David Eli Ruffin, born Davis Eli Ruffin on January 18, 1941, was an American soul singer and musician best known as a lead singer with the Temptations from 1964 to 1968, during the group’s “Classic Five” phase. On famous songs like “My Girl” and “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” he sang lead.
Elias “Eli” Ruffin, a Baptist minister, and his wife, Ophelia Ruffin, had him as their third child. Quincy B. Ruffin, Reada Mae Ruffin, and Jimmy Lee Ruffin were his siblings. Rosine, Ruffin’s other sister, died when she was a child.
Ruffin moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 15 to work with jazz pianist Phineas Newborn, Sr. They performed at the Fifty Grand Ballroom and Casino in Las Vegas.
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Ruffin, who used by the stage name Little David Bush, continued to perform at talent shows, worked at a jockey club, and eventually joined The Dixie Nightingales. Following Johnnie Taylor’s departure, he briefly sang with The Soul Stirrers.
During his youth, Ruffin met Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon, Bobby Womack, The Staple Singers, Swan Silvertones, and The Dixie Hummingbirds.
