# David Ruffin

> David Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was later known. Ruffin was the lead voice on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg". He later scored two top 10 singles as a solo artist, "My Whole World Ended " and "Walk Away from Love".

*American singer (1941–1991)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/david-ruffin

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1941-01-18
- **Died:** 1991-06-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 70.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749278/ (@nm0749278)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3FZn8Z2B7mfaSOU8NE62KR (@3FZn8Z2B7mfaSOU8NE62KR)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/86101)
- [ديفيد روفين](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [ديفيد روفين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [دیوید رافین](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [Дейвид Ръфин](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A0%D1%8A%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD)
- [David Ruffin](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [دیوید رافین](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86)
- [David Ruffin](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [デヴィッド・ラフィン](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3)
- [David Ruffin](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [Раффин, Дэвид](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4)
- [David Ruffin](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [David Ruffin](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ruffin)
- [大衛·魯芬](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%A1%9B%C2%B7%E9%AD%AF%E8%8A%AC)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d2ac089-fdc8-4381-a4b5-fcdc7fc36590)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176417)
- [David Ruffin](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/545422)

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