Jimmy Lee Ruffin
(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)".
AND I LOOK ,
IN YOUR EYES
AND I COULD'NT BARE THE PAIN
I FELT INSIDE, OF MY HEART
TO THINK I'M GONNA
BE LONLEY AGAIN,
AND IF EVER GO
THEN I KNOW AT A GLANCE
I DON'T STAND A CHANCE
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
WRITINGS ON THE WALL
VERY SUPERSTITIOUS
LADDERS 'BOUT TO FALL
I SAW HER
WALKIN' ON DOWN THE LINE
YOU KNOW I SAW HER
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
A PRETTY GIRL
STANDIN' ALL ALONE
HEY, PRETTY BABY
CAN I TAKE YOU HOME
I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT EASY,
AND SOMETIMES
YOU GET CONFUSED
IT'S HARD TO TELL
IF YOU ARE BEING
LOVED, LOVED, LOVED,....
OR BEING USED
Robert Louis Ridarelli
(April 26, 1942 – April 5, 2022),
known by
the stage name
Bobby Rydell
was an American
singer and actor
who mainly performed
rock and roll
and traditional
pop music.
In the early 1960s,
he was considered
a teen idol.
His most
well-known songs
include
"Wildwood Days",
"Wild One"
and
"Volare"
in 1963
he appeared in
the musical film
Bye Bye Birdie.
Good Time Baby
Wild One
Swinging School
Kissin Time
The Fish
Wildwood Days
Ding-A-Ling
I Wanna Thank You
Make Me Forget
Butterfly Baby
I've Got Bonnie
Forget Him
The Cha Cha Cha
Sway
Little Bitty Girl
Cherie
We Got Love
Let's Make Love Tonight
Do It Again
I Dig Girls
Groovy Tonight
Stop Fooling Around
The Third House
Lovin' Doll
Home In Your Arms
You Were Made For Me
Lose Her
Little Queenie
Teach Me To Twist
(With Chubby Checker)
Baby It's You [*]
Two Lovers [*]
Edward Ray Cochran
(October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960)
was an American
rock and roll musician.
His songs,
such as
"Twenty Flight Rock",
"Summertime Blues",
"C'mon Everybody"
and
"Somethin' Else",
captured teenage frustration
and desire
in the
mid-1950s
and early 1960s.
Cochran experimented
with multitrack recording,
distortion techniques,
and overdubbing,
even on his earliest singles.
Cochran played the guitar,
piano,
bass, and drums.
His image as a
sharply dressed
and attractive young
man with a
rebellious attitude
epitomized the stance
of the 1950s rocker,
and in death,
Cochran achieved
iconic status.
Cochran was involved
with music from
an early age,
playing in the school band
and teaching himself
to play blues guitar.
In 1955,
Cochran formed a duo
with the guitarist
Hank Cochran
(no relation)
and became known as
the Cochran Brothers.
When they split
the following year,
Eddie began a
song-writing career
with
Jerry Capehart.
His first success
came when he
performed the song
"Twenty Flight Rock"
in the film
The Girl Can't Help It,
starring
Jayne Mansfield.
Soon afterward,
he signed a
recording contract with
Liberty Records
and his first record
for the label,
"Sittin' in the Balcony",
rose to number 18
on the
Billboard charts.
WHEN I LEFT AND
I WENT AWAY
I DIDN'T KNOW
HOW MUCH I LOVED YOU
UNTIL TODAY
Philippé Wynne
(April 3, 1941 – July 14, 1984)
was an
American singer,
best known for his role
as a lead vocalist
of
The Spinners
a role he shared
with fellow
group members
Bobby Smith
and
Henry Fambrough
Wynne scored notable hits
such as
"How Could I Let You Get Away",
"The Rubberband Man",
and
"One of a Kind (Love Affair)".
After leaving
The Spinners,
Wynne never regained
the same success,
although he was featured
in hits by
other artists such as
"(Not Just) Knee Deep"
by Funkadelic.
Wynne died of a
heart attack
while performing at
a nightclub.
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr.
(April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984)
was an American
R&B and soul singer,
songwriter,
musician and record producer.
Commonly referred to as the
"Prince of Motown"
and
"Prince of Soul",
he helped to shape
the sound of
Motown and soul music
in the 1960s and 1970s.
A cultural icon,
Gaye is often considered
one of the
greatest singers
and songwriters
of all time.
Born and raised in
Washington, D.C.,
Gaye began his career
being guided by
Harvey Fuqua,
who put him in his group,
Harvey and the Moonglows,
before Gaye ventured
into a solo career
at the beginning of
the 1960s.
Signing to Motown's
Tamla subsidiary,
he achieved stardom
with a series of
hit singles such as
"How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved by You)",
"Ain't That Peculiar"
and
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
and also earned success
as a collaborative
duet partner
with several
female artists,
most notably,
Diana Ross
and
Tammi Terrell,
the latter of whom
he recorded the hits
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
and
"You're All I Need to Get By".
Following the successful
release of his landmark album,
What's Going On
and its hit of
the same name,
in 1971,
Gaye became one
of the first
Motown artists
to break away
from the reins of a
production company,
later producing the albums,
Let's Get It On,
I Want You
and
Here, My Dear.
After a period as a
tax exile in Europe
and leaving
Motown for
Columbia Records
in 1982,
Gaye re-emerged
that year with
"Sexual Healing"
and its album,
Midnight Love,
which became his
most successful single
and album
respectively to date
and performed a
memorable rendition of
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
at the 1983
NBA All-Star Game.
The success of
"Sexual Healing"
led to Gaye winning an
American Music Award
and
two Grammy Awards.
On April 1, 1984,
Gaye was shot
and killed
by his father,
Marvin Gay Sr.
at his parents' house
in Western Heights, Los Angeles,
on the eve of his
45th birthday.
Gay Sr.
later pleaded
no contest to
voluntary manslaughter,
receiving a six-year
suspended sentence
and five years
of probation
.In addition to
1960s soul music,
Gaye also influenced
1970s soul music
and his recordings
of that era
later influenced
the R&B subgenres
quiet storm
and neo soul.
Several of his hit singles
and albums
have made
several best-of
Rolling Stone lists,
including its
greatest albums
and greatest songs
of all time.
In addition to
the two Grammys
and American Music Award,
Gaye's accolades include
the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award,
a Hollywood
Walk of Fame star
and inductions into
the NAACP
Hall of Fame,
National
Rhythm and Blues
Hall of Fame,
Songwriters
Hall of Fame
and the
Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
WELL, MAMA
SHE DONE TOLD ME
PAPA DONE
TOLD ME TOO
SON, THAT GAL
YOU'RE FOOLIN' WITH
SHE AIN'T NO GOOD FOR YOU
OH, BABE
THE ONLY SHAME IS
LONG TIMES BRING MANY CHANGES
AND YOU AND I
ARE THE BEST OF STRANGERS NOW
I'M YOURS
TO HAVE AND HOLD
DARLING, YOU'VE GOT FULL CONTROL
OF YOUR PUPPET
"COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR MIND"
YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND
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YOU CAN BELIEVE
IT'S SEEMS SO LONG
SINCE I'VE TOUCHED
A WANTING HAND
OH, IT SEEMS SO LONG
SINCE I TRUSTED
IN SOMEONE ELSE
