Jimmy Ruffin/WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKENHEARTED - LIVE! 1974

[Methuselah2]

Written by Paul Riser, James Dean, & William Weatherspoon

Thank you to TheSoulKings for this YouTube posting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivYhchFiY6k

[nosey]

Thank's Meth. This has to be my favorite Motown song because it has a special meaning to me.

[nabob]

This is an excellent performance. While he doesn't sing with the intonations of the original, his voice is fine form and sounds more melodic than his 60s recordings.

[marv2]

That is a great song, a great memory. Thank you

[theboyfromxtown]

I seem to recall this being shown on British TV. Did the performance originate in an American show?

[marv2]

I seem to recall this being shown on British TV. Did the performance originate in an American show?

I doubt if it were an American show. We tend to throw away our artists here once they slip from the Billboard Hot 100. By 1974, Jimmy Ruffin was "over and done" in this country sadly.

[paul_nixon]

That's a British show John can't tell you which one but listen to that band has to be Herman Herman and the DSO or something like that, only Brit shows used bands that really didn't know their way around a 'pop song' witness Cilla or Dusty's BBC shows - they were always let down badly by the 'Billy Cotton' accompaniment

[splanky]

I doubt if it were an American show. We tend to throw away our artists here once they slip from the Billboard Hot 100. By 1974, Jimmy Ruffin was "over and done" in this country sadly.

You know that's the truth! Jimmy deserved more attention and support than he ever got
and not because of his brother. Thanks, Meth, for posting that clip. I'd never seen it...

[Roger Polhill]

Jimmy did do "WBOTBH" on Decidedly Dusty in 1969. Is this the one with the wrong date.

[marv2]

Jimmy was one of the best interpreters of a song that I've ever heard. He is a true professional and gives it his best as evident from the clips we have of him.