Tom's Tour with The Temptations #3 Traditional Cache

Welcome to an easy series of 8 caches based on one of the routes that Sueatonk and myself take Tom the Poodle on a regular basis. This series is linked to my favourite soul group of all time, The Temptations, and the songs that they sung. Some clues may be in the title, some may not be.

"My Girl" is a 1964 standard recorded by The Temptations for the Gordy (Motown) label which became a number one hit in 1965. Written and produced by The Miracles members Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, the song became the Temptations' first U.S. number-one single, and is today their signature song. Robinson's inspiration for writing this song was his wife, Miracles memberClaudette Rogers Robinson. The song was featured on the Temptations album The Temptations Sing Smokey.

Musically, the song is notable because the six ascending guitar notes in the opening riff over the C chord are a perfect example of a C major pentatonic scale, played exactly from octave to octave. Similarly, the analogous riff in the song that is played over the F chord is a perfect example of an F major pentatonic scale, also with notes ascending from octave to octave.