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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]
Composers Weatherspoon and Riser and lyricist Dean had originally written "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" with the intention of having the Spinners, then an act on Motown's V.I.P. label, record it. Jimmy Ruffin, older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, persuaded Dean to let him do the tune, as its anguished lyric about a man ...
Here are the best 50 Motown songs. From Marvin Gaye and Diana Ross to the Jackson 5 and Four Tops, Detroit's Motown Records produced hit after hit. Here are the best 50 Motown songs.
"Farewell Is a Lonely Sound" was recorded in March 1967 at Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. studio, but was only first released in March 1969 on the album Ruff'n Ready. [2] Having released two singles from the album in 1968, "I'll Say Forever My Love" and "Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me", both of which had failed to make much of an impact on the charts, the record label chose to release ...
Greatest Hits, Volume 2: Marvin Gaye: TS-278 Tamla I Was Made to Love Her: Stevie Wonder: TS-279 Tamla Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten: Jimmy Ruffin: SS-704 Soul Jr. Walker and the All Stars Live: Jr. Walker & All Stars: SS-705 Soul Everybody Needs Love: Gladys Knight & the Pips: SS-706 In Loving Memory: Various artists MT 642 Reflections: Diana ...
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959–1971 is a 1992 four-CD collection of Motown hits, during Motown's golden age when the songs were recorded at its original Detroit studio. [1] The selections on this compilation were transferred from the original single mixes, which were mixed for AM radio play and 45 RPM singles.