Jimmy Rn - The Groove Governor

**berry101** · 07-03-2016, 01:45 PM

Jimmy Ruffin - The Groove Governor

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Groove-Gove...s=jimmy+ruffin

**kenneth** · 07-03-2016, 02:08 PM

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.