# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jimmy-ruffin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:32:06.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jimmy-ruffin"
name: "Jimmy Ruffin"
slug: "jimmy-ruffin"
description: "Jimmy Lee Ruffin was an American soul singer, and the older brother of David Ruffin, the lead singer of the Temptations. He had several hit records between the 1960s and 1980s, the most successful being the Top 10 hits \"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted\" and \"Hold On \"."
tagline: "American singer (1936–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy_Ruffin.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-05-07"
deathDate: "2014-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.91143066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749282/"
    handle:    "nm0749282"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hF0PwB04hnXfYMiZWfJzy"
    handle:    "0hF0PwB04hnXfYMiZWfJzy"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيمى روفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمی رافین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
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    title: "جیمی رافین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
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  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B8"
    title: "Раффин, Джимми"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Ruffin"
    title: "Jimmy Ruffin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e39c7351-7110-41e9-9328-ca08df0921cc"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump