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Title Album details Peak chart positions US [1]US R&B [2]UK [3]Sings Top Ten: Released: January 1967; Label: Soul, Tamla Motown Formats: LP Released in the UK as The Jimmy Ruffin Way
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) ".
"I've Passed This Way Before" is a song by American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin, released as a single in November 1966 from his album Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten. It peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] [2]
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"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed.
In 1970, Jimmy Ruffin's Motown labelmate Marvin Gaye, released the song on the Tamla label. [ 3 ] released from his album, That's the Way Love Is . Gaye's cover version of the song was a modest hit when Gaye released it in early 1970, peaking at #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at #26 on the Hot Selling Soul Singles chart.
"It's Wonderful (To Be Loved by You)" was recorded in January 1968 at Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. studio. [1] The single wasn't released in the US, where Ruffin had declined in popularity since his 1966 top-ten hit "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", in part due to a lack of promotion and becoming seemingly unwanted by Motown in the US. [2]
Sunrise is the 11th and final album by American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin, it was released in May 1980 and was produced by Robin Gibb (of the Bee Gees) and Blue Weaver. The songs were co-written by Gibb either with Weaver and/or his brothers. This album was released in US, Netherlands, UK, Norway, and Germany.