Celebrate Motown 60! "Jimmy Ruffin It's Wonderful [[To Be Loved By You)"

**marv2** · 09-13-2019, 04:10 PM

This is a "wonderful" recording by Jimmy from January 1968:

**mowsville** · 09-13-2019, 06:49 PM

Absolutely the best...a very big hit here in the U.K in 1970.

**marv2** · 09-13-2019, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by mowsville

Absolutely the best...a very big hit here in the U.K in 1970.

I like it a lot too. Unfortunately it did not get the same attention here in the States.

**WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance** · 09-15-2019, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by marv2

I like it a lot too. Unfortunately it did not get the same attention here in the States.

Well Marv, I was so high on this tune that in the 80's I had hatched a plan to take the Ruff 'N' Ready album down to our local radio station and ask them in person to play the "Wonderful" track. I was a very idealistic, teen-age Motown fanatic and I just KNEW if I made a good enough pitch, I could persuade someone to give the tune a spin on the station. Pity that I didn't carry through with that emotionally-charged idea!

**marv2** · 09-15-2019, 10:25 PM

Originally Posted by WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance

Well Marv, I was so high on this tune that in the 80's I had hatched a plan to take the Ruff 'N' Ready album down to our local radio station and ask them in person to play the "Wonderful" track. I was a very idealistic, teen-age Motown fanatic and I just KNEW if I made a good enough pitch, I could persuade someone to give the tune a spin on the station. Pity that I didn't carry through with that emotionally-charged idea!

Oh that is great. I think like that too sometime. It is a really good record.

**WaitingWatchingLookingForAChance** · 09-15-2019, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by marv2

Oh that is great. I think like that too sometime. It is a really good record.

For the life of me, I can't understand why Motown seemed intent on holding back on those Dean/Weatherspoon numbers. For me, they had a very definite signature style every bit as commercial as H-D-H. They really knew how to work those choruses overtime!

**Roger Polhill** · 09-13-2019, 07:51 PM

Thank you Marv, one of Jimmy`s best from "Ruff N` Ready" a favourite of mine.Hope you are well and did you like the discs ?

**marv2** · 09-13-2019, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by Roger Polhill

Thank you Marv, one of Jimmy`s best from "Ruff N` Ready" a favourite of mine.Hope you are well and did you like the discs ?

You are most welcome Roger. I LOVE the discs! I have shared them with family and friends during the Labor Day holiday. Thank you for being a friend......a GOOD friend!