Get ready: The Valentine Theatre’s annual fund-raising gala goes Motown on Saturday night with “The Temptations Revue,” featuring  Barrington “Bo” Henderson, the Temptations’ lead singer from 1998 to 2003.

The show will include songs spanning more than a decade of the Temptations hits, including “My Girl,” “Ain’t too Proud to Beg,” “Treat Her Like a Lady,”  “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Papa Was a Rollin Stone,” “I Wish It Would Rain,” “Just My Imagination,” “Get Ready” of course,  and more — “all of that good stuff,”  said Henderson.There also will be a six-piece band.

And then there’s the Temptations-style choreography. “Yes, we’ll bust a few moves,” Henderson said. “You know, we’re movin’ and groovin’, we definitely won’t be standing still.”

The Temptations’ R&B sound, which has been celebrated since the 1960s, still captivates young and old, “from 8 to 80.” When asked if he hears some echoes of that sound in today’s R&B, Henderson said, “Yeah, it’s been so influential. Throughout the history of our music some of the younger artists have incorporated to some degree the Temptations [influence].

“This young sensation Bruno Mars, I think in his music you can hear the influences of the old-school music,” he added.

Henderson won a Grammy for  the Temptations’ Motown album Ear Resistable, which won the 2001 Grammy for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Album; it also featured Otis Williams, who founded the Temptations in 1961.  “The album is, well, irresistible,” he said, “with a good mixture of old school and a little bit of new school to create a really good blend of today’s music and the nostalgic.”

Henderson grew up around music; his mother, Joyce Henderson, who died recently, was a noted jazz singer who introduced him to the music at a young age. His interest in music is primarily because of her, he said.  “She was my biggest fan.”

“I had great times; my mom would take me on the road with her when I was a little boy. The exposure to the art [of music] was the greatest part of it.  My mom was my biggest inspiration and my biggest influence.”

Onstage with Henderson at the Valentine Gala will be Terry Horn, a Detroit native who has toured with Ali Woodson, who was a member of the Temptations from 1984 to 1986 and 1988 to 1996; Larry Johnson, who has appeared with groups that include Ali Woodson’s Emperors of Soul and Heatwave; Steven Wood, who has performed on the Richard Street Legacy Tour with the Temptations, and Michael Ashton White, who is a member of Motown in Motion, Larry Johnson’s Essence of Motown, and the Temptations Revue. Horn also has performed with the Michigan Opera Theatre

The Valentine Gala begins at 7 p.m. with a complimentary dessert and a $5 Happy Hour martini bar (a full cash bar also will be available) from 7 to 8 p.m. The concert begins at 8, followed by dancing and munchies on stage from 10 p.m. to midnight. Dress is Motown cool/business casual.

Tickets are $80 for orchestra and $70, $60, and  $50 for rear orchestra, loge, and balcony, from the  box office at 419-242-2787, valentinetheatre.com, and in person at the box office, 400 N. Superior St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and one hour before the gala begins.Valet parking will be available. More information at valentinetheatre.com.

All proceeds from the gala go to maintenance of the historic theater and for educational outreach.

Contact Sue Brickey at: sbrickey@theblade.com.

First Published April 17, 2018, 6:05 p.m.