David Ruffin was never married to Tammy Terrell, David was engaged to Tammy Terrell until she found out that David was already married she broke off the engagement with David Ruffin.
Don’t believe the negative. These guys loved each other. And money and drugs was allowed to come between them. Plain & simple. The greatest group to ever step to a mic. Can’t be topped! They had their time!!! We in the music business will forever love and respect them. ♥️
With due respect, you don’t know what you’re talking about. You have stated your wishes as truths. Fact is, there was nothing “plain and simple” about it. The new found success went to Ruffin’s head… big time… he was trippin’, arrogance suffocated his relationships with his group members and it went downhill for him since then. I’ll always be a David Ruffin and Temptations fan. But it was what it was, and it happened to plenty of other groups.
David Ruffin is originally from Whynot, Mississippi, 15 miles southeast of Meridian. He was raised by his father. His mother died when he was a kid. He joined The Temptations as a lead singer who sang lead on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." He became addicted to cocaine and began missing rehearsals and performances. He also had a huge ego problem with didn’t sit well with the group. He was replaced by Dennis Edwards. He was a solo artist as well. He had some hits during the 70s while he was still at Motown. He definitely didn’t like Otis Williams because of his jealousy towards him. He and Eddie Kendricks were good friends for real. He was a living legend. He died from an accidental overdose of crack cocaine. R.I.P. David Ruffin!!!
David had an ego as big as his voice, Every one of the Temptations was great in what they brought to this Amazing Group. It's sad how they all ended up
That's Bullshit! David's 'ego' was no bigger than anyone else's!! Otis was sorry and couldn't sing, and was a brown noser who was JEALOUS of David and Eddie!! No one came to see Otis!!! 😂😂😂
Yeah even Otis after all his efforts is really still nobody He put a lot into downing the immense talent of David but he will never succeed I hope people finally recognize Otis and Berry Gordy for the evil men they really are
Let’s call a thing a thing, if David stayed sober and didn’t let his ego run away with him, he wouldn’t have been fired. He’s talented, yes, but his talent doesn’t excuse his bad behavior, and I doubt the people simping for him in the comments would want someone like that in their group.
Thank you Brother! I been in groups and some people feel just because you may depend on them that gives them the right to fuck over you, now I loved Ruffin ,all my friends will tell you that ,yet when I found out the truth,nah and I mean HELL NO , THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE and you need to go somewhere else with that.The Bible says "Where good is ,evil is always present".
I don't think it was all Otis Williams maybe 20% but not all David ruffin had a lot of unresolved issues that being the drugs and alcohol and anger with him wishing he had both parents in his life and his mother passing away early in his life and his father left to raise them and he did it with a iron fist and they were poor and him learning to be a man from being in the streets which he believed hitting women was ok because that's what he seen other men doing and his relentless drive to become a singer and the shady music business him not getting what he felt he deserved and him becoming hard to deal with when he became famous missing show's and rehearsals do to his heavy drug and alcohol addiction he had a lot of problems he was trying to fight on his own he was like a lot of people who had issues he chose to deal with on his own outside of this he was a good guy just lost with no guidance or help and he took these issues out on the women he delt with he was married to Sandra and they had 3 daughter's he never married Tammie tarell or his son's mother he was just a very lost and confused man but he was one of the best singers to ever hold a microphone hands down and that can never be taken from him! I'm giving him his flowers 🌹🌸🌹🌹🌹🌹 because he deserves it he was one of the best to ever sing he's a legendary man a great man a very talented man love u David 🌹🌸🌹🌹🌹🌹his legacy will continue from now on 🌹🌸🌹
"Ain't Nobody Coming To See You, Otis". "Without David Ruffin, The Temptations ain't nothing but a group in search of a David Ruffin". "I Made Y'all Asses". I'm going to watch the movie tonight.
Not true. They had hits with Eddie singing the lead in the beginning. Eddie and David alternated singing lead. They received their first Grammy award after David left.
In the music industry you have to live like your broke ..what i mean is live humbly he was buying all kinds of mess and that will make you broker before you met the temptations ..get a home in your name. ALSO PAY YOUR TAXES ALWAYS PAY WHAT YOU OWE or else they comming for you ...get a nice home one nice car ...get land property own land if you have land cant nobody take you off of it unless you dont pay the taxes..drugs is what destroyed his life but also not wise buisness desisions destroyed his buisnes life ...so sad always put money away for a rainy day ..invest invest invest ..hotels etc restaurant thats how you can be a millionaire
David was only engaged to Tammy Terrell....he was already married with children but only told her when they got engaged....some time later they argued and he hit her on her head with his motor cycle helmet....she died a couple of years later with a brain tumour on stage and in the arms of Marvin Gayle....Marvin took her death hard and never recorded until 1971, which was the album ' What's Goin On '....R.I.P. Tammy and Marvin...🙏❤️🙏❤️
David didn’t hate Otis nor any of them. He just knew Otis wasn’t about to have the group sit around and tolerate his mess from the drugs, ego, and missed rehearsals. Years later David admitted to Otis that he did right thing by keeping the group disciplined like it was. Otis lead off stage and David only wanted to lead on stage. So they were always bound to bump heads. No matter what they all went through the classic 5 era will always be legends💯
Yeah thats true, but it wasn’t causing the rest of them nowhere near as much as much issues like it was David, aside from Paul’s drinking problem. Point Im tryna make is David didn’t hate Otis.
@@cameronjones3685 I think you're right even though he probably should have David didn't seem like a hating kind of guy he just wanted to be himself and Otis also wanted to be David so he tried to destroy him But David's talent lives on and Otis gets a long wealthy life knowing what he did and that still ain't nobody ever coming to see him🤣
I don't understand how Berry Gordy could be so supportive of an insane drug addicted maniac like Rick James and get so sanctimonious about the behavior of David Ruffin Compare their actions and justify that discrepancy It was a personal matter against David May his tormentors rot in hell
James was really a super freak much worse than David Ruffin but Berry Gordy supported him and promoted his career What was that about? James was making money Berry thought he could get rid of David and still make money off the Temptations which he did It was personal issues with David because he outshone Berry's lover Diana Ross and David called Motown's hand on cheating them out of their money
Whatever happened...DAVID RUFFIN WAS ONE OF THE TOP 20 GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME...OUTSTANDING DANCER TOO..ALOT OF FOLKS MADE MILLIONS OFF HIS IMAGE..MOVIES..PLAYS...DOCUMENTARY...RIP LEGEND
He's number 1 in my book I have yet to hear another voice that could do everything his did there's not a note David couldn't hit and the passion in his voice 2nd to none.......
@@kingbrinston Yes JACKIE WAS ELITE...DAVID RUFFIN was INFLUENCED BY JACKIE MOVES...DAVID SINGING IDOL was RH HARRIS...GOOGLE RH HARRIS /SOUL STIRRERS Live ""BY and BY"" AND see for thy self... David sang with them ..
@@kingbrinston It's rather difficult to say someone is the "best', when there have been so many magnanimously talented singers and performers. Some who never became famous.
The temptations were absolutely great. They came alone in a time When black america needed heroes the temptations were there Don't with their beautiful music to ease the burden of racism at The time. Jimmy Ruffin used to come by my house in the 60s.My father sold him a dog , A red doberman pinscher who he named skipper. Me and my father Nelson used to go horseback. Ride with Jimmy Ruffin at the broken wheel ranch in Canada. David was great period period no matter what his personal life was He was still one of the greatest vocalists ever lived
That movie was half truth, especially about paul Williams. Paul didnt kill himself, he was murdered. When Eddie left paul was still there. Richard never sing paul parts on stage either . Yall better do better research on the temptations
Paul Williams' death was ruled an apparent suicide in the 1970s. According to Otis Williams, Paul had expressed suicidal thoughts to him and Melvin Franklin months before his death.
@@trinidad179 Not a good thing but I wasn't there don't know the whole story but I wish he hadn't done it She should have left him alone and took legal action it would seem
Most of them were notorious womanizers-- David ,Paul ,and even Otis had several women and children by numerous relationships and they all did drugs Do the research Strange that so much was made of only what David did??
Only the mighty, mighty, mighty Dells, and possibly the mighty, mighty 4 Tops, were able to successfully navigate the TEMPTATIONS that everyday life in and outside of the music industry seduces. Long live the legacies, lives and memories of the brother and sister immortals of the blues, classical, country, Disco, do-wop, Funk, gospel, hip-hop, house, jazz, reggae, rock and soul music genres! @@@*** Sembene Nathanyahu, author and creator of the future bestseller, "Whisper"s Getting Louder", in Chicago. ***@@@
With the ‘Classic Five’ Temptations: David, Eddie and Paul were the lead singers. Eddie designed the costumes. Paul choregraphed the dance routines. Melvin and Otis were the backing singers.
Otis paid them as employees. He owns the Temptations brand.None of them were happy about that. They didn't have the luxury homes like Otis. Even best friend Melvin. Can't hate him for being business minded.
Ion know what's what...I was not there..all I know is what I have read and heard. I love the entire group of Temptations and I love to see them all sing, dance, and perform "None of us are perfect!" Job well done Temptations!!! May they all Rest in Sweet Peace! Hello Otis! May God continue to bless you . Temptations were baddddd...everyone of them...regardless who took some one's place or whatever. I love me some " TEMPTATIONS " AND I THANK GOD FOR THEM AND THEIR TALENTS! ALL GROUPS AND ALL PEOPLE.
😂😂 Ikr... This mf is just repeating the same thing in different ways just to fill up space 😂🤦🏾♂️ Like okay, we get it for the umpteenth time. David's drug addiction caused problems in the group
@@Big88888Yeah, these A.I. channels are really starting to annoy everyone! They start off ok, then after about five minutes you start to realize they're just saying the same thing 10 different ways!
I recall the SUMMER OF SOUL Concerts in the Summer of 1969. It was held at Mount Morris Park in Harlem. I was there with friends just about every weekend with some of my friends. We saw Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Mann, Olatungi African Dance Troupe, Sly and the Family Stone and David Ruffin. David's performance was great, yet most of the people in the audience Booed him off the stage. I felt bad for him. He was booed, because there was a rumor that he smashed his then wife, Tammi Terrell, upside her head with a hammer, which later caused her death. Years later, it was revealed that the rumor was bulls..t! Tammi died from a brain hemmorage after it was revealed that she had a tumor in her head for years. I learned a valuable lesson from that. Always get the facts before formulating an opinion about someone, rather than listening to rumors and jumping to conclusions. R.I.P.❤ DAVID
David was not the only lead singer in the temptations, he left and the temptations became more popular, no man is bigger than the group, perfect example!!!!!
And got their first Grammy after Ruffin was gone.But all of them helped make the Temptation who they were/are.R.I.P David, Eddie, Melvin, Dennis and the others that have passed away
@@theprofessor8589 I like all of them . Dennis was the catalyst for the psychedelic music.No one can take away what the classic 5 did but Dennis's voice was a plus for the new era.
I strongly suspect foul play and would like to see the case further investigated Suspects should include Otis And Berry Gordy who were threatened by his possible comeback and popularity
David Eddie and Dennis were performing with their own show and would have put the Otis Temptations out of business He and Berry Gordy were scared of that and made sure it didn't happen
Otis seemed jealous and the narrator of the group because he’s the last member. But he felt some way of David Ruffin and The Temptations but had no problem with Otis Williams and The distance or The Siberians. Stop it.
@@jimibeamon7316 once David got that mic, it became a whole different group. But on a more serious note, Otis was still dictating the temptations with letting singers go. I low key think Otis and Gordy had something going on.
Otis Williams has a GREAT ear for assembling talent with harmonic and melodic consistency. He would have been very successful had he chose just to manage the group. Quite frankly he was the least talented of them all and without his presence as a "Temptation" they wouldn't have missed a beat and he was the EASIEST to replace....and that's reality.
@@khaldounelbey3968 Otis gets too much credit for others work. Melvin is the one who got Eddie, Paul and connected everyone to David. Melvin (in my POV) was the silent bridge to the group. Understand Otis assembled The (trash) Distance. Al was the only one with the voice. And he sold him out for fame. He did it to everyone in the group except Melvin because Mel knew the business. He just ain’t have balls.
I LOVE THE TEMS ALL OF THEM SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE HELP HIM THAT'S WHAT IS WRONG THE ONES YOU YOU CARE ABOUT THEM YOU DON'T I LOVE DAVID RUFFIN YOU MAY NOT.
It wasn’t about jealousy but respect ,he was messy, abusive, and thought he was a one man show while he was in a group so they did right by kicking him out, they moved on and created more great hits and unfortunately he died because of his life style.
@@deecrippen6919 Otis didn't deserve respect for taking others money and manipulating their careers He was pretty much a one man show in reality and those who can't see his importance to the group are just blind haters for some reason maybe they too are jealous because Otis was such a dud
Damn his brother sounded like a damn car crash , it wasn't that he hated David. It was that his brother was rickety racket Ruffing, Sounding like a damn Amazon bird in heat , he started singing and I said who baby fell off the couch, I thought Freddy was scratching his claws across the chalkboard like just fucking kill me already shit , it sounded like somebody was scrambling eggs in a cast iron skillet 🫡
Because, he was an iconic member of the Temptations and a very handsome, talented man. Women loved Eddie! He and David were like brothers. They toured together once they both left the Temptations along with Dennis Edwards. Former Leads of the Temptations.
He didn't make them. They had a couple hit songs already with Eddie before David sang "My Girl". People remember him so vividly because he was such a troublemaker. The group started receiving Grammy awards only after David Ruffin left the group.
Its really a shame how drugs have destroyed all that was good. Not just the Temps but life in general and as much as we say don't do it and the countless examples, we never will learn. All of them deserved to live long lives and enjoy the fruit of all their efforts. R.I.P to all that fell do to mind altering substances.
Otis always said there was no man bigger than the group, but he actually thought HE was. the numero uno. David Ruffin was the front man - think of Diana Ross, Cher, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner and countless more who thought they WERE above the group and left for solo careers. David never wanted to leave the Temps.....he had issues and wanted to be the top guy, maybe not desirable but natural given his background. Otis was not going to let that happen. And also, like my fellow posters here, David was not married to Tammi and they only went together for a short time.....it was James Brown who abused and destroyed her.
It would be extremely difficult to love, or just get along with an addict that came from povety to international fame and relative wealth, that also came along with a massive ego, that needed constant approval and attention. The Temptations were a ( Business), Otis clearly inner-stood and design the brand for success, and the conflict with David was damaging the brand for the entire group, unfortunately he had to go.
That statement was made up, look how God is, now everyone's coming to see Otis still performing. Otis had no talent lies, the temps were five lead singers read Berry Gordy's book.
Who really cares about Ruffin?!? Diana Ross was petrified of him. Ruffin was forever about himself. Me ONLY, F everyone else. That is Ruffin in a nutshell!
@@onpointjones4582You're tone deaf. THE SPINNERS ON MOTOWN RECORDS WERE JUST AS GOOD AS THE TEMPTATIONS. GC CAMERON WAS LEAD SINGER FOR & THE TEMPTATIONS.
David Griffin is the type of guy I would look up to and have deep respect for. To me and the world he was and is a musical genius; he is the man you would want to be like, if you were in a music group very much like the temptations. Love and miss you David Ruffin . R. I. P.😄✌️
He is one of the best soul singers ever. Unfortunately, he was also a trainwreck! Addiction is so powerful that many very talented people can't enjoy their success in a clean and healthy way.
If you weren't there at the time you never know what happened with them brothers everybody has something to say and half the people that talk about the group never listen to the music.
And to think the Temptation who was the least talented had so much power is mind blowing, no offense to Otis but he should consider himself one of the luckiest people of the 20th century.
He wasn’t the “least talented” member. What Otis brought to the Temps was irreplaceable. Any great group can find a good singer…especially in Detroit during that period. Otis was a natural alpha male leader, a great talent scout, and someone with a head for business. Every great group needs a guy like that. Groups that don’t have an Otis at the helm fail disastrously. Check Sly & the Family Stone or the Dramatics for proof of that kinda shit. Without Otis, the Temptations wouldn’t have lasted beyond 1970…if that.
@@slimred8080 bingo. It’s the music “business.” You can have all the talent in the world and end up in jail like R.Kelly because you lack the discipline to be the best version of yourself that you can be. What good is talent at that point?
Much respect to David Ruffin ❤But I wish Tammi could have gotten away from him. He use to beat her. Allegedly that’s what they say. In the movie and rumors. I don’t know why she was not with Marvin Gaye. Marvin just was not the same after Tammy died and it was so sad. They were so good together.
OTIS WAS JEALOUS OF DAVID..thts why..he had tht Voice,Swag & Stage Presence..he was a ladies man & Otis wasnt..(ain't nobody coming to see u otis)😂😂😂..Yes he had problems with drug abuse,jail & abuse...in tht era a lot of singers was going thru tht..David's voice is ICONIC & HE WILL ALWAYS BE LEGENDARY, REGARDLESS how Otis felt...his UNIQUE VOICE IS TRUELY MISSED..I STILL PLAY HIS MUSIC EVERY DAY..REST EASY MR DAVID RUFFIN. ..🙏🏽😇🙏🏽💙🙏🏽🎶🙏🏽🎤🙏🏽🥰
Otis owns the Temptations brand and they weren't happy with the pay. Their homes/apartments didn't look like boss man Otis. This came from the mouth of one of the widows.
Eddie sang lead just as much as David, and esp on albums prior to their 1967 Temptations With A Lot O' Soul album. David lead sang on their biggest hits beginning with It's Growing and My Girl and got more lead roles when Norman Whifield took over the writing and producing for the group on their last two classic 5 albums--Temptations With A Lot O Soul and I Wish It Would Rain. This narrator can't even say Tammi Terrell's last name right.
Otis was just JEALOUS, he had NO talent, while David had ALL the talent, not to MENTION the fans ACTUALLY came to see David NOT Otis, ' AIN'T nobody coming to see you OTIS'😂
@@jimibeamon7316 it's CLEARLY, based on your response, that The Primes ( Eddie and Paul) was the beginning missing ingredient that actually completed the Temptations, after Otis BEGGED them to join him, they( the Primes was about to form their OWN group. to which David were going to be a part of. So truth be TOLD if it wasn't for The Primes and David, there wouldn't have BEEN no Temptations. Otis will be a Distant or two away in SEARCH for a Prime +1. In REALITY, no one REALLY should have a credit in being a founder, Otis jump started THAT lie a wrote a book with writer Patricia Romanoski based on HIS version behind the discovery, which went on to be made into a made for TV movie.
I talked to Dennis Edwards we had breakfast together he said Otis Williams was very jealous of anybody that could lead a song he wanted the group to be called Otis Williams and the distance but since that didn't work he was jealous ever since no they didn't get along
Here on UA-cam, there is a video in which Martha Reeves interviews Eddie Kendricks. In the interview Eddie says that The Temptations were formed when The Distants (Otis, Melvin and Elbridge) became the backing singers for The Primes (Eddie and Paul). Otis has spent 64 years as a backing singer because the is the limit of his talent.
David Ruffin was never married to Tammy Terrell, David was engaged to Tammy Terrell until she found out that David was already married she broke off the engagement with David Ruffin.
HE HIT IN THE HEAD WHICH CAUSED THE TUMOR SHE DIED FROM YES TAMMY TERRELL
Yeah but David ruffin was already married I had a child.
Tammy was his girlfriend, not his wife
Facts
She was his side piece not his girlfriend
@@travellfitzpatrick711facts he was already married to Sandra Ruffin
@@travellfitzpatrick711yeah he was running thru Tammy 😂😂
@@travellfitzpatrick711 I think maybe he loved her but he wasn't free to commit to her and he had too much temptation to commit to anyone
Don’t believe the negative. These guys loved each other. And money and drugs was allowed to come between them. Plain & simple. The greatest group to ever step to a mic. Can’t be topped! They had their time!!! We in the music business will forever love and respect them. ♥️
U must of been there
ruffin and williams really didn't like each other... eddie and paul weren't overly fond of williams either...
With due respect, you don’t know what you’re talking about. You have stated your wishes as truths. Fact is, there was nothing “plain and simple” about it. The new found success went to Ruffin’s head… big time… he was trippin’, arrogance suffocated his relationships with his group members and it went downhill for him since then. I’ll always be a David Ruffin and Temptations fan. But it was what it was, and it happened to plenty of other groups.
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I Grew up Listen To Temptations .I Have Music Of Da Temptations.IStill Listen To Temptations.❤❤❤
What a voice, David's voice had to be the most recognized in the Country. RIP, David.
You are absolutely Correct!!!
David Ruffin is originally from Whynot, Mississippi, 15 miles southeast of Meridian. He was raised by his father. His mother died when he was a kid. He joined The Temptations as a lead singer who sang lead on such famous songs as "My Girl" and "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." He became addicted to cocaine and began missing rehearsals and performances. He also had a huge ego problem with didn’t sit well with the group. He was replaced by Dennis Edwards. He was a solo artist as well. He had some hits during the 70s while he was still at Motown. He definitely didn’t like Otis Williams because of his jealousy towards him. He and Eddie Kendricks were good friends for real. He was a living legend. He died from an accidental overdose of crack cocaine. R.I.P. David Ruffin!!!
I think they all had issues an he got involved with Diana Ross an that caused issues I guess.but they are still the greatest band ever .
His father was a POS for what he put those kids through much like Sonny Liston’s father
Addicted to heroin
Rest in peace thank you for being a common man my favorite of them all
Accidental? Yeah, when you’re a crack addict, that tends to happen!
Temping Temptations for life,no one cannot take their place,nor sing like them,they are a lengency for all enterity!💯💯💯💯
You got that right!!
Temptations Forever the BEST 💯!
David had an ego as big as his voice, Every one of the Temptations was great in what they brought to this Amazing Group. It's sad how they all ended up
That's Bullshit! David's 'ego' was no bigger than anyone else's!! Otis was sorry and couldn't sing, and was a brown noser who was JEALOUS of David and Eddie!! No one came to see Otis!!! 😂😂😂
Yeah even Otis after all his efforts is really still nobody He put a lot into downing the immense talent of David but he will never succeed I hope people finally recognize Otis and Berry Gordy for the evil men they really are
@@DorisKeith-v5jHow is Otis evil? For not putting up with people’s antics?
He was not married to TAMMY TERRELL
They were terrible not a good example for music
His fists were engaged to her face though
Tami Terril Lolol. They should know how to pronounce names at least.
He never was married to Tammi Terrell
Let’s call a thing a thing, if David stayed sober and didn’t let his ego run away with him, he wouldn’t have been fired. He’s talented, yes, but his talent doesn’t excuse his bad behavior, and I doubt the people simping for him in the comments would want someone like that in their group.
Thank you Brother! I been in groups and some people feel just because you may depend on them that gives them the right to fuck over you, now I loved Ruffin ,all my friends will tell you that ,yet when I found out the truth,nah and I mean HELL NO , THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE and you need to go somewhere else with that.The Bible says "Where good is ,evil is always present".
David Ruffin never lost his voice ❤
That’s the mighty Truth!!!
True If he had Otis would have wrote a book about it😂
David Ruffin ,the temp's (he was the best singer,going solo)❤
Selfishness and ego is always a big problem in all music groups,everyone has to be disciplined,and sensitive to each other.
David and Tammy were never married. He was one of my favorite temptations.
Mine Too!!!
I don't think it was all Otis Williams maybe 20% but not all David ruffin had a lot of unresolved issues that being the drugs and alcohol and anger with him wishing he had both parents in his life and his mother passing away early in his life and his father left to raise them and he did it with a iron fist and they were poor and him learning to be a man from being in the streets which he believed hitting women was ok because that's what he seen other men doing and his relentless drive to become a singer and the shady music business him not getting what he felt he deserved and him becoming hard to deal with when he became famous missing show's and rehearsals do to his heavy drug and alcohol addiction he had a lot of problems he was trying to fight on his own he was like a lot of people who had issues he chose to deal with on his own outside of this he was a good guy just lost with no guidance or help and he took these issues out on the women he delt with he was married to Sandra and they had 3 daughter's he never married Tammie tarell or his son's mother he was just a very lost and confused man but he was one of the best singers to ever hold a microphone hands down and that can never be taken from him! I'm giving him his flowers 🌹🌸🌹🌹🌹🌹 because he deserves it he was one of the best to ever sing he's a legendary man a great man a very talented man love u David 🌹🌸🌹🌹🌹🌹his legacy will continue from now on 🌹🌸🌹
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Well said
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"Ain't Nobody Coming To See You, Otis". "Without David Ruffin, The Temptations ain't nothing but a group in search of a David Ruffin". "I Made Y'all Asses". I'm going to watch the movie tonight.
"David Ruffin and what's they name?" (hysterical laughter)
@@jayemm0 🤣🤣🤣
Not true. They had hits with Eddie singing the lead in the beginning. Eddie and David alternated singing lead. They received their first Grammy award after David left.
@@vrjanice2 I know that. I was just reciting scenes from the mini series.
Otis didn't pay them their worth. He was their employer
In the music industry you have to live like your broke ..what i mean is live humbly he was buying all kinds of mess and that will make you broker before you met the temptations ..get a home in your name. ALSO PAY YOUR TAXES ALWAYS PAY WHAT YOU OWE or else they comming for you ...get a nice home one nice car ...get land property own land if you have land cant nobody take you off of it unless you dont pay the taxes..drugs is what destroyed his life but also not wise buisness desisions destroyed his buisnes life ...so sad always put money away for a rainy day ..invest invest invest ..hotels etc restaurant thats how you can be a millionaire
Mr Ruffin was a helluva singer and entertainer is all i know...
Awesome Facts!!!!
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David was only engaged to Tammy Terrell....he was already married with children but only told her when they got engaged....some time later they argued and he hit her on her head with his motor cycle helmet....she died a couple of years later with a brain tumour on stage and in the arms of Marvin Gayle....Marvin took her death hard and never recorded until 1971, which was the album ' What's Goin On '....R.I.P. Tammy and Marvin...🙏❤️🙏❤️
Tammy did not die on stage.
She did pass out on Stage in Marvin Arms 😢Sleep in peace Marvin and Tammi
No she didn't she died in a hospital🤦🏾♀️
David didn’t hate Otis nor any of them. He just knew Otis wasn’t about to have the group sit around and tolerate his mess from the drugs, ego, and missed rehearsals. Years later David admitted to Otis that he did right thing by keeping the group disciplined like it was. Otis lead off stage and David only wanted to lead on stage. So they were always bound to bump heads. No matter what they all went through the classic 5 era will always be legends💯
Perfectly Said!!!
Dennis said they all used drugs not just David
Yeah thats true, but it wasn’t causing the rest of them nowhere near as much as much issues like it was David, aside from Paul’s drinking problem. Point Im tryna make is David didn’t hate Otis.
@@cameronjones3685 I think you're right even though he probably should have David didn't seem like a hating kind of guy he just wanted to be himself and Otis also wanted to be David so he tried to destroy him
But David's talent lives on and Otis gets a long wealthy life knowing what he did and that still ain't nobody ever coming to see him🤣
@@DorisKeith-v5j Facts lol
UA-cam should ban all of these BS tabloid podcasts.
Jimmy was never going to be a temptation......his lifestyle was to much like Rick James....think about it...
I don't understand how Berry Gordy could be so supportive of an insane drug addicted maniac like Rick James and get so sanctimonious about the behavior of David Ruffin Compare their actions and justify that discrepancy It was a personal matter against David May his tormentors rot in hell
James was really a super freak much worse than David Ruffin but Berry Gordy supported him and promoted his career What was that about? James was making money Berry thought he could get rid of David and still make money off the Temptations which he did It was personal issues with David because he outshone Berry's lover Diana Ross and David called Motown's hand on cheating them out of their money
@@louisehesketh9231 from what I've read and heard Rick James was 10 times as bad as Ruffin but Gordy was afraid to mess with him
Drugs drink and loose women were most black artist downfall plus money .
Whatever happened...DAVID RUFFIN WAS ONE OF THE TOP 20 GREATEST SINGERS OF ALL TIME...OUTSTANDING DANCER TOO..ALOT OF FOLKS MADE MILLIONS OFF HIS IMAGE..MOVIES..PLAYS...DOCUMENTARY...RIP LEGEND
He's number 1 in my book I have yet to hear another voice that could do everything his did there's not a note David couldn't hit and the passion in his voice 2nd to none.......
Never forget Jackie Wilson, i believe the best male singer performer i have seen in person. What a singer, God is Good.@alanrobertson2952
@kingbrinston Jackie was a great singer in his own right great dancer also but his voice couldn't do everything david voice did....
@@kingbrinston Yes JACKIE WAS ELITE...DAVID RUFFIN was INFLUENCED BY JACKIE MOVES...DAVID SINGING IDOL was RH HARRIS...GOOGLE RH HARRIS /SOUL STIRRERS Live ""BY and BY"" AND see for thy self... David sang with them ..
@@kingbrinston It's rather difficult to say someone is the "best', when there have been so many magnanimously talented singers and performers. Some who never became famous.
The temptations were absolutely great. They came alone in a time When black america needed heroes the temptations were there Don't with their beautiful music to ease the burden of racism at The time.
Jimmy Ruffin used to come by my house in the 60s.My father sold him a dog , A red doberman pinscher who he named skipper.
Me and my father Nelson used to go horseback. Ride with Jimmy Ruffin at the broken wheel ranch in Canada. David was great period period no matter what his personal life was He was still one of the greatest vocalists ever lived
My Thoughts Exactly!!!
That movie was half truth, especially about paul Williams. Paul didnt kill himself, he was murdered. When Eddie left paul was still there. Richard never sing paul parts on stage either . Yall better do better research on the temptations
@kamscott4201........ Paul's family believed he might have been murdered. The Medical Examiner ruled suicide.
It’s Hollywood they are going add their own twist to it
How do you know that Paul didn’t kill himself?
Paul Williams' death was ruled an apparent suicide in the 1970s. According to Otis Williams, Paul had expressed suicidal thoughts to him and Melvin Franklin months before his death.
I don't care what they say about David , i love him.
He whacked Tammi Terrell across the face with a motorcycle helmet. How do you feel about him now?
@@trinidad179 Not a good thing but I wasn't there don't know the whole story but I wish he hadn't done it She should have left him alone and took legal action it would seem
Ruffin 's ego got hugh after he became a lead singer he was a two tiner with women but he had a rich sound.
what one of these famous men ate not two timers he had a good wife samdra he meet In Detroit
and he betrayed her!
Most of them were notorious womanizers-- David ,Paul ,and even Otis had several women and children by numerous relationships and they all did drugs Do the research Strange that so much was made of only what David did??
@@lindahines9380 So did Paul Maybe what go him killed He also caused problems similar to David but Otis and the others upheld and protected him
“I Wasn’t Fired, I Quit!” 😂😂😂
❤ it’s true,,,Temptations forever !❤
Absolutely True
Only the mighty, mighty, mighty Dells, and possibly the mighty, mighty 4 Tops, were able to successfully navigate the TEMPTATIONS that everyday life in and outside of the music industry seduces. Long live the legacies, lives and memories of the brother and sister immortals of the blues, classical, country, Disco, do-wop, Funk, gospel, hip-hop, house, jazz, reggae, rock and soul music genres! @@@*** Sembene Nathanyahu, author and creator of the future bestseller, "Whisper"s Getting Louder", in Chicago. ***@@@
Love the Isley Brothers version of "Whispers Getting Louder"! We'll be on the lookout for the book!
The mighty mighty Dells from Harvey, Illinois. Southside!!
Yes Indeed!!!
With the ‘Classic Five’ Temptations:
David, Eddie and Paul were the lead singers.
Eddie designed the costumes.
Paul choregraphed the dance routines.
Melvin and Otis were the backing singers.
Otis paid them as employees. He owns the Temptations brand.None of them were happy about that. They didn't have the luxury homes like Otis. Even best friend Melvin. Can't hate him for being business minded.
Ion know what's what...I was not there..all I know is what I have read and heard. I love the entire group of Temptations and I love to see them all sing, dance, and perform "None of us are perfect!" Job well done Temptations!!!
May they all Rest in Sweet Peace!
Hello Otis! May God continue to bless you .
Temptations were baddddd...everyone of them...regardless who took some one's place or whatever. I love me some " TEMPTATIONS " AND I THANK GOD FOR THEM AND THEIR TALENTS! ALL GROUPS AND ALL PEOPLE.
Absolutely in Agreement with You Amen and Amen 🙏🙏🙏
David actually helped build the Motown building before he joined the Temptations
Greatest male group ever. Ruffins voice one of a kind God given drugs drove him crazy temptations forever
Im getting really confused&annoyed with the narrator trying to sound like sum kind of fancy scholar.. just break it down in plain english,please!!
😂😂 Ikr... This mf is just repeating the same thing in different ways just to fill up space 😂🤦🏾♂️ Like okay, we get it for the umpteenth time. David's drug addiction caused problems in the group
@@Big88888Yeah, these A.I. channels are really starting to annoy everyone! They start off ok, then after about five minutes you start to realize they're just saying the same thing 10 different ways!
I recall the SUMMER OF SOUL Concerts in the Summer of 1969. It was held at Mount Morris Park in Harlem. I was there with friends just about every weekend with some of my friends. We saw Gladys Knight and the Pips, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Mann, Olatungi African Dance Troupe, Sly and the Family Stone and David Ruffin. David's performance was great, yet most of the people in the audience Booed him off the stage. I felt bad for him. He was booed, because there was a rumor that he smashed his then wife, Tammi Terrell, upside her head with a hammer, which later caused her death. Years later, it was revealed that the rumor was bulls..t! Tammi died from a brain hemmorage after it was revealed that she had a tumor in her head for years. I learned a valuable lesson from that. Always get the facts before formulating an opinion about someone, rather than listening to rumors and jumping to conclusions. R.I.P.❤ DAVID
David was not the only lead singer in the temptations, he left and the temptations became more popular, no man is bigger than the group, perfect example!!!!!
Aww STFU!!! Everybody remembers the CLASSIC 5 with David, the GOAT of the group!! Otis was sorry, and Dennis was NOT David, he was a wannabe.
And got their first Grammy after Ruffin was gone.But all of them helped make the Temptation who they were/are.R.I.P David, Eddie, Melvin, Dennis and the others that have passed away
@@v6monza535 Classic 5; DAVID, Eddie, Paul, Melvin, and ...otis. Not Dennis, not anybody that came after, DAVID!!!!
@@theprofessor8589This is the Powerful Truth!!!
@@theprofessor8589 I like all of them . Dennis was the catalyst for the psychedelic music.No one can take away what the classic 5 did but Dennis's voice was a plus for the new era.
Someone or somebody gave him(David Ruffin) a hot shot meaning the drug was altered.
Big Facts
I strongly suspect foul play and would like to see the case further investigated Suspects should include Otis And Berry Gordy who were threatened by his possible comeback and popularity
David Eddie and Dennis were performing with their own show and would have put the Otis Temptations out of business He and Berry Gordy were scared of that and made sure it didn't happen
Otis seemed jealous and the narrator of the group because he’s the last member.
But he felt some way of David Ruffin and The Temptations but had no problem with Otis Williams and The distance or The Siberians. Stop it.
Great point.
It was HIS group……
@@jimibeamon7316 once David got that mic, it became a whole different group. But on a more serious note, Otis was still dictating the temptations with letting singers go. I low key think Otis and Gordy had something going on.
Otis Williams has a GREAT ear for assembling talent with harmonic and melodic consistency. He would have been very successful had he chose just to manage the group. Quite frankly he was the least talented of them all and without his presence as a "Temptation" they wouldn't have missed a beat and he was the EASIEST to replace....and that's reality.
@@khaldounelbey3968 Otis gets too much credit for others work. Melvin is the one who got Eddie, Paul and connected everyone to David. Melvin (in my POV) was the silent bridge to the group.
Understand Otis assembled The (trash) Distance. Al was the only one with the voice. And he sold him out for fame. He did it to everyone in the group except Melvin because Mel knew the business. He just ain’t have balls.
Success changes SOME people psychologically and emotionally..
Sometimes insecurity and fear set it---------
I LOVE THE TEMS ALL OF THEM SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE HELP HIM THAT'S WHAT IS WRONG THE ONES YOU YOU CARE ABOUT THEM YOU DON'T I LOVE DAVID RUFFIN YOU MAY NOT.
He wouldn't allow anyone to tell him what to do .....I think they tried ....so sad
It wasn’t about jealousy but respect ,he was messy, abusive, and thought he was a one man show while he was in a group so they did right by kicking him out, they moved on and created more great hits and unfortunately he died because of his life style.
@@deecrippen6919 Otis didn't deserve respect for taking others money and manipulating their careers He was pretty much a one man show in reality and those who can't see his importance to the group are just blind haters for some reason maybe they too are jealous because Otis was such a dud
@@deecrippen6919 Someone had him murdered because of his lifestyle as part of a corrupt organization and association with greedy vicious little men
❤ David ruffin 👄👅💋 was a great singer ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love David 💗💗💗
I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH TALK ABOUT DAVID RUFFIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE MAYBE HIS FAMILY KNOWS.
Ain't nobody come to see you Otis! You wish you could work it like me!
Come on man, that was only a made up line in the movie....damm...
@@geraldthomas8241 But it was a good line! 🤭🤗 & sooooo funny
David had a lot of demons.thats why he's dead and Otis is still alive.
😂
@@geraldthomas8241 That "might" have been a made up line for the movie, but the cold reality was it was a accurate statement.
Most of them had problems with Otis, because Otis was about business.
David got caught-up in that life.
Damn his brother sounded like a damn car crash , it wasn't that he hated David. It was that his brother was rickety racket Ruffing, Sounding like a damn Amazon bird in heat , he started singing and I said who baby fell off the couch, I thought Freddy was scratching his claws across the chalkboard like just fucking kill me already shit , it sounded like somebody was scrambling eggs in a cast iron skillet
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I bet Marvin Gaye was mad at him for beating Tammi Terrell
James Brown and others beat her also
Although they did have a relationship, David Ruffin was never married to Tammi Terrell.
Why would he keep that much money on him in a money bank
Why do they keep showing Eddie Kendricks?
Because, he was an iconic member of the Temptations and a very handsome, talented man. Women loved Eddie! He and David were like brothers. They toured together once they both left the Temptations along with Dennis Edwards. Former Leads of the Temptations.
@@Ms.L2803Awesome true Facts!!!👍👏
it sucks how jealousy and drugs did this do half the group..
David was not the lead singer, he just sung the lead parts, depending on the songs it could could be any other temptation leading a song
He was the one of the best singers I've ever heard.
Well he wasn’t lying because David did make them .. when u think of the Temptation u think of David off top
He didn't make them. They had a couple hit songs already with Eddie before David sang "My Girl". People remember him so vividly because he was such a troublemaker. The group started receiving Grammy awards only after David Ruffin left the group.
Its really a shame how drugs have destroyed all that was good. Not just the Temps but life in general and as much as we say don't do it and the countless examples, we never will learn. All of them deserved to live long lives and enjoy the fruit of all their efforts. R.I.P to all that fell do to mind altering substances.
Bruh. The Ruffin Brothers had a ring to it. Why didn't they just team up?
They did for a short while.They produced an album in about 1970 called I am my brothers keeper,or something like that.
Is the narrator some kind of AI-programmed robot? Why the repetition throughout the video?
Otis always said there was no man bigger than the group, but he actually thought HE was. the numero uno. David Ruffin was the front man - think of Diana Ross, Cher, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner and countless more who thought they WERE above the group and left for solo careers. David never wanted to leave the Temps.....he had issues and wanted to be the top guy, maybe not desirable but natural given his background. Otis was not going to let that happen. And also, like my fellow posters here, David was not married to Tammi and they only went together for a short time.....it was James Brown who abused and destroyed her.
Otis himself said that either David or Jimmy could have joined the group, but they chose David.
It would be extremely difficult to love, or just get along with an addict that came from povety to international fame and relative wealth, that also came along with a massive ego, that needed constant approval and attention. The Temptations were a ( Business), Otis clearly inner-stood and design the brand for success, and the conflict with David was damaging the brand for the entire group, unfortunately he had to go.
Very well said!!! Thank you!
Ain't Nobody coming to see you Otis!!! LMBAO
Nope 😂😂
That statement was made up, look how God is, now everyone's coming to see Otis still performing. Otis had no talent lies, the temps were five lead singers read Berry Gordy's book.
Otis was a bland singer. He admits it himself. He could carry a tune, but he was bland.
How is God connected?
David ruffin and Eddie Kendricks were the voices❤❤❤
Who really cares about Ruffin?!? Diana Ross was petrified of him. Ruffin was forever about himself. Me ONLY, F everyone else. That is Ruffin in a nutshell!
As well as how he did Tammy Terrell 😢
David made the temptations
Her an him had a fling I hear ...that's where he got the David muffins an the temptations .an it went bad
so you knew him??
If Diana Ross didn't like him it was because he cooked her on tv.
The Detroit spinners were equally talented song for song neck and neck
Nooooo.... The dramatics and the dells yea... But not them rubberband mans lol 😅
@@onpointjones4582You're tone deaf. THE SPINNERS ON MOTOWN RECORDS WERE JUST AS GOOD AS THE TEMPTATIONS. GC CAMERON WAS LEAD SINGER FOR & THE TEMPTATIONS.
David Griffin is the type of guy I would look up to and have deep respect for. To me and the world he was and is a musical genius; he is the man you would want to be like, if you were in a music group very much like the temptations. Love and miss you David Ruffin . R. I. P.😄✌️
His name is David Ruffin not Griffin. 😮
Right that's what I meant, I must have press that letter by mistake, really sorry; David Ruffin. 😮😉😌
@@lymonmclean6678You can always click those 3 dots to the right, hit edit, and correct it.
He is one of the best soul singers ever. Unfortunately, he was also a trainwreck!
Addiction is so powerful that many very talented people can't enjoy their success in a clean and healthy way.
If you weren't there at the time you never know what happened with them brothers everybody has something to say and half the people that talk about the group never listen to the music.
Right on!!!
And to think the Temptation who was the least talented had so much power is mind blowing, no offense to Otis but he should consider himself one of the luckiest people of the 20th century.
Hey, Inside the Industry, YOU ARE REPEATING YOURSELF!!!
😎 This narrator is milkn it huh goin over an over over the same stories middle part is at a stand still. Keep repeating the same shit over over!!!
I could never understand how Otis had so much leverage in this group, despite him being the least talented member.
Finessing
He wasn’t the “least talented” member. What Otis brought to the Temps was irreplaceable. Any great group can find a good singer…especially in Detroit during that period. Otis was a natural alpha male leader, a great talent scout, and someone with a head for business. Every great group needs a guy like that. Groups that don’t have an Otis at the helm fail disastrously. Check Sly & the Family Stone or the Dramatics for proof of that kinda shit. Without Otis, the Temptations wouldn’t have lasted beyond 1970…if that.
He owns the name. He got paid then he paid them. Employer and employees. Same as today. Those guys are his employees
@@desertdetroiter428real talk. Just because you have the best voice in the group doesn't mean you are fit to lead it.
@@slimred8080 bingo. It’s the music “business.” You can have all the talent in the world and end up in jail like R.Kelly because you lack the discipline to be the best version of yourself that you can be. What good is talent at that point?
WHY was snippets of OJ's trial in this VIDEO??!!!
Much respect to David Ruffin ❤But I wish Tammi could have gotten away from him. He use to beat her. Allegedly that’s what they say. In the movie and rumors. I don’t know why she was not with Marvin Gaye. Marvin just was not the same after Tammy died and it was so sad. They were so good together.
OTIS WAS JEALOUS OF DAVID..thts why..he had tht Voice,Swag & Stage Presence..he was a ladies man & Otis wasnt..(ain't nobody coming to see u otis)😂😂😂..Yes he had problems with drug abuse,jail & abuse...in tht era a lot of singers was going thru tht..David's voice is ICONIC & HE WILL ALWAYS BE LEGENDARY, REGARDLESS how Otis felt...his UNIQUE VOICE IS TRUELY MISSED..I STILL PLAY HIS MUSIC EVERY DAY..REST EASY MR DAVID RUFFIN. ..🙏🏽😇🙏🏽💙🙏🏽🎶🙏🏽🎤🙏🏽🥰
Everybody believes Otis was jealous. The end
Otis owns the Temptations brand and they weren't happy with the pay. Their homes/apartments didn't look like boss man Otis. This came from the mouth of one of the widows.
Amazing, people can find or create negativity, decades later. Quite pathetic!
Picture David Ruffin
Not Doing Any Drugs.
He, Probably Would Be
Still Singing.
Please tell me that was not Mark Ferman case dismissed 😂
He should have researched more before opining !
Eddie sang lead just as much as David, and esp on albums prior to their 1967 Temptations With A Lot O' Soul album. David lead sang on their biggest hits beginning with It's Growing and My Girl and got more lead roles when Norman Whifield took over the writing and producing for the group on their last two classic 5 albums--Temptations With A Lot O Soul and I Wish It Would Rain. This narrator can't even say Tammi Terrell's last name right.
So many errors. Showing Eddie Kendrick repeatedly & calling Eddie David. No marriage to Tammy Terrell, while mispronouncing Tammy’s name .👎🏽👎🏽
Otis was just JEALOUS, he had NO talent, while David had ALL the talent, not to MENTION the fans ACTUALLY came to see David NOT Otis, ' AIN'T nobody coming to see you OTIS'😂
He was so jealous . David ruffin Otis wallams was mad 😡 😡 that he couldn't Is control David ruffin
Otis Williams was just jealous and mad 😡 😠 😠 😠 Because he could not Control david ruffin. 😢😢😢
Why do you people keep using that weak @$$ made up line from the movie? Y'all need to stop. Otis has been referred as the 'Secret Sauce' of the Temps.
Yeah clearly you dk about Otis…. If it wasn’t for him there would literally be NO Temptations to ever exist
@@jimibeamon7316 it's CLEARLY, based on your response, that The Primes ( Eddie and Paul) was the beginning missing ingredient that actually completed the Temptations, after Otis BEGGED them to join him, they( the Primes was about to form their OWN group. to which David were going to be a part of. So truth be TOLD if it wasn't for The Primes and David, there wouldn't have BEEN no Temptations. Otis will be a Distant or two away in SEARCH for a Prime +1. In REALITY, no one REALLY should have a credit in being a founder, Otis jump started THAT lie a wrote a book with writer Patricia Romanoski based on HIS version behind the discovery, which went on to be made into a made for TV movie.
Repetitive, and some information is false
I can believe Otis was least loved temptation,he was jealous 😢😢😢
Yall keep saying he wasnt married to tammy but not saying he wasnt knocking her up side her head an beating on her smh
even back in the day i didn't care that much for david... all my fav temp songs were sung by eddie... and i thought that dennis was great...
Somebody talking about something they don't know about- such a joke.
Did an AI write this? cause yikes...
I talked to Dennis Edwards we had breakfast together he said Otis Williams was very jealous of anybody that could lead a song he wanted the group to be called Otis Williams and the distance but since that didn't work he was jealous ever since no they didn't get along
Who produced this video. Some of the information is incorrect. For example, David Ruffin and Tammi Terrell were never married.
David Ruffin = Vocal Brilance + Stage Presence + Massive Talent + Ego + Arrogance + Drugs + White Women
Here on UA-cam, there is a video in which Martha Reeves interviews Eddie Kendricks. In the interview Eddie says that The Temptations were formed when The Distants (Otis, Melvin and Elbridge) became the backing singers for The Primes (Eddie and Paul).
Otis has spent 64 years as a backing singer because the is the limit of his talent.
Yep!
Um...no, call a spade a spade: ruffin was on some nigha sht n had to go
Otitis was a good friend to David in the beginning
“Ain’t nobody coming to see you Otis!!”
I didn't know Otis was the leader, how he goh to fire a lead talented member?