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David Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; [1] January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known. Ruffin was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg."
Meet the Temptations is the debut studio album by the Temptations for the Gordy label released in 1964.It includes most of the group's early singles, excluding only the first, "Oh Mother of Mine", and its b-side, "Romance Without Finance" (later included on a CD reissue of the LP); as well as the single "Mind Over Matter" (and its b-side "I'll Love You Till I Die"), in which the group is ...
Jimmy Lee Ruffin [3] (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and the older brother of David Ruffin, the lead singer of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits " What Becomes of the Brokenhearted " and " Hold On (To My Love) ".
Hallelujah shows up just four times in the New Testament, all in the Book of Revelation. All four come at the climax of the text, when God delivers his people from the destructive power of Babylon.
Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams started singing together in church as children in Birmingham, Alabama. By their teenage years, they formed a Doo-wop quartet in 1955 with Kell Osborne and Wiley Waller, naming themselves The Cavaliers. [10] After Waller left the group in 1957, the remaining trio left Birmingham to break into the music business.
A deep dive into the origin story of the singer's best-known song — and its unlikely ascension into the pop canon — doubles as a portrait of an artist as an accidental genius
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, from filmmakers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine stresses that many artist cover the poplar tune, like Jeff Buckley, ultimately the Canadian artist is ...
Ruffin got his start singing with Byron Lee and the Dragonaires briefly, before in 1967 joining the Techniques, one of the more successful rocksteady vocal groups of the late 1960s. [1] There he sang alongside Pat Kelly , [ 2 ] Winston Riley and Junior Menns.