David Ruffin, Melvin Franklin ... Justin Lubin/NBC The current members of The Temptations are among many musicians performing at NBC’s A Motown Christmas special on Wednesday, December 11.

The Temptations are celebrating 60 years of ... Smokey Robinson penned the sentimental ballad for the group because of David Ruffin. “Smokey saw us back in Detroit. He was impressed with ...

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 ...