David Ruffin discography

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.

David Ruffin discography
Studio albums	12
Compilation albums	5
Singles	35

Solo discography

Albums

David Ruffin

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1969	My Whole World Ended First studio album Released on May 1, 1969 Labels: Motown	31	1
1969	Feelin' Good Second studio album Released in November 1969 Labels: Motown	148	9
1971	David Previously unreleased studio album Released on June 25, 2004 Labels: Hip-O Records	—	—
1973	David Ruffin Third studio album Released in February 1973 Labels: Motown	160	34
1974	Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay Fourth studio album Released in December 1974 Labels: Motown	—	37
1975	Who I Am Fifth studio album Released on October 1, 1975 Labels: Motown	31	5
1976	Everything's Coming Up Love Sixth studio album Released on May 1, 1976 Labels: Motown	51	16
1977	In My Stride Seventh studio album Released on June 1, 1977 Labels: Motown	—	36
1979	So Soon We Change Eighth studio album Released in 1979 Labels: Warner Bros. Records	—	19
1980	Gentleman Ruffin Ninth and final solo studio album Released in 1980 Labels: Warner Bros. Records	—	66
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

The Ruffin Brothers (David & Jimmy Ruffin)

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US	US R&B
1970	I Am My Brother's Keeper First and only studio album released by The Ruffin Brothers (David Ruffin and his brother Jimmy Ruffin) Released in 1970 Labels: Soul (Motown)	178	15

Daryl Hall & John Oates with David Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US 200	US R&B
1985	Live at the Apollo Live album by Daryl Hall & John Oates featuring Ruffin and Eddie Kendrick Released on September 30, 1985 Labels: RCA Records	21	41

Ruffin & Kendrick

Year	Album	Chart positions
		US 200	US R&B
1987	Ruffin & Kendrick First and only studio album released by Ruffin & Eddie Kendrick as a duo Released in 1987 Labels: RCA Records	—	60

Compilations

Year	Album
1977	At His Best Released in 1977 Labels: Motown
1998	The Ultimate Collection Collection of Motown solo singles in original 45 RPM single formats Released in 1998 Labels: Motown
2002	The Essential Collection Europe and South Africa only Released in 2002 Labels: Motown/Universal Music
2005	The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 1 Compiles My Whole World Ended, Feelin' Good, David Ruffin, and Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay Released on August 26, 2005 Labels: Hip-O Select/Motown
2006	The Great David Ruffin: The Motown Solo Albums, Vol. 2 Compiles Who I Am, Everything's Coming Up Love, and In My Stride along with unreleased bonus tracks Released in October 13, 2006 Labels: Hip-O Select/Motown

Singles

David Ruffin 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

Motown releases

Year	Title and catalog number	Peak Chart Positions				Album
		US	US R&B	US Dance	UK
1969	"My Whole World Ended (The Moment You Left Me)" (Motown 1140) b/w "I’ve Got to Find Myself a Brand New Baby"	9	2	—	51	My Whole World Ended
	"I've Lost Everything I’ve Ever Loved" (Motown 1149) b/w "We’ll Have a Good Thing Going On"	58	11	—	—
	"I’m So Glad I Fell for You" (Motown 1158) b/w "I Pray Everyday You Won’t Regret Loving Me"	53	18	—	—	Feelin' Good
1971	"Each Day is a Lifetime" (Motown 1187) b/w "Don’t Stop Loving Me"	112	—	—	—	David - The Unreleased Album
	"You Can Come Right Back to Me" (Motown 1187) b/w "Dinah"	—	—	—	—
1972	"Little More Trust" (Motown 1204F) b/w "A Day in the Life of a Working Man"	—	—	—	—	David Ruffin
1973	"Blood Donors Needed (Give All You Can)" (Motown 1223F) b/w "Go On with Your Bad Self"	—	—	—	—
	"Common Man" (Motown 1259F) b/w "I’m Just a Mortal Man"	—	84	—	—
1974	"Me and Rock & Roll (Are Here to Stay)" (Motown 1259F) b/w "Smiling Faces Sometimes"	—	52	—	—	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"	—	—	—	—
	"Walk Away from Love" (Motown 1376F) b/w "Love Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"	9	1	6	10	Who I Am
1976	"Heavy Love" (Motown 1388F) b/w "Love Can Be Hazardous to Your Health"	47	8	5	—
	"Everything’s Coming Up Love" (Motown 1393F) b/w "No Matter Where" (from Me 'n Rock 'n Roll Are Here to Stay)	49	8	—	—	Everything's Coming Up Love
	"On and Off" (Motown 1405F) b/w "Statue of a Fool" (from Who I Am)	—	48	—	—
1977	"Just Let Me Hold You for a Night" (Motown 1420F) b/w "Rode by the Place (Where We Used to Stay)"	108	18	—	—	In My Stride
	"You’re My Peace of Mind" (Motown 1435F) b/w "Statue of a Fool" (from Who I Am)	—	71	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Warner Bros. releases

Year	Title and catalog number	Peak Chart Positions
		US	US R&B	UK	Album
1979	"Sexy Dancer" (Warner Bros. 49030) b/w "Break My Heart"	—	9	—	So Soon We Change
	"Chain on the Brain" (Warner Bros. 49123) b/w "I Get Excited"	—	79	—
1980	"Slow Dance" (Warner Bros. 49277) b/w "Don't You Go Home"	—	63	—	Gentleman Ruffin
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Motorcity release

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)	RCA Records

Ruffin & Kendrick

Year	Title	Record label
1987	"I Couldn't Believe It" (US R&B #14, US AC #48, UK #85)	RCA Records
1988	"One More for the Lonely Hearts Club" (US R&B #43)	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

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. ISBN 978-0-470-26117-0.
• Asanovic, Bosko; Rimmer, Dave; Thomas, Colton; and Robbins, Steve (2011). "David Ruffin". Soulful Kinda Music.

External links

• David Ruffin discography at Discogs