[DJ MacWoW]

"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" was a favorite song of mine.

[Publius]

Jimmy Ruffin: "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Bump for later

[Pearls Before Swine]

One of my favorites, too.

[Gamecock]

Still one of mine.

RIP.

[ConorMacNessa]

Rest in Peace, Jimmy Ruffin!


"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Gasshog]

Like!

[Impala64ssa]

Always liked the Temptations. Sorry to hear this. RIP and thanks for the great music you’ve given us.

[SamAdams76]

They keep dying. When will the madness end? Soon we are going to have no more music left.

Johnny Cash won't be coming down for breakfast. Half the Beatles are dead - but not Paul (yet). McFadden & Whitehead are dead, dead, dead. And so are pretty much all the Ramones. Laura Branigan is gone. Pat Benatar too - remember when half the girls in the shopping mall had her hairdo? Donna Summer, most the Bee Gees and Andy Gibb too. Also the drummer whose name I can't remember from that one band that used to play all those concerts. Whitney Houston, Ricky Wilson from the B-52s, some of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kurt Cobain too.

At the rate we are going, all the musical stars will be gone and there will be no more music.

[Enterprise]

A great song. It kind of hits you harder when you are sad about something.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Enjoyed his songs. RIP.

[Dartman]

Ruffin was the older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, who died in 1991 at age 50.

The way I've heard it was, Jimmy auditioned and had the job with the Temps, but even he had to admit, he couldn't dance. David got the job.

[Albion Wilde]

Thanks for the great memories, Jimmy Ruffin! Say hi to David for us. RIP

[Larry381]

I happened to know his brother David when he and Eddie Kendricks performed with the Temptations-David probably had one of the greatest singing voices of that generation.
Had it not been for his almost non-stop drug use he could have signed contracts worth millions.He died penniless of a drug overdose in Philadelphia.
I believe his family still think his death was foul play because he was said to have hundreds of thousands of dollars on him when he died but it was missing from his body when he was brought to the hospital.(he had just finished a tour)

[Jimmy Valentine]

Sorry to see him go. IMHO his brother Davy was the better lead. Hear him on “You’ll Lose A Precious Love” and he just soars

[newfreep]

GREAT song with extraordinary lyrics that touches the deepest part of the heart for so many.

Joan Osborne has THE absolute definitive version in her live version in the documentary “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” with the legendary Funk Brothers.

HD version on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVt6woj-sEY