Jimmy Ruffin

Person · Open Library

Works

1

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1936-05-07

Active to

2014-11-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

382,334

Total plays

2,014,344

Jimmy Ruffin (born 7 May 1936 in Collinsville, Mississippi; died 17 November 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American soul singer. His 1966 hit "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" was a major success and his most well-known song. He was offered a chance to sing with The Temptations, but he politely declined in favor of his younger brother, David Ruffin (born 1941; died 1991). After the success of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted", the intended follow-up <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/J

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

   · 2012 · cited 9,265x

2. An approach to correlate tandem mass spectral data of peptides with amino acid sequences in a protein database

   · 1994 · cited 5,718x

3. Role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

   · 2011 · cited 5,582x

4. Genome-wide atlas of gene expression in the adult mouse brain

   · 2006 · cited 5,275x

5. An Integrated Genomic Analysis of Human Glioblastoma Multiforme

   · 2008 · cited 4,972x

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Jimmy

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Collinsville

Place of death

Las Vegas

Sibling

David Ruffin

Occupation

singer

Genre

soul

Instrument

voice

Record label

Motown

Image

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