So the group brought David Ruffin in ... wrote “My Girl” with Ruffin in mind. “My Girl” ended up being the first Temptations song to feature Ruffin singing lead. It would not be the ...

Later, still living in Britain, the singer made the seven-part series Jimmy Ruffin’s Sweet Soul Music for Radio 2. When his brother David, lead singer of the Temptations, died of a cocaine overdose in ...

The tune was the first Temptations single to feature lead ... with Ruffin’s voice in mind. He explained in a 2024 video feature, “I wanted to write something sweet for David Ruffin to sing.

Written as the follow-up to “My Guy” by legendary Motown singer Mary Wells, “My Girl” became The Temptations ... everything better. As lead vocalist David Ruffin sings in the first ...