I met David Ruffin about a year before he passed. It was 1990 in Philly and I was 19. I was somewhat familiar with the Temptations at the time but I wasn’t aware of how big they were. He was at a family friend’s house that my mom and I had visited. He came downstairs and he was so sweet. My mom’s friend had a piano and I sat at the piano with him as he played and sang My Girl to me. I’ll never forget that day. It was such a precious moment.
I saw him driving to Philly on the ben Franklin bridge and I was getting off going towards Camden NJ, he looked at me and I looked at him, he was getting ready to turn around. I can't help but think if he had turned around he might have still been here 😢💔 those split second choices can make a world of a difference.
David Ruffin was part of a Motown tsunami in the UK. He was the man who could deliver the soul of the Motown sound. Lean and tall like John Carlos he moved like he sang, silk and velvet. The finest top note in history. A magician of a flawed man. The greatest ever...
@MsFOXI I was 19…I was aware of who they were just not how big they were…I didn’t grow up listening to the Temps…at that time I was more into Hip Hop, Michael Jackson, Prince but thanks for reading my comment.
David Ruffin was watching his funeral like “Y’all can’t sing my song, at my funeral WITH! OUT! ME!” But to sing that powerful as that man, you had to have went through some painful moments in life 😢 I don’t judge, because we all have a story.
The only brother who could slide a first tenor into a second tenor and in between do acrobats with a 2 scale falsetto with ease.One of the greatest vocalists ever.
One of my favorite singers. His voice and music catalog is up there with the best of them. Wish that his legacy wasn’t filled with so much negativity. Long Live David Ruffin👑
Every last singer of The temptations were gifted many of the songs I grew up with and his popularity and his struggles gave him more recognition, taking nothing away from his talent who's singing was Awesome thank you for being a part of my upbringing❤ Temptations Forever
David Ruffins voice was insane, as with so many other voices of that time, we will never have voices or songs like that ever again. Talent is no longer needed in the music industry of today.
Yes we will once we start controlling are own interest.No one wants to admit this but we’re still slaves we’re just not chattel anymore.WE OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
I think David is the better singer but I love his brother singing too ,but David was the voice to me their was something special about his singing like magic
@@tereafrazier7126your grandfather is the goat I always overlook personal because that should never get in the way of anybody legacy , my favorite singer out the group may he rest in heavenly peace 🕊️💙
😢😢 he's going to always be Miss there's no one going to ever be like him especially with that voice I really do think that they should celebrate his talent instead of his you know personal life
All personal craziness aside, one of the greatest singers, if not the greatest that Motown ever produced. It feels miraculous that both Smokey and MOTOWN founder Berry Gordy are STILL ALIVE when most of it's artists are long gone
Bill " SMOKEY " Robinson was, IS and will FOREVER REMAIN " THE BEST OF THE BEST of ALL MOTOWN SINGERS! HE WAS " THE BEDROCK " NOT BERRY GORDY of the organization.as most of the hits were written by him and him alone.
Dave Ruffin. Great memories . The Music" business" chews em up... spits them out..on a regular and consistent basis. May peace be upon him. God have mercy on us all.
i seen an interview of nedra ruffin sadly before she passed away, she spoke about how she was the last person to talk to her father and she and eddie kendricks said david was sober. she believes david was set up by his younger gf because he had a money belt on him(which was missing when david got to the hospital) and she believes that someone gave him a hot shot to end his life(david also had defensive wounds). two weeks before his passing, farrakhan was supposed to meet with david to "help him get out of something". it's even more scarier to me that he was taken away from us on the first of the month. also sad that he and eddie kendricks said they would tell their own stories of the shady things that happened to them in the industry but unfortunately never got a chance to.💔i wish someone would make an ACCURATE film about the tempts! paul, david, and dennis all had suspicious passings may they get justice and rip and nedra🕊 Interview link> th-cam.com/video/rgDVR1sFckM/w-d-xo.html
I REMEMBER. That insinuation came out of nowhere even though people seemed to almost praise her comment. It may have been the ff who did it for money. @wnnfrhrw4452
None of us are perfect! We all have sinned! I am tired of people always talking about others! I enjoyed David 's singing! He was a very talented singer and a good looking man! I wished that I could have met him! I will always love him and the Temptations!
Ruffin is my favorite singer of all time. I will always miss this beautiful man with that divine voice. Rest Mr. David Eli Ruffin. I will always miss and love you.💔🙏🙏🙏
Truly sad because he had so much talent but those drugs be to powerful to fight and it always becomes a losing battle , RIP David a talent lost forever
got to talk to one of the Funk Brothers who traveled with them for a while who said he and his friend who also played for them would grab food back stage and leave as fast as possible because of the illegal stuff going on back stage
There's ABSOLUTELY nothing we can do about David's death today, its been decades since he's been gone, all l know is that he had an amazing voice, his singing talent was unmatched and l hope he's Resting Peacefully, not interested in what happened Then, Now, cause it's neither Here or There, strictly IRRELEVANT!
You are patronizing the man, yet you expect to be taken seriously? Why do you find those things irrelevant? They are the qualities that make the man, along with his impressive vocal abilities. Do you prefer consumer-friendly knowledge? Do you like your information to be sanitized and presented in a tidy manner? If so, that's great for you.
He reminds me of Marvin Gay but Marvin truly loved Tammy Terrell and David beat her. Only Marvin was allowed at her funeral. However, the Temptations were an amazing group. It's like they had no bad songs. They mostly had horrible endings though, David thrown out a car, Paul suicide and sick, Eddie died young
That’s my grandfather. Some of these things are false and some true however my grandfather was very sweet kind and loving but I cannot stand how the media try to portray him. Grandad you will forever be a legend and an amazing person. Proud to be your granddaughter and your legacy and truth will live on through your family. Rest in heaven grandad and kiss my mommy your daughter Nedra Ruffin for me and kiss grandma and KaShawn forever with us
Too many who were not fans, had no inside connections and had no personal interviews with Mr. Ruffin are 'reporting' old news of which much is inaccurate. Let those close to him speak on Mr. David Ruffin. Fans are tired of hearing about the downside and death of the most Beloved and Best Front man that ever lived. Rest in PEACE❤ David Ruffin
@@onionhortonjr Fortunately his fans loved and still enjoy his singing. And his friends (Temptations) were gainfully employed it seems). Respectfully, this is a fan site. Anyone needing a nickel could just look around their home or in the car.
I met David and Eddie in Birmingham, Alabama at Oak Mtn State Park at a food festival being held there in the mid 80's They were just walking around! Most people were oblivious to who they were! They were so nice to me and just let me ramble on about their music! My friends thought I was lying about meeting them until I had the film developed the next day! Sad thing was I lost those pictures in a house fire in early 90's
According to Dennis, this is only somewhat true and was sort of exaggerated in the miniseries. Oftentimes, the other Temptations members were "in on it" & would tell David where to meet them. In fact, Dennis would tell David where to meet them so he could jump on stage 😂
Well yes that's why it was on a famously Ruffin led track. And him and Dennis were good friends. No animosity. Pretended animosity on stage led to the rumors of how the movie was portrayed.
Love the Temptations, not one song I don't like, my most favorite song is "just my imagination". Love the movie and watched it many times, I cannot watch it without crying every time Smokey sings "really gonna miss you". Each temptation was so talented and wonderful!
Just my imagination, my girl, wish it would rain, ain't too proud. They don't make songs or stars like this anymore. Love the temptations, supremes, ronettes, marvin, Stevie, Tammy, spinners, marvelettes. David shouldn't have beat Tammy though
I loved him. He was the Temptations. He made the group. I always felt a connection with him. He reminded me of my brother in a lot of ways. Rest in peace David. Never forgotten.❤
Otis is worthless, the group can do without him any day any time. Ain’t no one will missed him. That’s good saying David , ain’t no body come to see you Otis Hahahaha
My favorite singer, I just visited his grave in Detroit he at the same cemetery alot of my family at, I always clean his grave off an sit an talk to him I like the new slab they got on his grave now
Much Love to that shared story. I was at Temple U in 1990. To know that I was doing my thing at time on that day and that you were as well and part of that day for you was hearing him is that we are all humans going about our business but moments are what lives on and we pass after we pass...
David Ruffin One Of The Historians Singers Of Earth's Times, There Will Never Be Another After Him Singing To Me And You! He Will Go Down In Our Hearts Memories Forever! I Whole Heartly Appove This Message! The Sounds Of Catron!
I was there throughout the Temptations origins with Motown and just as that great album they released which was overlooked by many, " Memories" is still my favorite!
This is the first I've heard of Ruffin passing away in a different state then transported to Michigan to be buried. All this time, I was under the impression that he died in Detroit.
He died in Philly in a area near where I lived in west Philly and it was a crack area. The temps were in Philly to do a show and main man didn’t show up I remember this very well it was all over the news.
@@thefamily5357 Naw he died in philly and the neighborhood was a dump in which its built up now where patti labelle helped to bring a Shop rite supermarket in that area inside a plaza. Where he died or was found was in or at a crack house a few steps away from the Mann Music Center in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia. He was taken to University of Pennsylvania hospital where he was pronounced. I remember it cause i knew cats from that neighborhood we all went to Overbrook high school. Sorry for the long story but that's the jist of it.
We lost so many angels 😭 when we were under the curses of Deuteronomy 28. But we are still here and his voice will forever live. Thank you MH for the best music 🎶 on the planet. APTTMHGY acknowledge Mother Wisdom 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.
David ruffin was a Wonder in my life at that time I was a young woman at that time.. a song about his life. A song about love. And growing up in this world at that time. Praise song about life and what you was really going through it was in his songs. In his life and in my life. He was a great artist I love this voice God bless his soul God bless his soul. 🙏🙏💐💝 Dave and Eddie was very close bless them they will always be missed. 🥰🥰
My Girl...loved it! Its so sad that drugs and early death has plagued the music industry for forever. There must be something going on as we've been told. Now that there's videos not just pictures, there's receipts and 2024 its all coming out and folks are uncomfortable in both the music and movie industry 🤔 What's done in the dark is coming out in the light thru TH-cam and more arenas smh 🙌🏽🙏🏽
His voice was so beautiful,I’m 32 but I appreciate him “walk away from love” “heaven help us all” “put a little live in your heart” are my favourite songs ❤
I Had No Idea He Sang For The Soul Stirrers. Swear No Other Group In History Has Had An Insane Line Up Of Lead Singers Like The Soul Stirrers. Also How Fucking Wild Is It That David Ruffin. Rick James & Melvin Franklin Were All Related
I saw Him in Chicago Arie crown theater it hurt Me when people walked out on his performance , reason being he Didn't sound like the DAVID Ruffin We can to see Later on the press leaked about his drug use. We All wanted sing like David Ruffin. He changed the way we dressed especially slim guys like Me. GOD Keep Him 😢😢😢😢
My sister she loved Eddie Kendricks she thought that David is the reason that Eddie deleted songs anymore I told her that David voice was just as good as Eddie's we went to every
His voice should've been patented! He put so much into his singing it was unreal. Crazy though he said back then, "ain't nobody coming to see you, Otis!". Now Otis is the only 1 left & still performing 🎭.
An interview of Leon who portrayed David in the movie where that line originated said he ad libbed that comment thus I assume😮 David didn't actually say it but he probably should have as Otis mainly contributed to the downfall of the group
Finally at least one other person realizes what a negative influence Otis was! As for any positive contribution he certainly didn't exert himself If you observe his performances it's clear why he outlived the others who gave their all But maybe he was giving his all
David seemed like an intelligent respectful well mannered man who would not make comments like that If you watch his interviews and observe his performances it appears that some individuals wanted to discredit him Otis played a big part probably because he was jealous of David's talent and popularity Then there was Berry Gordy who took advantage of the group financially so David fought him and eventually left Motown and persuaded Eddie to leave also Berry held David back career wise because he challenged Berrys mistress Diana Ross
David Ruffin is my favorite Temptation.. His voice speaks to me on so many levels. On my Playlist. When I woke this morning I wish it would rain was in my brain and I felt compelled to listen to it. Lost because of drug addiction gone never to record new music for me is sooo sadd. A spark reminder that no matter where we are in life we are human. Otis Williams in the movie which I have seen many times said it best. No man is bigger than the group. Leon Roberson capture D avid Ruffin playing his character. Kudos to Leon Kudos Temptations Forever ♥ 💔
A OUTSTANDING SINGER MET DAVID AT THE BANK I WORK AT IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA "HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA.WELL DRESS AND SMOOTH ALWAYS IN MY MEMORIES.RIP DAVID
This is from the movie in real life David was the voice and according to Denis they took David right back and fired him but his real interest was to go solo.
@@onionhortonjr Dennis says it in an interview a while back.He said something in the lines of he called his mom the night he got fired when they took David back him and David were already homies.
A Greek church parking lot was on the corner of our house. You would find us girls, cousins, and sisters five ten yrs apart in age at night, dancing and singing. We had a dinky little radio. We were poor. We just didn't know it. We always had food, clean clothes and the Temptations. We had it all.❤
I listened to the Temptations in my brother’s 442 Oldsmobile when I was a little girl it breaks my heart 💜 that David Ruffin didn’t go for help with his drug addiction and cut his life short!! 😢love ya Mr Ruffin
a correction: according to Otis Williams, The Temptations' first choice to replace Al Bryant was Jimmy Ruffin but the group quickly noticed Jimmy had 2 left feet, then afterwards took a look at David
Heres a fun fact terre haute is in a valley wabash valley to be exact! It's also where the okc bomber was executed. Never knew david ruffin served time there for back taxes i learned something new today lol
I don't get it, why sue over the way he was portrayed ? He did do drugs, he did show lots of ego, he did hit his women, he really did use to show up and take over the stage during the time he wasn't with the temptations, he did have a great voice (which I don't think the drugs diminished much of ), and so forth. Was it really that bad of a portrayal?
it was the way his death was portrayed. he wasn't dumped out of a limo at a hospital. he was taken to the hospital by his driver but i guess they did that for dramatic effect.
@@demontemorton6381 I guess, but that's also (imo) a small detail. It just so happens that my uncle was a lab tech at the hospital when he was brought in, and was one of the first to know of his death being called, so I always knew how Ruffin was brought in. For me that detail in the movie wasn't that huge a deal. I hope his fam are okay now tho
I was unable to finish my comment we went to every Motown review Detroit child's life we loved it we bragged about it for I can't even remember how many years cuz I am 69 years old and my sister and my sister is 70
David Ruffin will always be remembered and a heart of gold of the music he made with all his heart ♥️ 😢😢 and his music will go on a life time of memories and until this day I play all his music and live on his memory May This Great Soul Rest In Peace God Has You Now And has For given you for all your sins no one in this world is perfect we all have skeletons in the closet when are time comes God has the saying where are soul goes and if we’ve been for given God has the power to do so no one has the right to condemn you or of anything you’ve done no one has that right to judge you and to me your still a human being and a beautiful soul when I hear your music it brings me alive I will always cherish your music and play it for everyone to hear and that your music lives on I grew up listening to your music until this day I remember all the good times with my family that played your music may you rest in peace and my deepest condolences to David Ruffin family 😢😢😢🙏♥️🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥲🥲🥲🥲
@sourdiesel681 I am not a dude. And, that is "AI"/robot. We can all agree to disagree. No harm, no foul, and just keep it moving. 😆 P.S. Sadly, "AI" is the new thing now. It has been around for a minute though. When I pay bills over the phone, it is "AI" (robot) handling the call. You have to almost yell at the robot if you want to speak to a live person. That has happened to me more than a couple of times. 😂 People are losing their jobs because of "AI." Wake up. 💤😴💤
I met David Ruffin about a year before he passed. It was 1990 in Philly and I was 19. I was somewhat familiar with the Temptations at the time but I wasn’t aware of how big they were. He was at a family friend’s house that my mom and I had visited. He came downstairs and he was so sweet. My mom’s friend had a piano and I sat at the piano with him as he played and sang My Girl to me. I’ll never forget that day. It was such a precious moment.
Yes this mans voice is FOR EVA. XXX
Wow!!!!! Sweet❤
I saw him driving to Philly on the ben Franklin bridge and I was getting off going towards Camden NJ, he looked at me and I looked at him, he was getting ready to turn around. I can't help but think if he had turned around he might have still been here 😢💔 those split second choices can make a world of a difference.
David Ruffin was part of a Motown tsunami in the UK. He was the man who could deliver the soul of the Motown sound. Lean and tall like John Carlos he moved like he sang, silk and velvet. The finest top note in history. A magician of a flawed man. The greatest ever...
@MsFOXI I was 19…I was aware of who they were just not how big they were…I didn’t grow up listening to the Temps…at that time I was more into Hip Hop, Michael Jackson, Prince but thanks for reading my comment.
David Ruffin was watching his funeral like “Y’all can’t sing my song, at my funeral WITH! OUT! ME!” But to sing that powerful as that man, you had to have went through some painful moments in life 😢 I don’t judge, because we all have a story.
Who sang his song?
@@rosewelton2904His former group members.
😂😂😂
This has to be the most mature response I’ve ever read.
Indeed so my friend, indeed so!
What a beautiful voice. We lost a great singer. RIP Ruffin.
The only brother who could slide a first tenor into a second tenor and in between do acrobats with a 2 scale falsetto with ease.One of the greatest vocalists ever.
One of my favorite singers. His voice and music catalog is up there with the best of them. Wish that his legacy wasn’t filled with so much negativity. Long Live David Ruffin👑
I'm 44 and still love his music ❤❤❤❤
Every last singer of The temptations were gifted many of the songs I grew up with and his popularity and his struggles gave him more recognition, taking nothing away from his talent who's singing was Awesome thank you for being a part of my upbringing❤ Temptations Forever
David Ruffins voice was insane, as with so many other voices of that time, we will never have voices or songs like that ever again. Talent is no longer needed in the music industry of today.
Facts!!!!
Yes we will once we start controlling are own interest.No one wants to admit this but we’re still slaves we’re just not chattel anymore.WE OWN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
thats absolute bullshit…
With A I = No Talent or looks of any kind is needed.
This statement is wrong. Music like this is very necessary.
One of the best to ever do it. Im only in my 30s and i listen to David Ruffin alot. Timeless voice R.I.P to the 🐐
He was good however his brother was a much better singer .
Don't know the brother I would say man
I would sing my man my man😢
😮
I think David is the better singer but I love his brother singing too ,but David was the voice to me their was something special about his singing like magic
RIP David 🙏 for you had a voice that was outta this world love you David ❤ !!!
Yes
David Ruffin voice can never ever be duplicated. RIP, bruh!💯✌️🙏
That voice was one and a million ❤❤❤ RIP
Ruffin was a great artist, but his treatment of Terrell cannot be forgotten either.
James Brown tampoco fue bueno con ella .
EVER.
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@@adelaidarodriquez4757I lost all respect for him and James for how they treated Tammi Terrell.
Ruffin is my cousin. He had a beautiful voice. He wasn't perfect, but he was extremely talented. May God grant him to rest in Eternity 😢🕊 🕊
He is my grandfather
@@tereafrazier7126your grandfather is the goat I always overlook personal because that should never get in the way of anybody legacy , my favorite singer out the group may he rest in heavenly peace 🕊️💙
Amen ❤🙏
😢😢 he's going to always be Miss there's no one going to ever be like him especially with that voice I really do think that they should celebrate his talent instead of his you know personal life
His first wife Sandra died last month.
All personal craziness aside, one of the greatest singers, if not the greatest that Motown ever produced. It feels miraculous that both Smokey and MOTOWN founder Berry Gordy are STILL ALIVE when most of it's artists are long gone
Bill " SMOKEY " Robinson was, IS and will FOREVER REMAIN " THE BEST OF THE BEST of ALL MOTOWN SINGERS! HE WAS " THE BEDROCK " NOT BERRY GORDY of the organization.as most of the hits were written by him and him alone.
It feels shady
EVERY time I watch "The Temptations", I always find myself saying, "ain't nobody coming to see you Otis!!" 😂😂😂🤦🏾♀️
😂😂😂
Just saw that last night!!! 😂
Deadass😂😂😂
😂😂 duuuh how can you not though
Watching it now 😂
David ruffin was one of the greatest singers of all time along with Eddie Kendricks. They will never be replaced.
Eddie don't get his due as really being a great singer, he was the singer lead before David 💯😎
Dave Ruffin.
Great memories .
The Music" business" chews em up... spits them out..on a regular and consistent basis.
May peace be upon him.
God have mercy on us all.
GOD OUR FATHER BLESSED THIS SINGER WITH AN BEAUTIFUL OUTSTANDING VOICE I GIVE GOD ALL THE PRAISES🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
That voice, those songs, my childhood memories❤ '71
A true vocal genius, may he rest-in-peace. (From a UK Motown lover)
You can't forget the classic" And what u got to say Blue? That's right Otis, Whatever u say Otisssss." 😂😂😂😂😂
Hilarious 😅😅
i seen an interview of nedra ruffin sadly before she passed away, she spoke about how she was the last person to talk to her father and she and eddie kendricks said david was sober. she believes david was set up by his younger gf because he had a money belt on him(which was missing when david got to the hospital) and she believes that someone gave him a hot shot to end his life(david also had defensive wounds). two weeks before his passing, farrakhan was supposed to meet with david to "help him get out of something". it's even more scarier to me that he was taken away from us on the first of the month. also sad that he and eddie kendricks said they would tell their own stories of the shady things that happened to them in the industry but unfortunately never got a chance to.💔i wish someone would make an ACCURATE film about the tempts! paul, david, and dennis all had suspicious passings may they get justice and rip and nedra🕊 Interview link> th-cam.com/video/rgDVR1sFckM/w-d-xo.html
Nedra hinted towards The Illuminati being involved in Ruffin's death.
I REMEMBER. That insinuation came out of nowhere even though people seemed to almost praise her comment. It may have been the ff who did it for money. @wnnfrhrw4452
Yes neda was so cool. She loves her daddy and her girls.she never went anywhere without them. Rip Nedra. I watched the interview, too.
@meyeah710 David Ruffin is my grandfather and Nedra is my mom and all what you just said are true facts
@@gerribritton8261thank you yes she loved us and my grandfather this just brung tears to my eyes because I miss my mommy so much
Thank you young people for recognizing a great musician thank everybody for recognizing David Ruffin one God's gifts to the world
None of us are perfect! We all have sinned! I am tired of people always talking about others! I enjoyed David 's singing! He was a very talented singer and a good looking man! I wished that I could have met him! I will always love him and the Temptations!
I'm in my mid fifties and watching the movie Temptations bring me laughter and tears as if I know them all.💯🙏
Same here I'm 51,and watched the a few times in my past any everytime I watch I have the same emotions happy then sad then teary-eyed
Ruffin is my favorite singer of all time. I will always miss this beautiful man with that divine voice. Rest Mr. David Eli Ruffin. I will always miss and love you.💔🙏🙏🙏
Years later and I still break down listening to STATUE OF A FOOL AND WALK AWAY FROM YOUR LOVE...HITS DEEP WITHIN MY BEING 🙌👑🕊️🎁🥰🥹
The Temptation gone but will live on in the hearts of all their fans so much talent gone but never forgotten ❤😢
Truly sad because he had so much talent but those drugs be to powerful to fight and it always becomes a losing battle , RIP David a talent lost forever
got to talk to one of the Funk Brothers who traveled with them for a while who said he and his friend who also played for them would grab food back stage and leave as fast as possible because of the illegal stuff going on back stage
There's ABSOLUTELY nothing we can do about David's death today, its been decades since he's been gone, all l know is that he had an amazing voice, his singing talent was unmatched and l hope he's Resting Peacefully, not interested in what happened Then, Now, cause it's neither Here or There, strictly IRRELEVANT!
You are patronizing the man, yet you expect to be taken seriously? Why do you find those things irrelevant? They are the qualities that make the man, along with his impressive vocal abilities. Do you prefer consumer-friendly knowledge? Do you like your information to be sanitized and presented in a tidy manner? If so, that's great for you.
a gifted but deeply troubled man, VERY similar to Marvin Gaye.
He reminds me of Marvin Gay but Marvin truly loved Tammy Terrell and David beat her. Only Marvin was allowed at her funeral. However, the Temptations were an amazing group. It's like they had no bad songs. They mostly had horrible endings though, David thrown out a car, Paul suicide and sick, Eddie died young
Folks, stick to why we love Ruff? The music and legacy tied to the Temps. His personal habit like many of ours not why we adore him.
Tf... You adore someone you never met and don't know personally? You adore a woman abuser and druggy... Wow. What a POS
Tf... You adore someone you never met and don't know personally? You adore a woman abuser and druggy... Wow. What a POS
That’s my grandfather. Some of these things are false and some true however my grandfather was very sweet kind and loving but I cannot stand how the media try to portray him. Grandad you will forever be a legend and an amazing person. Proud to be your granddaughter and your legacy and truth will live on through your family. Rest in heaven grandad and kiss my mommy your daughter Nedra Ruffin for me and kiss grandma and KaShawn forever with us
Your grandpa was a Fuck up , just the facts
And why you would have to pay the government for something that you created.
Are u related to Lamont Robinson too
I jt saw a pic online of ya siblings and ya mom at a all white event…didn’t kno she passed until today…#ripmsnedra
@@Pumaa215 thank you and yes my mom passed May 19,2021
Too many who were not fans, had no inside connections and had no personal interviews with Mr. Ruffin are 'reporting' old news of which much is inaccurate. Let those close to him speak on Mr. David Ruffin.
Fans are tired of hearing about the downside and death of the most Beloved and Best Front man that ever lived. Rest in PEACE❤ David Ruffin
You groupies kill me. Mr. David never and would never give you one nickle
@@onionhortonjr Fortunately his fans loved and still enjoy his singing. And his friends (Temptations) were gainfully employed it seems). Respectfully, this is a fan site. Anyone needing a nickel could just look around their home or in the car.
Who told you to be here watching? You could have simply skipped the video, yet, here you are.
@@onionhortonjr😂😂😂😂
Truth Hurts
I met David and Eddie in Birmingham, Alabama at Oak Mtn State Park at a food festival being held there in the mid 80's They were just walking around! Most people were oblivious to who they were! They were so nice to me and just let me ramble on about their music! My friends thought I was lying about meeting them until I had the film developed the next day! Sad thing was I lost those pictures in a house fire in early 90's
There is no doubt one of the greatest singers of all time and obviously the greatest temptation rest in peace my brother David Ruffin
The classic 5 1964-1968 are my favorite Temptations line up.
I was lucky enough to see the original 5 at Eastern Michigan University in May of 1968. They will always be my favorite male group.
@@cudaus1 Yes you were lucky to see the original Five Temptations. Who else was in the show besides The Temptations that night?
He said he use to show up at shows and walk on stage and steal the microphone 😂😂😂😂 LOVE IT......
I saw one of his shows that he did that. He was singing , Ain’t too proud to beg.
Right???? Ha😅
According to Dennis, this is only somewhat true and was sort of exaggerated in the miniseries. Oftentimes, the other Temptations members were "in on it" & would tell David where to meet them. In fact, Dennis would tell David where to meet them so he could jump on stage 😂
@@abeltesfaye_ if that's true, that's lovingly hilarious 😂
Well yes that's why it was on a famously Ruffin led track. And him and Dennis were good friends. No animosity. Pretended animosity on stage led to the rumors of how the movie was portrayed.
Yes, good memories. They don't make music like that anymore. Thanks!😮😅😊
Love the Temptations, not one song I don't like, my most favorite song is "just my imagination". Love the movie and watched it many times, I cannot watch it without crying every time Smokey sings "really gonna miss you". Each temptation was so talented and wonderful!
Just my imagination, my girl, wish it would rain, ain't too proud. They don't make songs or stars like this anymore. Love the temptations, supremes, ronettes, marvin, Stevie, Tammy, spinners, marvelettes. David shouldn't have beat Tammy though
@@AS-wj1du I agree on all your comment!
Yes u gotta cry when Smokey sings I think I watch this movie over 30 times
I continue to keep falling in love with the words from the song "I'm going to walk away from love before love Breaks my heart" ❤
What a gentleman as well as a true legend 👑❣💯 You are appreciated and missed. RIH❤🕊❤
Gentlemen? That gentlemen you speak of was a woman beater
And a woman beater
I loved him. He was the Temptations. He made the group. I always felt a connection with him. He reminded me of my brother in a lot of ways. Rest in peace David. Never forgotten.❤
Otis is worthless, the group can do without him any day any time. Ain’t no one will missed him.
That’s good saying David , ain’t no body come to see you Otis Hahahaha
@@julieHartzog-xi5ivNah Otis was the glue that held that group together. Hate or like him, you can't say he was worthless to the Temptations.
David looked just liked his mom in that 1941 picture of her RIP to both
My favorite singer, I just visited his grave in Detroit he at the same cemetery alot of my family at, I always clean his grave off an sit an talk to him I like the new slab they got on his grave now
6:46 They should've made David's sudden appearances a part of the show. He was great but he got the big head. I just loved his voice and showmanship.
Me too
Much Love to that shared story. I was at Temple U in 1990. To know that I was doing my thing at time on that day and that you were as well and part of that day for you was hearing him is that we are all humans going about our business but moments are what lives on and we pass after we pass...
David Ruffin One Of The Historians Singers Of Earth's Times, There Will Never Be Another After Him Singing To Me And You! He Will Go Down In Our Hearts Memories Forever! I Whole Heartly Appove This Message! The Sounds Of Catron!
It’s crazy to think that all of them could still be alive. They died so young. Outside of Otis the original 5 all passed 55 and younger.
David ruffin will always be my favorite singer. I just love that man's voice. I was so sad the way he passed on❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I loved David he had a unique voice, never be another like his😍😚
I was there throughout the Temptations origins with Motown and just as that great album they released which was overlooked by many, " Memories" is still my favorite!
I don't care what the temptation say nobody sing my girl like David ruffin I aint too proud to beg like David ruffin no matter how hard they try.
This is the first I've heard of Ruffin passing away in a different state then transported to Michigan to be buried. All this time, I was under the impression that he died in Detroit.
Nope he deff was not in Detroit
He died in Philly in a area near where I lived in west Philly and it was a crack area. The temps were in Philly to do a show and main man didn’t show up I remember this very well it was all over the news.
@@leefbucks So sad to hear that. Thanks for sharing.
@@leefbucksthought it was Cleveland.
@@thefamily5357 Naw he died in philly and the neighborhood was a dump in which its built up now where patti labelle helped to bring a Shop rite supermarket in that area inside a plaza. Where he died or was found was in or at a crack house a few steps away from the Mann Music Center in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia. He was taken to University of Pennsylvania hospital where he was pronounced. I remember it cause i knew cats from that neighborhood we all went to Overbrook high school. Sorry for the long story but that's the jist of it.
We lost so many angels 😭 when we were under the curses of Deuteronomy 28. But we are still here and his voice will forever live. Thank you MH for the best music 🎶 on the planet. APTTMHGY acknowledge Mother Wisdom 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾.
The way you do the things you do….MY Girl….i wish it would rain…..Oh my My Goodness I will never forget the TEMPTATIONS
RIP David!! We share the same birthday
David ruffin was a Wonder in my life at that time I was a young woman at that time.. a song about his life. A song about love. And growing up in this world at that time. Praise song about life and what you was really going through it was in his songs. In his life and in my life. He was a great artist I love this voice God bless his soul God bless his soul. 🙏🙏💐💝 Dave and Eddie was very close bless them they will always be missed. 🥰🥰
Money Brings out the Worst in people
Amen ! 😂
My Girl...loved it! Its so sad that drugs and early death has plagued the music industry for forever. There must be something going on as we've been told. Now that there's videos not just pictures, there's receipts and 2024 its all coming out and folks are uncomfortable in both the music and movie industry 🤔 What's done in the dark is coming out in the light thru TH-cam and more arenas smh 🙌🏽🙏🏽
Moood Changer
His voice was so beautiful,I’m 32 but I appreciate him “walk away from love” “heaven help us all” “put a little live in your heart” are my favourite songs ❤
It's profoundly sad!!!😢
RIP, dear soul. I love you. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Man… that voice.
David was the best singer the Tempts ever had. In my opinion the group wasn't the same after he left. Rest in paradise David, rest.
I agree
I do know for a fact that temptations had 3 of best singers in the group David Eddie Paul could know one ever ever replace them boys can blow
I Had No Idea He Sang For The Soul Stirrers. Swear No Other Group In History Has Had An Insane Line Up Of Lead Singers Like The Soul Stirrers. Also How Fucking Wild Is It That David Ruffin. Rick James & Melvin Franklin Were All Related
I saw Him in Chicago Arie crown theater it hurt Me when people walked out on his performance , reason being he Didn't sound like the DAVID Ruffin
We can to see
Later on the press leaked about his drug use. We All wanted sing like David Ruffin. He changed the way we dressed especially slim guys like Me.
GOD Keep Him 😢😢😢😢
One of the best that ever did it I love his voice
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why don't you shut up! we knew all this stuff! rip! David and Eddie both of them
were fantastic together and solo❤
😂😂
My sister she loved Eddie Kendricks she thought that David is the reason that Eddie deleted songs anymore I told her that David voice was just as good as Eddie's we went to every
❤Motown review
What are u even trying to say girl u gotta learn basic thinking and writing skills.. shessshhh
Tf are you talking about 🤦🏾♀️ none of what you saying makes any sense 😂
His voice should've been patented! He put so much into his singing it was unreal.
Crazy though he said back then, "ain't nobody coming to see you, Otis!". Now Otis is the only 1 left & still performing 🎭.
An interview of Leon who portrayed David in the movie where that line originated said he ad libbed that comment
thus I assume😮 David didn't actually say it but he probably should have as Otis mainly contributed to the downfall of the group
Finally at least one other person realizes what a negative influence Otis was! As for any positive contribution he certainly didn't exert himself If you observe his performances it's clear why he outlived the others who gave their all
But maybe he was giving his all
David seemed like an intelligent respectful well mannered man who would not make comments like that If you watch his interviews and observe his performances it appears that some individuals wanted to discredit him Otis played a big part probably because he was jealous of David's talent and popularity Then there was Berry Gordy who took advantage of the group financially so David fought him and eventually left Motown and persuaded Eddie to leave also Berry held David back career wise because he challenged Berrys mistress Diana Ross
David Ruffin is my favorite Temptation.. His voice speaks to me on so many levels. On my Playlist. When I woke this morning I wish it would rain was in my brain and I felt compelled to listen to it. Lost because of drug addiction gone never to record new music for me is sooo sadd. A spark reminder that no matter where we are in life we are human. Otis Williams in the movie which I have seen many times said it best. No man is bigger than the group. Leon Roberson capture D
avid Ruffin playing his character. Kudos to Leon Kudos Temptations Forever ♥ 💔
Mr David Ruffin was my idol and the Temptations was and they all inspires me. I'm a entertainer and they work. 😅
A OUTSTANDING SINGER MET DAVID AT THE BANK I WORK AT IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA "HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA.WELL DRESS AND SMOOTH ALWAYS IN MY MEMORIES.RIP DAVID
This is from the movie in real life David was the voice and according to Denis they took David right back and fired him but his real interest was to go solo.
How do you know, Pinocchio?
@@onionhortonjr Dennis says it in an interview a while back.He said something in the lines of he called his mom the night he got fired when they took David back him and David were already homies.
A Greek church parking lot was on the corner of our house. You would find us girls, cousins, and sisters five ten yrs apart in age at night, dancing and singing. We had a dinky little radio. We were poor. We just didn't know it. We always had food, clean clothes and the Temptations. We had it all.❤
I listened to the Temptations in my brother’s 442 Oldsmobile when I was a little girl it breaks my heart 💜 that David Ruffin didn’t go for help with his drug addiction and cut his life short!! 😢love ya Mr Ruffin
Nobody like him David Ruffin sang the way he did or ever!! He’s singing with the Angels 😇 Amen 🙏
Man I love the temps you got a sub just for this vid
Some of these celebrities are some of the most flawed people walking around.🎤🤔
David allegedly hit Tammi in the head with a motorcycle helmet during one (of many of) his fits of rage.
David was at home on stage singing ., a pure crooner and I know cause we can tell
Rest Easy King 💯🙌🏾🙏🏾🕊️
a correction: according to Otis Williams, The Temptations' first choice to replace Al Bryant was Jimmy Ruffin but the group quickly noticed Jimmy had 2 left feet, then afterwards took a look at David
Nobody cares
@@onionhortonjrHow rude of you.
@@okeydokey9693 uoy kcuf
David Ruffin was a magnificent singer
He didn't die in Detroit. He was In Philadelphia, PA. In June 1991.
When I hear anything about Davis Ruffin, yes his name is DAVIS, I see Leon!
1 of the best lead singers of all time of any group his voice was awsome
Heres a fun fact terre haute is in a valley wabash valley to be exact! It's also where the okc bomber was executed. Never knew david ruffin served time there for back taxes i learned something new today lol
Along with Ron Isley too.
I don't get it, why sue over the way he was portrayed ? He did do drugs, he did show lots of ego, he did hit his women, he really did use to show up and take over the stage during the time he wasn't with the temptations, he did have a great voice (which I don't think the drugs diminished much of ), and so forth. Was it really that bad of a portrayal?
it was the way his death was portrayed. he wasn't dumped out of a limo at a hospital. he was taken to the hospital by his driver but i guess they did that for dramatic effect.
@@demontemorton6381 I guess, but that's also (imo) a small detail. It just so happens that my uncle was a lab tech at the hospital when he was brought in, and was one of the first to know of his death being called, so I always knew how Ruffin was brought in. For me that detail in the movie wasn't that huge a deal. I hope his fam are okay now tho
I was unable to finish my comment we went to every Motown review Detroit child's life we loved it we bragged about it for I can't even remember how many years cuz I am 69 years old and my sister and my sister is 70
I need the rain to disguise the tears in my eyes
Fame and fortune is just an illusion! Lord Jesus Christ is our true Savior🙏🏼❤️🕊REPENT, believe in the Gospel, Be Born Again
* YAHUSHUA
Get y'all fear mongering @$$es outta here! YOU REPENT!!!!! Stop forcing yo Delusions of Grandeur on others. Save ya damn self😂
Amen! 🤍
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Imagine still being a slave to your masters god 😂
David died in Philly sir.
David Ruffin will always be remembered and a heart of gold of the music he made with all his heart ♥️ 😢😢 and his music will go on a life time of memories and until this day I play all his music and live on his memory May This Great Soul Rest In Peace God Has You Now And has For given you for all your sins no one in this world is perfect we all have skeletons in the closet when are time comes God has the saying where are soul goes and if we’ve been for given God has the power to do so no one has the right to condemn you or of anything you’ve done no one has that right to judge you and to me your still a human being and a beautiful soul when I hear your music it brings me alive I will always cherish your music and play it for everyone to hear and that your music lives on I grew up listening to your music until this day I remember all the good times with my family that played your music may you rest in peace and my deepest condolences to David Ruffin family 😢😢😢🙏♥️🙏🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🥲🥲🥲🥲
David Ruffin were a good singer. His voice were different from the others and everyone love that deep and great voice sound he had about his voice.
His dance moves was as smooth as his voice 😊
A Very Talented Man, ❤❤Sleep in Peace David
“My whole world ended” is my song that I love RIP❤
Life ❤ it is about choices He was super 😢
This must be someone who was born after Ruffin died. Better research needed.
he is a hater no doubt!
It is "AI" (robot).
@@idontknow7738dude that this was a human speaking 😂😂😂😮😮😮
@sourdiesel681 I am not a dude. And, that is "AI"/robot. We can all agree to disagree. No harm, no foul, and just keep it moving. 😆 P.S. Sadly, "AI" is the new thing now. It has been around for a minute though. When I pay bills over the phone, it is "AI" (robot) handling the call. You have to almost yell at the robot if you want to speak to a live person. That has happened to me more than a couple of times. 😂 People are losing their jobs because of "AI." Wake up. 💤😴💤