David Ruffin

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David Ruffin: Feelin' Good (Tamla Motown)
Review by Royston Eldridge, Melody Maker, 18 April 1970
IT WAS expected that David Ruffin would be able to stretch out away from the confines of the Temptations and his first solo single and ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 8 October 1971
THE TEMPTATIONS without David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks and Paul Williams! Strange, but true – that is the sad situation as of today. There was enough ...
Review by Joe McEwen, Rolling Stone, 1 January 1976
THIS IS AN encouraging album. After a celebrated re-signing with Motown last year, the ponderous Norman Whitfield-produced Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 13 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 ...
David Ruffin: Riding rough with Ruffin
Interview by Giovanni Dadomo, Sounds, 7 February 1976
"I KNEW IT was a hit record from the time I walked from the microphone up into the control room." David Ruffin on 'Walk Away ...
Interview by Harvey Kubernik, Melody Maker, 21 February 1976
"I ALWAYS believed and prayed that I could express myself and be understood. By having a hit single, a lot of people are hearing me ...
David Ruffin: Gentleman Ruffin (Warner Bros. K3416)
Review by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 7 October 1980
'I Wanna Be With You'; 'All I Need'; 'Love Supply'; 'Still In Love With You'; 'I Got A Thing For You'; 'Can We Make Love ...
Former Temptation David Ruffin Dies
Obituary by Michael Goldberg, Rolling Stone, 11 July 1991
DAVID RUFFIN, a former lead singer for the Temptations, died of a drug overdose in the early-morning hours of June 1st at the Hospital of ...
David Ruffin: My Whole World Ended/Feelin' Good (Real Gone Music)
Sleeve notes by Gene Sculatti, Real Gone Music, January 2014
JUST ONE look at the tune-stack on My Whole World Ended and there's a real temptation to draw a plumb line between the disconsolate titles ...
see also Temptations, The
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