From the MCRFB news archives:
David Ruffin Leaves The Temptations — Will Go Solo
NEW YORK — David Ruffin, former lead singer with the Temptations, has quit the group to pursue a solo career. Dennis Edwards replaced Ruffin starting with the recent Valley Forge Music Fair, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Temptations, one of the top recording and in-person acts for Motown Records, will appear at the Westbury Music Fair for one week, beginning Monday, July 22. After the week’s stay, the group will return to the Motown studios in Detroit for recording sessions. The Temptations will also tape an NBC-TV special starring Diana Ross and the Supremes which will be aired December 9.
Ruffin will continue to record for Motown and will be managed by International Management Co., the management wing of the Detroit-based recording complex.
The five Temptations, with Ruffin on lead vocals, are currently on the charts with “I Could Never Love Another,” another hit from the group’s long standing recordings with the Motown Gordy label. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard Magazine; July 20, 1968).
