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Personal Data:

Born:	07.05.1936	(Colinsville, Mississippi, USA)
Died:	17.11.2014

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Jimmy Ruffin	1967
2.	Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten	1/1967
3.	Jimmy Ruffin Way	5/1967			32
4.	Ruff & Ready	1969
5.	Forever	1970
6.	I Am My Brother's Keeper & David Ruffin	1970
7.	The Groove Governor	9/1970
8.	Jimmy & David Ruffin & David Ruffin	1971
9.	Jimmy Ruffin	10/1973	Polydor
10.	Jimmy Ruffin's Greatest Hits	5/1974	Tamla Motown		41
11.	Love Is All We Need	1975
12.	20 Golden Classics	1980
13.	Sunrise	1980
14.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	06.11.2001	Chronicles
15.	Hold on to My Love	26.04.2005	Brentwood

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	As Long As There Is L-O-V-E Love	12/1965	Soul		120
2.	What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted	7/1966	Soul	6	7
3.	I've Passed This Way Before	11/1966	Soul	29	17
4.	Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got	3/1967	Soul	26	29
5.	Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby	7/1967	Soul		68
6.	I'll Say Forever My Love	3/1968	Soul		77
7.	Don't Let Him Take Your Love	8/1968	Soul		113
8.	I've Passed This Way Before	7/1969	Tamla Motown	33
9.	Farewell Is A Lonely Sound	12/1969	Soul	8	104
10.	I'll Say Forever My Love	6/1970	Tamla Motown	7
11.	It's Wonderful To Be Loved By You	10/1970	Tamla Motown	6
12.	Stand By Me & David Ruffin	10/1970	Soul		61
13.	Maria (You Were The Only One)	1/1971	Soul		97
14.	Mother Love	12.01.1973	Mojo
15.	Thank You Girl	10/1973	Polydor
16.	Tell Me What You Want	15.02.1974	Polydor
17.	What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted produced by: Norman Whitfield	26.07.1974	Tamla Motown	4
18.	Tell Me What You Want	10/1974	Polydor	39
19.	Farewell Is A Lonely Sound	25.10.1974	Tamla Motown	30
20.	I've Passed This Way Before	1/1975	Tamla Motown
21.	Give You All The Love I've Got	23.05.1975	Polydor
22.	Fallin' In Love With Love	08.04.1977	Epic
23.	Hold On To My Love	2/1980	RSO	7	10
24.	Night Of Love	27.06.1980	RSO
25.	I'm Gonna Love You Forever & Jackson Moore	23.03.1984	ERC	95
26.	Young Heart	21.09.1984	Erc
27.	There Will Never Be Another You	1/1985		68
28.	The Foolish Thing To Do / My Sensitivity & Heaven 17	4/1986	Virgin	80
29.	Leading Lady / Take My Hand	10.06.2009	Soul Junction
30.	We Finally Found Out	04.07.2011	Soul Junction White
31.	The Entertainer / One In A Million & Steve Mancha	25.07.2012	Hayley
32.	Don't Feel Sorry For Me / Dearest One & Lamont Dozier	04.03.2014	Outta Sight

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1975	21	24.05.1975	16	Singles	single review
1980	19	28.06.1980	16	Singles	single review
1984	12	24.03.1984	22	Singles	single review
1984	32	22.09.1984	27	Singles	single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1973	0	28.09.1973	56	Soul - Soul Notes
1974	0	09.02.1974	2	News Desk - Record News
1974	0	11.05.1974	2	News Desk - Records News
1974	0	25.05.1974	15	Albums	album review
1974	0	08.06.1974	46	Soul - Soul Notes
1974	0	20.07.1974	30	Soul - Soul Notes
1975	0	28.06.1975	26	Soul