Artist
Jimmy Ruffin
Jimmy Ruffin is a soul artist from Collinsville, Mississippi formed in 1955. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Collinsville, Mississippi · Best soul albums
- 26
- Releases
- 1961–2025
- Active years
- 1955
- Formed
Artist
Jimmy Ruffin is a soul artist from Collinsville, Mississippi formed in 1955. 26 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · Collinsville, Mississippi · Best soul albums
Most popular
Sings Top Ten
1967
Ruff 'n Ready
1969
All the Best
2019
The Soul Sound of (Rerecorded)
2015
The Motown Anthology
2014
The Groove Governor
2014
Jimmy Ruffin - There Will Never Be Another You (MP3 Album)
2012
I Am My Brother's Keeper - Expanded Edition
2010
The Essential Jimmy Ruffin (Re-record)
2008
Greatest Motown Hits
1989
Sunrise
1980
Motown Chart Busters Vol.4
1970
The Myth of Jimmy Ruffin
1961
I'm Gonna Love You Forever
Single · 2025
I'll Say Forever My Love (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 7)
Single · 2020
Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby (Billboard Hot 100 - No 68)
Single · 2020
Farewell Is a Lonely Sound (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 8)
Single · 2020
Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got (Billboard Hot 100 - No 29)
Single · 2018
There Will Never Be Another You (UK Chart Top 100 - No. 68)
Single · 2018
Hold On To My Love (Billboard Hot 100 - No 10)
Single · 2018
I've Passed This Way Before (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 29)
Single · 2018
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (Billboard Hot 100 - No 07)
Single · 2018
Tell Me What You Want (Billboard Hot 100 - No 39)
Single · 2018
Don't Feel Sorry for Me
Single · 2014
Motown 7" Singles No. 6
Single · 2009
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted / I've Passed This Way Before
Single · 2008
James Lee Ruffin (May 7, 1936 – November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin 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)". In 1966, he heard a song about unrequited love written for The Spinners, and persuaded the writers that he should record it himself. His recording of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" became a major success. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the R&B Chart. It also initially reached #8 in the UK singles chart, rising to #4 when it was reissued in the UK in 1974. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" remains Ruffin's best-known song. It was the lead single from his debut album Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten (released as The Jimmy Ruffin Way in the UK), which was released on the Motown's Soul subsidiary label in 1967. Follow-up singles in America were successful, with "I've Passed This Way Before" and "Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got" reaching the top of the US Charts in late 1966 and early 1967. Ruffin's second album, Ruff 'n' Ready, was released in 1969. It contained the…