Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes
The Undisputed Truth was assembled by Motown producer Norman Whitfield as a means to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe Harris was the male lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce as additional leads and background vocals.
Smiling Faces Sometimes composed by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong was their biggest single release and reached as high as Number 3 in the summer of 1971.
The song was originally recorded by the Temptations and was on their 1971 Sky’s the Limit album, where the song ran over 12 minutes, most of which is comprised of extended instrumental passages by the Funk brothers.
The Motown Rock group Rare Earth also recorded a version on their 1973 album Ma.