TV One’s longest-running and award-winning series Unsung, now in its 11th season, airs its latest episode featuring The Dramatics at 10 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 30.
Known for their infamous hits “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get” and “In The Rain,” this dynamic soul group from Detroit, Michigan, were initially turned down by Motown Records, but continued to create chart-topping music and landed on Billboard’s Hot 100. A life-changing moment for the entire group transpired during the summer of 1967 after performing a concert at the Fox Theater. The group found themselves in the middle of Detroit history as they became witness to the Detroit Riots. Dramatic members, Rod Davis and Larry Reed were terrorized and bloodied by police and the group’s friend and valet, Fred Temple, was shot to death along with two other teenagers.
The group will discuss this traumatic experience and much more this Sunday on Unsung.
Insights from family and friends are provided by members Willie Ford, Larry “Squirrel” Demps, and L.J. Reynolds; Al Bell, Marcus Chapman, Tony Green, Gerald McBride, David Washington, Cedric The Entertainer, and Snoop Dogg.
