David Eli Ruffin (born Davis Eli Ruffin; 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". He later scored two top 10 singles as a solo artist, "My Whole World Ended (The Moment... [more on Wikipedia]
Top songs: #1: Walk Away from Love - #2: My Whole World Ended (the Moment You Left Me) - #3: Heavy Love - #4: Everything's Coming Up Love - #5: I've Lost Everything I've Ever Loved| Date | Title | Points | Charts Peaks | Links | Comment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1969 | My Whole World Ended | 159 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 02/1969 | 134 | US 9 • US R&B 2 • UK 51 | MP3 | [Motown 1140] written by Harvey Fuqua, Johnny Bristol, Pam Sawyer & Jimmy Roach | |||
| 2. | 07/1969 | 25 | US 58 • US R&B 11 | MP3 | [Motown 1149] written by Johnny Bristol & Thomas Kemp | |||
| 2. | 1969 | Feelin' Good | 23 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 12/1969 | 23 | US 53 • US R&B 18 | MP3 | [Motown 1158] written by Art Posey & Gienna Session | |||
| 3. | 1971 | David | 4 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 03/1971 | 4 | US 112 | MP3 | [Motown 1178] written by Ivy Jo Hunter & William "Mickey" Stevenson | |||
| 4. | 1973 | David Ruffin | 1 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1973 | 1 | US R&B 84 | MP3 | [Motown 1259] written by Bobby Miller | |||
| 5. | 1975-1976 | Who I Am | 240 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 11/1975 | 211 | US 9 • US R&B ✫1 • UK 10 | MP3 | [Motown 1376] written by Charles H. Kipps Jr. | |||
| 2. | 03/1976 | 30 | US 47 • US R&B 8 | MP3 | produced by Van McCoy [Motown 1388] written by Van McCoy & Joe Cobb | |||
| 6. | 1976 | Everything's Coming Up Love | 31 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 06/1976 | 29 | US 49 • US R&B 8 | MP3 | produced by Van McCoy [Motown 1393] written by Van McCoy | |||
| 2. | 10/1976 | 2 | US R&B 48 | MP3 | [Motown 1405] written by Van McCoy | |||
| 7. | 1977-1978 | In My Stride | 13 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1977 | 12 | US 108 • US R&B 18 | MP3 | [Motown 1420] written by Charles H. Kipps Jr. | |||
| 2. | 02/1978 | 1 | US R&B 71 | MP3 | [Motown 1435] written by Van McCoy | |||
| 8. | 1979 | So Soon We Change | 13 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 08/1979 | 12 | US R&B 9 | MP3 | [Warner 49030] written by David Garner | |||
| 2. | 12/1979 | 1 | US R&B 79 | MP3 | [Warner 49123] written by Steven Hairston | |||
| 9. | 1980 | Gentleman Ruffin | 2 | MP3 | ||||
| 1. | 07/1980 | 2 | US R&B 63 | MP3 | [Warner 49277] written by Curtis Gadson, Ron Sanders & Roz Newberry | |||
David & Jimmy Ruffin • David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks • The Temptations
has sibling Jimmy Ruffin • is/was involved with Tammi Terrell
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