Farewell Is a Lonely Sound
1969 · Soul 35060 · Detroit, Michigan
- Artist
- Jimmy Ruffin
- Title
- Farewell Is a Lonely Sound
- Release
- Farewell Is a Lonely Sound / If You Will Let Me, I Know I Can
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Soul # 35060
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Songwriter
- Dean, Weatherspoon, Goga
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Farewell Is a Lonely Sound (Ruffin, Jimmy) Soul, soldier's perspective. Saying goodbye to his sweetheart. I'll be back
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs
Farewell Is a Lonely Sound (Ruffin, Jimmy) Soul, soldier's perspective. Saying goodbye to his sweetheart. I'll be back Motown subsidiary
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Soul S-35060 (TJ1-S-I-487S03), purple label, © 1967 Jobete, BMI; "Farewell Is a Lonely Sound" (Dean, Weatherspoon, Goga), time 2:56; arranged by Paul Riser, produced by Dean & Weatherspoon; "In Album 'Ruff 'N Ready' S 708"; rim "A trademark of Motown Record Corp. © 1969". In a Motown "The Sound of Young America – Album Favorites" company sleeve (10/70) showing Motown-group LP covers, among them Edwin Starr's "War & Peace" (GS948). [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Born 7 May 1936, Collinsville, Mississippi, USA. Died 17 November 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs