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This article is a discography for the work of former Temptations singer David Ruffin as a solo artist and in other group acts outside of The Temptations. It also includes a listing of his lead vocal recordings with The Temptations.
Solo discography
Albums
| Year | Album | Chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] | |||||||
| 1969 | My Whole World Ended | 31 | 1 | |||||
| 1969 | Feelin' Good | 148 | 9 | |||||
| 1971 | David | — | — | |||||
| 1973 | David Ruffin | 160 | 34 | |||||
| 1974 | Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay | — | 37 | |||||
| 1975 | Who I Am | 31 | 5 | |||||
| 1976 | Everything's Coming Up Love | 51 | 16 | |||||
| 1977 | In My Stride | — | 36 | |||||
| 1979 | So Soon We Change | — | 19 | |||||
| 1980 | Gentleman Ruffin | — | 66 | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] | ||
| 1970 | I Am My Brother's Keeper | 178 | 15 |
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 | US R&B | ||
| 1985 | Live at the Apollo | 21 | 41 |
| Year | Album | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US 200 | US R&B | ||
| 1988 | Ruffin & Kendrick | — | 60 |
Compilations
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1977 | At His Best |
| 1998 | The Ultimate Collection |
| 2002 | The Essential Collection |
| 2005 | The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1 |
| 2006 | The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2 |
Singles
| Year | Title | B side | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | "Believe Me" | "You and I" | Vega 1002, as "Little David Bush" |
| 1960 | "I'm In Love" | "One of These Days" | Anna 1127 |
| 1961 | "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" | "You Can Get What I Got" | Check-Mate 1003 |
| 1962 | "Knock You Out (With Love)" | "Mr. Bus Driver (Hurry)" | Check-Mate 1010 |
| Year | Title and catalog number | Peak Chart Positions | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
US Dance [1] |
UK [2] | ||||
| 1969 | "My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" (Motown 1140)
b/w "I’ve Got to Find Myself a Brand New Baby" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | My Whole World Ended | |
| "I've Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved" (Motown 1149)
b/w "We’ll Have a Good Thing Going On" |
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| "I’m So Glad I Fell for You" (Motown 1158)
b/w "I Pray Everyday You Won’t Regret Loving Me" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Feelin' Good | ||
| 1971 | "Each Day is a Lifetime" (Motown 1187)
b/w "Don’t Stop Loving Me" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | David - The Unreleased Album | |
| "You Can Come Right Back to Me" (Motown 1187)
b/w "Dinah" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | |||
| 1972 | "Little More Trust" (Motown 1204F)
b/w "A Day in the Life of a Working Man" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | David Ruffin | |
| 1973 | "Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)" (Motown 1223F)
b/w "Go On with Your Bad Self" |
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| "Common Man" (Motown 1259F)
b/w "I’m Just a Mortal Man" |
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| 1974 | "Me and Rock & Roll (Are Here to Stay)" (Motown 1259F)
b/w "Smiling Faces Sometimes" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay | |
| 1975 | "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" (Motown 1259F)
b/w "No Matter Where" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | ||
| "Walk Away from Love" (Motown 1376F)
b/w "Love Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Who I Am | ||
| 1976 | "Heavy Love" (Motown 1388F)
b/w "Love Can Be Hazardous to Your Health" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | ||
| "Everything’s Coming Up Love" (Motown 1393F)
b/w "No Matter Where" (from Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay) |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Everything's Coming Up Love | ||
| "On and Off" (Motown 1405F)
b/w "Statue of a Fool" (from Who I Am) |
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| 1977 | "Just Let Me Hold You for a Night" (Motown 1420F)
b/w "Rode by the Place (Where We Used to Stay)" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | In My Stride | |
| "You’re My Peace of Mind" (Motown 1435F)
b/w "Statue of a Fool" (from Who I Am) |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||
| Year | Title and catalog number | Peak Chart Positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
US R&B [1] |
UK [2] |
Album | ||
| 1979 | "Sexy Dancer" (Warner Bros. 49030)
b/w "Break My Heart" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | So Soon We Change |
| "Chain on the Brain" (Warner Bros. 49123)
b/w "I Get Excited" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | ||
| 1980 | "Slow Dance" (Warner Bros. 49277)
b/w "Don't You Go Home" |
Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Шаблон:Center | Gentleman Ruffin |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||
| Year | Title and catalog number |
|---|---|
| 1991 | "Hurt the One You Love" (12", Motorcity 33) |
Group singles outside of The Temptations
The Voice Masters
| Year | Title | Catalogue number |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | "Hope and Pray" b/w "Oops I'm Sorry" | Anna 101 |
| 1959 | "Needed" b/w "Needed (For Lovers Only)" | Anna 1012 |
| 1960 | "Everything About You" b/w "Orphan Boy" | Anna 1114 |
| 1960 | "Every Time" b/w "I'm Free" | Anna 1123 |
| 1960 | "In Love in Vain" b/w "Two Lovers" | Frisco 15235 |
The Ruffin Brothers (David & Jimmy Ruffin)
| Year | Title | Catalogue number |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Stand by Me" b/w "Your Love Was Worth Waiting For" | Soul 35076 |
| 1971 | "When My Love Hand Comes Down" b/w "Steppin' on a Dream" | Soul 35082 |
Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick
| Year | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | "A Night at the Apollo Live!" (US R&B #40, US Pop #20, US AC #12, UK #58)[3] | RCA Records |
Ruffin & Kendrick
| Year | Title | Record label |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | "I Couldn't Believe It" (US R&B #14,[4] US AC #48,[4] UK #85[2]) | RCA Records |
| 1988 | "One More for the Lonely Hearts Club" (US R&B #43[4]) | RCA Records |
Complete lead vocals with the Temptations
- The Temptations Sing Smokey (1965)
- "My Girl" (Robinson, Ronald White)
- "You'll Lose a Precious Love" (Robinson) – Recorded on March 2, 1964, it's the first lead Ruffin recorded with the group.
- "It's Growing" (Robinson, Warren Moore)
- "Who's Lovin' You" (Robinson)
- "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (Robinson) – Ruffin and Paul Williams sings "the unison harmony co-lead vocal" with Eddie Kendrick
- The Temptin' Temptations (1965)
- "Since I Lost My Baby" (Robinson, Moore)
- "My Baby" (Robinson, Moore, Robert Rogers)
- "Born to Love You" (Ivy Jo Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson) – shared with Eddie Kendrick
- "You're the One I Need" (Robinson) – Ruffin sings the bridge with Paul Williams while Kendrick leads the rest of the song
- Gettin' Ready (1966)
- "Say You" (Charles Jones, Robert Dobyne, Robert Staunton)
- "Little Miss Sweetness" (Robinson)
- "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Edward Holland, Jr., Norman Whitfield)
- Greatest Hits (1966)
- "Beauty Is Only Skin Deep" (recorded in 1966, E. Holland, Whitfield)
- Temptations Live! (1966)
- "I Want a Love I Can See" (Robinson) – shared with Paul Williams (who was the only lead on the studio version) and Eddie Kendrick for this live performance
- "Yesterday"/"What Now My Love" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë, Carl Sigman) – Ruffin does a soulful rendition of McCartney's "Yesterday". He also sings Bécaud's "What Now My Love" with Melvin Franklin doing speaking parts in French.
- The Temptations with a Lot o' Soul (1967)
- "(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Cornelius Grant, E. Holland, Whitfield)
- "Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone" (Grant, Sylvia Moy, Whitfield)
- "All I Need" (Frank Wilson, E. Holland, R. Dean Taylor)
- "(Loneliness Made Me Realize) It's You That I Need" (E. Holland, Whitfield)
- "Just One Last Look" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "Sorry is a Sorry Word" (E. Holland, Hunter)
- "You're My Everything" (Roger Penzabene, Grant, Whitfield) – shared with Eddie Kendrick
- "Now That You've Won Me" (Robinson)
- The Temptations in a Mellow Mood (1967)
- "Hello, Young Lovers" (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) – vocal ensemble; Ruffin has brief solos
- "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim)
- "I'm Ready for Love" (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
- "What Now My Love" (Bécaud, Delanoë, Sigman)
- "The Impossible Dream" (Joe Darion, Mitch Leigh)
- The Temptations Wish It Would Rain (1968)
- "I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You)" (Penzabene, Barrett Strong, Whitfield)
- "Cindy" (Robinson)
- "I Wish It Would Rain" (Penzabene, Strong, Whitfield)
- "Fan the Flame" (Al Cleveland, Terry "Buzzy" Johnson, Robinson)
- "He Who Picks a Rose" (E. Holland, Emilio "Father" Smiley, Whitfield)
- "Why Did You Leave Me Darling" (James Dean, Deke Richards)
- "I've Passed This Way Before" (Dean, William Weatherspoon)
- Later releases (found on the Emperors of Soul box set released in 1994 and the Lost and Found: You've Got to Earn It (1962–1968) LP released in 1999)
- "I Got Heaven Right Here on Earth" (recorded in 1966, Eddie Kendrick, E. Holland)
- "Angel Doll" (recorded in 1967) (Morris Broadnax, Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder)
- "What Am I Gonna Do Without You" (recorded in 1966, Hunter, Wonder)
- "Love Is What You Make It" (Robinson)
- "I Know She's Not a Mannequin" (John Bristol, Shena Dermell, Harvey Fuqua)
- "Only a Lonely Man Would Know" (Hunter, Beatrice Verdi)
- "That'll Be the Day" (recorded in 1965, Henry Cosby, Moy, Stevenson)
- "We'll Be Satisfied" (recorded in 1967, Marc Gordon, F. Wilson) – shared with Eddie Kendrick and Paul Wiliams
Notes
References
Further reading
- Ribowsky, Mark (2010). Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Troubled Lives and Enduring Soul of the Temptations. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Шаблон:ISBN.
- Asanovic, Bosko; Rimmer, Dave; Thomas, Colton; and Robbins, Steve (2011). "David Ruffin". Soulful Kinda Music.
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