David Ruffin

   
Artist: David Ruffin

   Genre(s): 
funk
   R&B: Soul
   

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Discography:


   
 My Whole World Ended

   Year: 1969   
Tracks: 12


   
 The very best Off

   Year:    
Tracks: 36

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One of the sterling lead story singers the Motown stable of all time had, David Ruffin became one of the artistic cornerstones of the Temptations after his lead story vocal on "My Girl" (1965) paved the way for such lofty follow-ups as "Since I Lost My Baby" (1965), "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (1966), "All I Need" (1967), and "I Wish It Would Rain" (1968). Unfortunately, ever-mounting internal pressures within the group, coupled with Ruffin's puffiness ego, light-emitting diode to his dismissal from the chemical group in previous 1968. His solo career got off to a bright start with the powerful ballad "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)," which cracked the pop and soul Top Ten in early 1969. His last slay to reach the Top Ten was the Van McCoy-produced dance lay "Walk Away From Love," from 1976. After departure Motown in 1977, Ruffin recorded for Warner Brothers and after for RCA accompanied by Eddie Kendricks. Unfortunately, Ruffin's calling, scarred by days of substance abuse and artistic indifference, culminated in his death from a dose overdose in 1991.