50+ Music<p>"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JimmyRuffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyRuffin</span></a> and released on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MotownRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MotownRecords</span></a>' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a>, with lead singer Jimmy Ruffin recalling the pain that befalls the broken-hearted who had love that's now departed. The tune was written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilliamWeatherspoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamWeatherspoon</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PaulRiser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulRiser</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JamesDean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JamesDean</span></a>, and the recording was produced by Weatherspoon and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WilliamMickeyStevenson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamMickeyStevenson</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfnKqAGlfY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SZfnKqAGlf</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>