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Aug 01, 2008 david ruffin licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of motown. Somewere there should be for all the world to see a staue of a fool made of stone. The great david ruffin the motown solo albums, vol. One of the greatest lead singers the motown stable ever had, david ruffin became one of the artistic cornerstones of the temptations after his lead vocal on my girl 1965 paved the way for such majestic followups as since i lost my baby 1965, beauty is only skin deep 1966, all i need 1967, and i wish it would rain 1968. So build a statue and oh build it high so all the world can see. Official david ruffin statue of a fool lyrics at cd universe. According to genna sapiaruffin, girlfriend of david ruffin, former member of the temptations, on page 251 of her book a memoir. Davis eli david ruffin january 18, 1941 june 1, 1991 was an american soul singer and musician most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the temptations from 1964 to 1968 or the groups classic five period as it was later known. David ruffin my temptation 19932003, 1st books library, ruffin wrote and originally released the song on a 78 rpm in 1958, when he was recording under the name little eddie bush. According to genna sapiaruffin, girlfriend of david ruffin, former member of the temptations, on page. He was the lead voice on such famous songs as my girl and aint too proud to. The following songs are not currently available, but you can activate an alert in order to receive an email when they become available.
Motown single m1405f has statue of a fool on the b side and shows it as written by david ruffin and published by stone diamond music corp bmi. Ricky van shelton somewhere there should be for all the world to see a statue of a fool made of stone the image of a man who let love slip through his hands and then just let him stand there all alone and theyre on his face a gold tear should be placed to honor the million tears hes cried and the hurt in his eyes will it show so everyone will know that concealed is a broken heart. He later went on to become a backup singer for the group until he sang lead on the the massive hit my girl. An image of a man who let love slip through his hands and left him to stand here all alone. All other evidence points to the song being credited to jan crutchfield and i suspect thats correct. Price new from used from mp3 music, january 1, 1998. May 06, 20 mix david ruffin statue of a fool 1975 youtube. Jan crutchfield, writer of the endlessly revived country hit, statue of a fool, died thursday nov. Statue of a fool is a song credited by jan crutchfield and has been recorded by a number of.
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