WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED

Created on 29/05/2001
Latest update on 30/11/2022

Artist: Jimmy Ruffin
Author: Paul Riser/James Dean/William Witherspoon
Label: Soul
Year: 1966

Brother of David Ruffin from The Temptations. Top 10 R&B & US, top 5 UK in '74.

Covers:

1966:

Chris Farlowe

1967:

Contours

1969:

Supremes [recorded in '66]

1970:

Baby Washington

1981:

Dave Stewart & Colin Blunstone [top 20 UK; not the Eurythmic but the ex Hatfield & The North member; Colin (from The Zombies) is from Hatfield]

1985:

Boy George & Luther Vandross [Live at the Apollo]

1988:

Ruby Turner

1992:

Paul Young [top 30 US]

1996:

Robson & Jerome [n°1 UK]

1998:

Joe Cocker

2000:

Joan Osborne

2001:

Westlife

2005:

Mica Paris

2006:

Temptations

2009:

Rod Stewart

2012:

Mitch Ryder

2014:

Johnny Rawls

2014:

Martina McBride

2018:

Helmut Lotti

2022:

Bruce Springsteen

Contact


If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:

Arnold Rypens
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B-2840 Reet (Rumst)

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