Jimmy Rn - The Groove Governor

[berry101]

Jimmy Ruffin - The Groove Governor



https://www.amazon.co.uk/Groove-Governor-Jimmy-Ruffin/dp/B01FTBCM1E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467567864&sr=8-1&keywords=jimmy+ruffin

[kenneth]

I always loved this album. I thought it was a very solid piece of work. I think it came out in 1970 which to me was a great year for Motown releases because even the Marvelettes [[Return) and Vandellas [[Natural Resources) had albums out.

To me, Jimmy's voice was much like a male version of Jean Terrell. It was strong and great on most upbeat material, and while it had a lot of color [[and a similar shading to Jean's I think), his voice sometimes lacked an emotional connection to the music and lyrics. Of course there are notable exceptions - no one else could have sang "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" the way he did, but I think too often on ballads both Jimmy [[and Jean) were less effective.

[mysterysinger]

They keep putting the release date back on this CD.

See also previous discussion..
http://soulfuldetroit.com/showthread.php?15985-Any-Motown-news-for-2016-so-far/page2