David Ruffin TRULY HATED Him More Than Anyone.. 

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. ♥️

What a voice, David's voice had to be the most recognized in the Country. RIP, David.

Tammy was his girlfriend, not his wife

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!!!

He was not married to TAMMY TERRELL

Temping Temptations for life,no one cannot take their place,nor sing like them,they are a lengency for all enterity!💯💯💯💯

David Ruffin never lost his voice ❤

Mr Ruffin was a helluva singer and entertainer is all i know...

"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 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

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.

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💯

David Ruffin ,the temp's (he was the best singer,going solo)❤

David and Tammy were never married. He was one of my favorite temptations.

Selfishness and ego is always a big problem in all music groups,everyone has to be disciplined,and sensitive to each other.

He never was married to Tammi Terrell

I don't care what they say about David , i love him.

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

Jimmy was never going to be a temptation......his lifestyle was to much like Rick James....think about it...

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 🌹🌸🌹

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...🙏❤️🙏❤️

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

RU-vid should ban all of these BS tabloid podcasts.

“I Wasn’t Fired, I Quit!” 😂😂😂

He was never married to Tammi Terrell‼

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.

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 actually helped build the Motown building before he joined the Temptations

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!!

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

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!!!!!

❤ it’s true,,,Temptations forever !❤

Someone or somebody gave him(David Ruffin) a hot shot meaning the drug was altered.

Ain't Nobody coming to see you Otis!!! LMBAO

Ruffin 's ego got hugh after he became a lead singer he was a two tiner with women but he had a rich sound.

Success changes SOME people psychologically and emotionally.. Sometimes insecurity and fear set it---------

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. ***@@@

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.

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 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.

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

Most of them had problems with Otis, because Otis was about business. David got caught-up in that life.

I bet Marvin Gaye was mad at him for beating Tammi Terrell

Ain't nobody come to see you Otis! You wish you could work it like me!

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.

I HAVE HEARD SO MUCH TALK ABOUT DAVID RUFFIN I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE MAYBE HIS FAMILY KNOWS.

Although they did have a relationship, David Ruffin was never married to Tammi Terrell.

Why do they keep showing Eddie Kendricks?

Greatest male group ever. Ruffins voice one of a kind God given drugs drove him crazy temptations forever

it sucks how jealousy and drugs did this do half the group..

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.

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

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.

Drugs drink and loose women were most black artist downfall plus money .

Please tell me that was not Mark Ferman case dismissed 😂

David was bigheaded

Why would he keep that much money on him in a money bank

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 🫡

Bruh. The Ruffin Brothers had a ring to it. Why didn't they just team up?

I could never understand how Otis had so much leverage in this group, despite him being the least talented member.

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.

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.

❤ David ruffin 👄👅💋 was a great singer ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉 Love David 💗💗💗

He was the one of the best singers I've ever heard.

Hey, Inside the Industry, YOU ARE REPEATING YOURSELF!!!

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. ..🙏🏽😇🙏🏽💙🙏🏽🎶🙏🏽🎤🙏🏽🥰

Amazing, people can find or create negativity, decades later. Quite pathetic!

WHY was snippets of OJ's trial in this VIDEO??!!!

“Ain’t nobody coming to see you Otis!!”

Everybody believes Otis was jealous. The end

Is the narrator some kind of AI-programmed robot? Why the repetition throughout the video?

😎 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!!!

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.

Well he wasn’t lying because David did make them .. when u think of the Temptation u think of David off top

The Detroit spinners were equally talented song for song neck and neck

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.

I thought the photo with the glasses was Spike Lee. 😅😅😅

Yall keep saying he wasnt married to tammy but not saying he wasnt knocking her up side her head an beating on her smh

He should have researched more before opining !

So many errors. Showing Eddie Kendrick repeatedly & calling Eddie David. No marriage to Tammy Terrell, while mispronouncing Tammy’s name .👎🏽👎🏽

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.

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

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.

I can believe Otis was least loved temptation,he was jealous 😢😢😢

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!

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.

Here on RU-vid, 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.

I didn't know Otis was the leader, how he goh to fire a lead talented member?

Did an AI write this? cause yikes...

Repetitive, and some information is false

Picture David Ruffin Not Doing Any Drugs. He, Probably Would Be Still Singing.

I remember my aunts talking about David and it wasn’t positive.

What yall call yourselves? The "Elgins" Like the watch?....................cool

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...

check it out all groups loose the lead singer

Somebody talking about something they don't know about- such a joke.

Um...no, call a spade a spade: ruffin was on some nigha sht n had to go

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.😄✌️

Who produced this video. Some of the information is incorrect. For example, David Ruffin and Tammi Terrell were never married.