he is for sure doing the background vocals in this tune

[hogan85]

eddie co wrote feel like giving up

[baythagod]

@fordsucks2 Kendricks co-wrote "feel like giving up" and did backing vocals on this tune....

[tuzwol]

yeah

[pookylove12]

this is the song that could have put paul out there he was a great talent

[jnettwil]

I wonder if he was singing this to the lady he fell in love with while still being married to his wife i heard she was leaving him.

[Mezhouse]

this is a lovely song. I never thought Paul got enough recognition as a lead singer

[prettycountrygirl2]

Nice song. First time hearing it.

[shellyswa28]

very moving song! showcases paul's great vocal talents!! he sang with soul! Where can i get a cd with this song?

[tuzwol]

Yeah Paul

[jnettwil]

OMG!!!!Beautiful!Never heard this one, i think this might just be my new favorite Paul song.

[fordsucks2]

Thanks for the comments. I'm glad the video has stayed up for as long as it has. Please enjoy it as much as you can..

[shellyswa28]

i hope it stays up! i cannot find this song on any of the music services! where can i get it?

[delodiva]

Great song...I have been looking for the lost music of Paul Williams..would love to have this

[lknights32]

woww can any1 tell me where to get this song?? it's great

[TemptationsFan1995]

They have "One By One: The Best Of Their Solo Years", a two-CD pack that has the solo songs of The Temptations after they left the group. This song and it's B-Side is on it.

[shellyswa28]

i had trouble locating that! amazon said it was out of print and i cannot find it on any music service(napster, Rhapsody, itunes, etc.) motown needs to rerelease the album or put the songs on the music services for download.

[purpleflowers26]

Great jam. Brought me to tears...

[BWELL919]

this is beyond great how can i get this, where is his solo wrk

[ace12067]

never heard this song before, but i'm glad that i found it. PAUL WILLIAMS was one of the best male vocalists of all time black or white!!!. berry gordy needs to get off his ass, and his high horse,and re-release all of PAUL WILLIAMS songs so the world could hear what pure soul sounds like. yo' paul i know even if they don't. you were one of the best!!!. R.I.P.

[rasranks]

Wow ,this is great

[thyzira]

sorry bob is motown250 he share it love this song thank you for post it

[djdeitch]

A soul gem,.ktf.

[santamara]

I love this! Great track!

Thank you for posting and to Bob for sharing!

[thyzira]

i love this so much thanks for share bob

[fordsucks2]

Who's Bob?

[spiritladysoul]

thankyou for this.brilliant.and thankyou bob (motown250) for the send of this vid.

[motown250]

CLASSIC PAUL WILLIAMS

[iGuy101]

Great track

[xtradonaire]

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[soln4suhreborn]

another great Paul Williams track!

sounds like Dennis Coffey on guitar.

if Paul had a chance to record an entire solo album on the strength of his couple of solo cuts,it would have been a smash!

we miss you,Paul! RIP

[WithLoveforPaul]

Paul definitely put so much heart and soul into every single song he sang... Thank you so much for posting, thank you.

[eastbrookmusic]

He definitely had a promising solo career with songs like this. A great talent.

[dkwaz3]

paul sounded great!

[Feverwitch]

Does anyone know where I can get this song? CD/DVD or, if necessary, good old vinyl - ty

[junegirl45]

feverwitch

you can get this song and paul's other son feel like giving up on CD called one by one and on it has solo songs recorded by David Eddie, Paul and Dennis

[Feverwitch]

Thanks Junegirl45 - I'll track it down!

[junegirl45]

you're welcome Feverwitch

[hopediamond4real]

"The Temptations: One by One" CD Try Amazon.

[jody808]

the heart and soul of the Temps, RIP

[xMCza5]

Paul, Sam Cooke, and Otis Redding my favorite singers you could here the heart in their music. I wish people my age appreciated and wanted to continue such beautiful music.

[xMCza5]

i mean *hear

[fretdoctor7]

Wow! Paul sounds fantastic! I know that this song would have been a huge hit for both Paul and Motown. Maybe if Motown would have gotten behind this sweet sounding song, things would have turned out better for Mr. Williams. This post is another great tribute to my favorite and the greatest Temptation of all time!!!

[Feverwitch]

Fabulous song and a fabulous singer - such a loss - love you Paul xoxo

[Redcar43]

Paul's voice sounds great, I love it!!!!!

[MotownMaster]

Wow i love Paul's voice, this is a killer track, this would have been a big hit for him RIP Paul the greatest temp that ever lived, Heaven has a Temptations line up we'll never have, Paul, David, Melvin, Eddie and Eldridge

[tookool11206]

This is a very good song. Somebody tell me what year this came out.

[fordsucks2]

1973 or so. Otis Williams mentions in his book that this was on the radio for a short time after Paul died but it was taken off and stored in the Motown vault.

[baythagod]

@fordsucks2 from what I know and have read, this was recorded(never released due too his suicide)about 7-8 months before Paul left us....... So perhaps Dec('72)-Mar('73)......

[qwertymanor]

@baythagod wikipedia said early '73.

[PlayaJ360]

I don't understand why Motown did stupid crap like that. Paul could've been a hit but then again Motown put that down. They did the Tempts like that, Marvin Gaye, Jackson 5, Eddie Kendricks, they were all ripped off by Motown. Paul could've have been a major star like Eddie was!!

[DiscoNights1987]

Wow....very nice track! I can't believe Motown didn't give this man the solo career he so rightly deserved. Such a damn shame......and I think this song could've been a hit! If only Motown had given him a chance he would've been successful as a solo artist. R.I.P. Mr. Williams. You will ALWAYS live on in our hearts and through your music.

[91trueblue]

Happy Birthday in Heaven, Paul Williams, Sr. July 2.

[soulchosen]

Lovely song. Great voice!

[bigbadblazer77]

Nice track! This is the first time I heard this song. Thanks for posting.

[djdeitch]

Top tune,.ktf.

[Dymes10]

its a great song it makes wonder what really hsppen 2 paul williams 4 real he was doing better doing his solo thing and they say he commited suicide i can't believe that 2 much talent in this man!!!!!!!!!

[lanticsurf1976]

Lovely track

[iGuy101]

Nice track

[motown250]

motown gold

[nursechilly]

sure is gold

[Caldom]

Thank you for adding this song to the tube, I love this one by Paul, I heard it for the first time about a year ago and I can't stop listening to it, I love his voice !!! Many Thanks

[mlh5514]

Thanks so much for sharing this treasure!

[joehancock01]

i like this song why o why arnt they singers like him around today

[ribboninthesky1950]

paul williams forever!!! my boy!!!

[dalkey130388]

Paul Williams will be rightly remembered as one of the greatest vocalists in history. It's criminal that after he had to leave the temps due to illness, motown wouldn't offer him a solo deal, thanks fordsucks2 for posting this so that people will hear how great he was, keep up the good work.

[fordsucks2]

Thanks! Enjoy it as much as you can...I'm afraid youtube will take it off soon.

[JudieD]

FYI: Some of the Tempt's videos removed from youtube are now on megavideo.