a 1991 musical film from director and writer Robert Townsend, co-written by Keenen Ivory Wayans

The Five Heartbeats – is a 1991 musical film from director and writer Robert Townsend, co-written by Keenen Ivory Wayans.

rock

The Five Heartbeats are a rock singing group, loosely patterned on groups such as the Dells and the Temptations.

a rock singing group, loosely patterned on groups such as the Dells and the Temptations

The Five Heartbeats are a rock singing group, loosely patterned on groups such as the Dells and the Temptations.

a musical drama loosely based on several artists from the 1950s and 1960s era

Directed by Robert Townsend, who also co wrote with Keenan Ivory Wayans, “The Five Heartbeats” is a musical drama loosely based on several artists from the 1950s and 1960s era.

an amateur vocal group formed in the early 1960s by a quintet of hopeful young African American men

The Five Heartbeats is an amateur vocal group formed in the early 1960s by a quintet of hopeful young African American men.

a rhythm and blues singing group who performed to great acclaim in the 1960s

The Five Heartbeats is a rhythm and blues singing group who performed to great acclaim in the 1960s.

the three decade career of the rhythm and blues vocal group The Five Heartbeats

The plot of the film (which is loosely based on the lives of several artists: The Dells, The Temptations, Four Tops, Wilson Pickett, James Brown, Frankie Lymon, Sam Cooke and others) follows the three decade career of the rhythm and blues vocal group The Five Heartbeats.

a nineteen-sixties Motown-era singing group, made up of lead singer Eddie (Michael Wright), songwriter 'Duck' Matthews (Robert Townsend), ladies' man J.T. Matthews (Leon), bassman 'Dresser' Williams (Harry J. Lennix), and tenor 'Choirboy' Stone (Tico Wells)

The Five Heartbeats are a nineteen-sixties Motown-era singing group, made up of lead singer Eddie (Michael Wright), songwriter 'Duck' Matthews (Robert Townsend), ladies' man J.T. Matthews (Leon), bassman 'Dresser' Williams (Harry J. Lennix), and tenor 'Choirboy' Stone (Tico Wells).

Musical quintuple time

Musical quintuple time has five beats to the measure.

of lead singer Eddie (Michael Wright), songwriter 'Duck' Matthews (Robert Townsend), ladies' man J.T. Matthews (Leon), bassman 'Dresser' Williams (Harry J. Lennix), and )

The Five Heartbeats are a nineteen-sixties Motown-era singing group, made up of lead singer Eddie (Michael Wright), songwriter 'Duck' Matthews (Robert Townsend), ladies' man J.T. Matthews (Leon), bassman 'Dresser' Williams (Harry J. Lennix), and tenor 'Choirboy' Stone (Tico Wells).