By Common (209.2.55.172) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 09:28 am:

Wanting to wish him a Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday! May God bless him & may he have many, many more b-days! :o)

Peace!

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 09:31 am:

A big SD Happy Birthday to Mr Ruffin!

From the vaults:

By stephanie (66.54.1.38) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 10:37 am:

Happy Birthday to the great Jimmy Ruffin
the Brothers Keeper..
Stephanie

By LG Nilsson (212.247.9.242) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 10:53 am:

Happy Birthday Jimmy! We are playing your songs all day at my radio station VINYL 107 in Stockholm, Sweden. "Brokenhearted" is a classic!

Lars

By R&B (138.238.41.128) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 10:55 am:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIMMY!

By Vickie (198.81.26.231) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 01:16 pm:

Happy Birthday Jimmy


V.

By Jody (152.163.188.68) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 01:50 pm:

((((((((Jimmy))))))))

Happy Birthday love!

Jody

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 01:58 pm:

Jimmy Ruffin, come and blow these candles out, right here on SoulfulDetroit! Happy Birthday!

By Nish (66.119.33.135) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 03:10 pm:

Happy Birthday Mr. Jimmy Ruffin! Thanks for the music and may you be blessed with many more happy and healthy birthdays!

By Jim Feliciano in Detroit. (64.12.97.7) on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 05:23 pm:

Jimmy Ruffin,
You might have went away from us a long time ago, but in our hearts, in ('soulful') Detroit with us here... you have always remained.

"Happy Birthday" and a 'special' thank you for all your 'great' Motown memories, you made, you shared... and all that, which you gave our way.

Happy Birthday Jimmy!

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 06:57 am:

Ritchie - that is a fantastic photo of the man. I am convinced he may often read postings on the forum, but not join in with the threads. It may be hard to believe that 21st century communications and fan mail to him, comes via the web. Just knowing he may be reading a few posts, gives me a thrill and I hope he continues to join us and maybe one day,answer some of our questions regarding his esteemed career. One of the questions to Jimmy would be, of course, when are you going back on the road and where can I buy a ticket?

By curtis blandon (152.163.204.212) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 07:22 am:

Happy Birthday jimmy Ruffin may you be blessed with many, many more happy,healthy birthdays.

By Carl Dixon London (62.31.40.155) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 08:30 am:

Hi Curtis, we knew you would be back... in the long run! Please stay! Are you thinking of going to the SoulfulDetroit night in a couple of weeks?

By Eli (141.151.84.28) on Thursday, May 08, 2003 - 09:10 am:

Happy Birthday J.R. from your old friend Bobby Eli.