Singing lead is the great david ruffin backed by the equall. beauty is only skin deep is a 1966 song, written by norman whitfield and edward holland, jr., and produced by whitfield Norman whitfield recorded the song's instrumental track. Today’s classic song of the day is that motown favorite, “beauty is only skin deep” by the temptations Released as a single in august of 1966, this track peaked at #3 on the billboard hot 100 and #1 on billboard’s hot r&b singles chart “beauty is only skin deep” was written by norman whitfield and eddie holland.
In 1966 the #5 r&b song in the charts was beauty is only skin deep by the temptations Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic r&b song now. “beauty is only skin deep” was a song that already had motown history Norman had started work on it two years earlier, intending it for the tempts before the miracles recorded it. Beauty is only skin deep lyrics So in love, sad as could be / 'cause her pretty face got the best of me / suddenly, you came into my life / and gave it meaning and pure delight / now good looks i.