Jimmy Ruffin (born Jimmie Lee Ruffin,[3] May 7, 1936 - November 17, 2014) was an American soul singer, and elder brother of David Ruffin of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" and "Hold On (To My Love)". "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" remained Ruffin's best-known song. Follow-ups in the US were successful, with "I've Passed This Way Before" and "Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got" reaching the US charts in late 1966 and early 1967. Jimmy Ruffin found success in the United States difficult to sustain, and began to concentrate instead on the British market. In 1970, "Farewell Is a Lonely Sound", "I'll Say Forever My Love" and "It's Wonderful (To Be Loved By You)" each made the UK top ten. He also teamed up with brother David to record the album I Am My Brother's Keeper, a modestly successful 1970 album for Motown. He eventually left Motown, and recorded for the Polydor and Chess labels, where he recorded "Tell Me What You Want," which reached #39 in the US charts in 1974. In 1980, Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees produced his album Sunrise and the hit single "Hold On To My Love", which reached #10 in the US and #7 in the UK, on the RSO label which was his last chart hit.

Below is a list of Jimmy Ruffin songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

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