Walk Away from Love
David Ruffin
1976
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About David Ruffin
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David Ruffin brought a blues-inflected voice to the Temptations, singing lead on recordings including My Girl and Ain't Too Proud to Beg. His later solo work included My Whole World Ended and Walk Away from Love, with producers such as Norman Whitfield and Van McCoy contributing to different stages of the catalog. He also recorded with his brother Jimmy. Appearances with Eddie Kendricks and Hall and Oates later brought his voice into another collaborative setting.
Artist background sources
David Ruffin - Classic Motown
Read label career account for Temptations leads, solo repertoire, Whitfield/McCoy work, Jimmy duet album and Kendricks/Hall and Oates appearances. Omit disputed birth metadata, vocal-range classification, early-group and construction anecdotes, commercial rankings and first-release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Walk Away from Love by David Ruffin appears at number 88 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1976. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Other appearances and versions
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Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1976 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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