David Ruffin's
TV Appearances and Videos/DVDs
(The Temptations ) TV
Shindig
- ( 1965) Songs- My Girl and When The
Saints Go Marching In (with closing credits).
Shivaree
- ( 1965?) Songs- Get Ready and The
Way You Do The Things You Do
Ready, Steady, Go! (A
London television program)
- ( 1965?) Songs-The Way You Do The Things
You Do, It's Growing and My Girl
Mike Douglas Show
- (1966?)
Appeared on Mike Douglas with other Motown acts.....Supremes, Stevie Wonder,
Gladys Knight & Pips, and Miracles (BW).
- (Feb 1967) Songs- Get Ready, Ole Man
River, and I Know I'm Losing
You
American Bandstand
- (Aug 1966) Songs- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
& Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
Where The Action Is
- ( Aug 1966) Song- The Way You Do The
Things You Do
- ( May 1966) Songs- Get Ready and
Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
Ed Sullivan Show
- (May 1967) Songs- (Medley) Girl
(Why You Wanna Make Me Blue), I Know I'm Losing You,
All I Need and My Girl
- (Nov 1967) Songs- Hello
Young Lovers and Don't Look Back
(w/Supremes) Medley
of each other's hits- (Tempts sing) Stop In The
Name Of Love and
Baby
Love also
I Know I'm Losing You (Ruffin blew Ms.
Ross' socks off)
Shebang
- (1967) Songs- My Girl and Beauty
Is Only Skin Deep
The Smother Brothers
- Swanee River, and I Know I'm Losing
You
Hollywood Palace
- (Feb 1968) Songs- The Best Things In Life
Are Free and I Wish It Would Rain (I
believe this is the last televised performance for David as one of the Temptations).
(David Ruffin -Solo ) TV
American Bandstand
Soul
Train
-
(March 1973) Songs- Blood
Donors and Common Man
-
(Dec 1975) Songs-
Walk Away From Love and Wild Honey
-
(Oct 1976) Songs-
Everything's Coming Up Love and On and Off
-
*(Oct 1979) Songs-
I'm So Glad I Fell For You and Break My Heart
-
(March 1988) Songs-
I Couldn't Believe It and One More For The
Lonely Hearts Club (this is duet W/Eddie
Kendrick)
London
TV Show
May 1991) Songs-
I Wish It Would Rain and Ain't Too Proud To Beg
(This is during David's last tour
W/Eddie Kendrick and Dennis Edwards).
* This
list of TV appearances is not complete, I will continue to update as I gain more
info. Please feel free to email me if you can add to this list.
*A
special thanks to Takashi Fujimori for updated info.
Videos/DVDs
(The Temptations )
-
Ready
Steady Go
- The Ed Sullivan
Classic Collection: Motor City Magic (Time Life Videos)
- The History of Rock N
Roll The Sounds Of Soul
- The
Temptations on "Hollywood Palace"
- The Soul
Years (Casey Kasem's Rock 'n Roll Goldmine - various artist)
- The Tempts and Tops
- The Best Of
The Temptations (DVD collection)
clip of The Tempts Reunion
David Ruffin w/Eddie Kendrick or
with both Kendrick and Edwards
- Live At The Apollo
W/Hall & Oats
- Dancin' In
The Streets (VHS & DVD)
- Live Aid
- (Music video) One
More For The Lonely Hearts Club
- The Original Leads Of
The Temptations (Street Gold)