David Ruffin

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Motown artist human recording artist soul singer

David Ruffin was an American soul singer best known as the charismatic lead vocalist of The Temptations during their classic Motown era, lending his voice to hits like "My Girl."

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David Ruffin canonical 12

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Motown artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Eddie Kendricks ⓘ
Jimmy Ruffin ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
award Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee as member of The Temptations ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath cocaine overdose ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-01-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-06-01 ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
familyName Ruffin ⓘ
fullName Davis Eli Ruffin ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
givenName Davis ⓘ
hallOfFame Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1989 ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
knownFor distinctive raspy tenor voice ⓘ
lead vocalist of The Temptations during the classic Motown era ⓘ
memberOf The Temptations ⓘ
notableSoloAlbum Feelin' Good ⓘ
My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) ⓘ
surface form: My Whole World Ended

Who I Am ⓘ
notableSoloSong My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me) ⓘ
Walk Away from Love ⓘ
notableSongPerformance lead vocals on My Girl by The Temptations ⓘ
notableWork (I Know) I'm Losing You ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg ⓘ
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep ⓘ
My Girl ⓘ
Since I Lost My Baby ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Whynot, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
recordLabel Gordy Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
sibling Jimmy Ruffin ⓘ
stageName David Ruffin self-link ⓘ
vocalType tenor ⓘ

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The Temptations → hasFormerMember → David Ruffin ⓘ
Eddie Kendricks → associatedAct → David Ruffin ⓘ
My Girl → leadVocalist → David Ruffin ⓘ
Ain't Too Proud to Beg → leadVocalist → David Ruffin ⓘ
The Way You Do the Things You Do → backgroundVocalist → David Ruffin ⓘ
Paul Williams → associatedAct → David Ruffin ⓘ
Meet The Temptations → featuresVocalist → David Ruffin ⓘ
David Ruffin → stageName → David Ruffin self-link ⓘ
Leon Robinson → portrayed → David Ruffin ⓘ
Melvin Franklin → associatedAct → David Ruffin ⓘ
Spyder Turner → performedImitationsOf → David Ruffin ⓘ
Love Songs 4 the Streets 2 → hasTrack → David Ruffin ⓘ