David Ruffin
John Abbey, Blues & Soul, January 1976
IF YOU check your American charts this week, you'll find that David Ruffin – after a break of some two years – is riding both singles and album charts. There have been times when even his most devoted follower gave serious thought to the possibility that David was going to be bypassed and forgotten – because that was the impression that had, until very recently, been leaked out of Motown.
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