Jimmy Ruffin discography

This is the discography of American soul singer Jimmy Ruffin.

Jimmy Ruffin discography
Studio albums7
Compilation albums8
Singles42

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US R&B
[2]
UK
[3]
Sings Top Ten
  • Released: January 1967
  • Label: Soul, Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP
  • Released in the UK as The Jimmy Ruffin Way
133 32
Ruff'n Ready
  • Released: March 1969
  • Label: Soul, Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP
196 50
The Groove Governor
  • Released: September 1970
  • Label: Soul, Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP
  • Released in the UK with a different track listing as Forever
I Am My Brother's Keeper
  • Released: October 1970
  • Label: Soul, Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP
  • With David Ruffin
15
Jimmy Ruffin
  • Released: October 12, 1973[4]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • UK-only release
Love Is All We Need
  • Released: August 1975
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • UK-only release
Sunrise
  • Released: May 1980
  • Label: RSO
  • Formats: LP, MC
152
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
UK
[3]
Greatest Hits
  • Released: May 1974
  • Label: Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • UK-only release
41
I've Passed This Way Before
  • Released: August 1974
  • Label: Sounds Superb
  • Formats: LP
  • UK-only release
20 Golden Classics
  • Released: August 1980
  • Label: Tamla Motown
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • UK-only release
Greatest Motown Hits
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Tamla Motown
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • Europe-only release
Early Classics
  • Released: July 1996
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Europe-only release
The Best of Jimmy Ruffin
  • Released: November 6, 2001
  • Label: Motown
  • Formats: CD
The Ultimate Motown Collection
  • Released: January 12, 2004
  • Label: Motown
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • UK-only release
The Essential
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Time Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Europe-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[5][6]
US Dance
[7]
US R&B
[8]
AUS
[9]
CAN
[10]
IRE
[11]
NL
[12]
UK
[3]
"Don't Feel Sorry for Me"
b/w "Heart"
1961
"Since I've Lost You"
b/w "I Want Her Love"
1964
"As Long as There Is L-O-V-E Love"
b/w "How Can I Say I'm Sorry"
1965 120
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
b/w "Baby I've Got It"
1966 7 6 98 12 8
"I've Passed This Way Before"
b/w "Tomorrow's Tears"
17 10 30 8 29
"Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got"
b/w "World So Wide Nowhere to Hide"
1967 29 14 24 26
"Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby"
b/w "I Want Her Love"
68 27 51[A]
"I'll Say Forever My Love"
b/w "Everybody Needs Love"
1968 77 52[A]
"Don't Let Him Take Your Love from Me"
b/w "Lonely Lonely Man Am I"
113
"Sad and Lonesome Feeling"
b/w "Gonna Keep On Tryin' Till I Win Your Love"
"I've Passed This Way Before" (reissue) [B]
b/w "Tomorrow's Tears"
1969 33
"Farewell Is a Lonely Sound"
b/w "If You Will Let Me I Know I Can"
104 20 8
"I'll Say Forever My Love" (reissue) [C]
b/w "Everybody Needs Love"
1970 7
"Stand by Me" (both sides with David Ruffin)
b/w "Your Love Was Worth Waiting For"
61 24 78
"It's Wonderful (To Be Loved by You)"
b/w "Maria (You Were the Only One)"
6
"Maria (You Were the Only One)"
b/w "Living in a World I Created for Myself"
97
"Let's Say Goodbye Tomorrow" [D]
b/w "Living in a World I Created for Myself"
1971 51[A]
"When My Love Hand Comes Down" (both sides with David Ruffin)
b/w "Steppin' on a Dream"
"On the Way Out (On the Way In)" [E]
b/w "Honey Come Back"
"Our Favorite Melody"
b/w "You Gave Me Love"
1972
"Mother's Love" [F]
b/w "Waiting on You"
1973
"Thank You Girl" [G]
b/w "Do You Know Me"
"Goin' Home"
b/w "Tears of Joy"
"Tell Me What You Want"
b/w "Going Home" (UK) / "Do You Know Me" (US)
1974 42 39
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"
b/w "Don't You Miss Me a Little Bit Baby" (UK) / "Baby I've Got It" (US)
20 4
"Farewell Is a Lonely Sound" (reissue) [H]
b/w "I Will Never Let You Get Away"
30
"What You See (Ain't Always What You Get)"
b/w "Boy from Mississippi"
1975
"Give You All the Love I've Got" [I]
b/w "Get On Up"
"Fallin' in Love with You"
b/w "Fallin' in Love with You" (instrumental)
1977 22
"Hold On (To My Love)"
b/w "Hold On (To My Love)" (instrumental)
1980 10 29 8 37 7
"Night of Love"
b/w "Searchin'" (US) / "Songbird" (UK)
"Turn to Me" (Maxine Nightingale featuring Jimmy Ruffin)
b/w "Give a Little Love (To Me)" (by Maxine Nightingale)
1982 17
"I'm Gonna Love You Forever" (with Jackson Moore) [J]
b/w "I'm Gonna Love You Forever" (Hi-NRG Mix)
1984 95
"There Will Never Be Another You" [K]
b/w "The Backstabbers"
1985 68
"That's When My Loving Begins" [L]
b/w "Don't Stop (Keep on Loving Me Girl)"
"The Foolish Thing to Do" (Heaven 17 featuring Jimmy Ruffin) [M]
b/w "My Sensitivity Gets in the Way"
1986 80
"Easy Just to Say (I Love You)" [N]
b/w "You Never Have Time (For Me)"
1987
"Wake Me Up When It's Over" [O]
b/w "Wake Me Up When It's Over" (remix)
1988
"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" (Ruby Turner featuring Jimmy Ruffin) [P]
b/w "Still Waters Run Deep" (by Ruby Turner)
87
"On the Rebound" (with Brenda Holloway) [Q]
b/w "On the Rebound" iInstrumental)
1989
"The Entertainer" [R]
b/w "We Finally Found Out" (by Steve Mancha)
2004
"We Finally Found Out" [S]
b/w "We Finally Found Out" (edit)
2005
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Chart position is from the UK "Breakers List".
  2. ^ "I've Passed This Way Before" was only reissued in the UK and continental Europe.
  3. ^ "I'll Say Forever My Love" was only reissued in the UK, continental Europe, Australasia and South Africa.
  4. ^ "Let's Say Goodbye Tomorrow" was only released in the UK and Portugal.
  5. ^ "On the Way Out (On the Way In)" was only released in the UK.
  6. ^ "Mother's Love" was only released in the UK and continental Europe.
  7. ^ "Thank You Girl" was only released in the UK.
  8. ^ "Farewell Is a Lonely Sound" was only reissued in the UK and Germany.
  9. ^ "Give You All the Love I've Got" was only released in the UK.
  10. ^ "I'm Gonna Love You Forever" was only released in the UK and Europe.
  11. ^ "There Will Never Be Another You" was only released in the UK and continental Europe.
  12. ^ "That's When My Loving Begins" was only released in the UK.
  13. ^ "The Foolish Thing to Do" was only released in the UK, Europe and New Zealand.
  14. ^ "Easy Just to Say (I Love You)" was only released in the UK.
  15. ^ "Wake Me Up When It's Over" was only released in the UK and South Africa.
  16. ^ Only released in the UK, Germany and Australia.
  17. ^ "On the Rebound" was only released in the UK and the Netherlands.
  18. ^ "The Entertainer" was released in the UK.
  19. ^ "We Finally Found Out" was only released in the UK.

References

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  1. ^ "Jimmy Ruffin – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Albums 1965–1998. Record Research. p. 176. ISBN 0898201349.
  3. ^ a b c "JIMMY RUFFIN | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ruffin in a rush" (PDF). Music Week. November 3, 1973. p. 5. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  5. ^ "Jimmy Ruffin – Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100 1959–1981. Record Research. p. 144. ISBN 9780898200478.
  7. ^ "Jimmy Ruffin – Dance Club Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jimmy Ruffin – Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  9. ^ Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book 1940–1969. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
  10. ^ Peak positions for Jimmy Ruffin's singles in Canada:
  11. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  12. ^ "Dutch Charts – dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "Jimmy Ruffin – What Becomes of the Broken Hearted". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
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