Interview: Otis Williams on the True Story Behind The Temptations’ 11-Minute Epic “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”Professor of Rock Coming up the story of an all time 70s #1 hit that has as much drama and intrigue as any song every recorded an an example of everyone trying to force a song to be something it wasn’t. In th...4 years agoInterview: Otis Williams on the True Story Behind The Temptations’ 11-Minute Epic “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone”Professor of Rock0:00 / 0:00Use this feed in your RSS readerCopy the publisher’s public feed URL, or build an OPML reading list for another reader.Copy RSS URL Open RSS feed · Find feeds & export OPMLKeep up with this sourceFollow this sourceKeep this source in your dashboard and return to its latest articles. Email alerts are managed separately in Settings.FetchFeeds groups articles by feed so you can follow sources, compare coverage, and save stories for later.Back to all articles from Professor of RockMore from this feedChoose another story from Professor of Rock.How Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” Became the Ultimate Rock StandardHow Danny Elfman and Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man’s Party” Became a Cult Classic Without a Top 40 HitHow Cream Turned a Poem About Real Estate into the Psychedelic Rock Classic “White Room”Interview: Cindy Wilson on How The B-52s’ “Love Shack” Became an Unlikely 80s Party AnthemHow Madonna Inspired Weird Al Yankovic to Parody “Like a Virgin” with “Like a Surgeon”Interview: Wang Chung on “Everybody Have Fun Tonight” and Their Misunderstood LegacyInterview: Gary Numan on How a Road Rage Incident Inspired the 80s Classic “Cars”Interview: John Cafferty & Jim Peterik on Creating the Epic Rocky IV Soundtrack