Showing posts with label The Temptations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Temptations. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2026

David Ruffin : So Soon We Change (Expanded Edition)



So Soon We Change

 is a 1979 album

 by

 Temptations singer

David Ruffin

It was his first album

 for Warner Bros. Records

 after years of

 being with

 Motown.

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Thursday, December 18, 2025

David Ruffin : Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay/ Who I Am

DOUBLE SHOT 

OF GREAT SOUL

FROM THE VOICE

OF 

THE TEMPTATIONS

TWO

SOLO ALBUMS...

 Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay

 is a 

1974 album

 by ex-The Temptations singer

 David Ruffin

On this album

 the singer

 was given another opportunity

 to prove himself, 

as the former

 Temptations frontman

 was reunited with

 Norman Whitfield

an "A-list" producer 

who recorded a number 

of classics with

 the Temptations.

Who I Am

 is a

 1975 album

 from the former

 Temptations singer, 

David Ruffin

Recorded by 

Van McCoy 

who produced

 and arranged the album 

at Media sound Studios

 in New York City. 

The album provided

 Ruffin with 

the biggest hit

 of his solo career, 

"Walk Away From Love".

TRACKLIST


I Saw You When You Met Her

Take Me Clear From Here

Smiling Faces Sometimes

Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay

Superstar

 (Remember How You Got Where You Are)

 (Live)

No Matter Where

City Stars

I Just Want to Celebrate

 (Live)

Who I Am

It Takes All Kinds Of People

Walk Away from Love

I've Got Nothing But Time

The Finger Pointers

Wild Honey

Heavy Love

Love Can Be Hazardous To Your Health

Statue of a Fool

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

David Ruffin : At His Best

 

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 You Left Me)" 

and 

"Walk Away from Love."

Known for his unique

 raspy and anguished

 tenor vocals, 

Ruffin was ranked as

 one of the 

100 Greatest Singers

 of All Time

 by Rolling Stone magazine

 in 2008

 and again

 in 2023. 

He was inducted into

 the Rock and Roll

 Hall of Fame

 in 1989

 for his work with

 the Temptations.

 Fellow Motown

 recording artist

 Marvin Gaye 

once said 

admiringly of Ruffin that,

 "I heard

 [in his voice] 

a strength my

 own voice lacked.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Bobby Vinton : The Best Of Bobby Vinton

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