What Becomes of the Brokenhearted of the most-revived of Motown's hits. Composers Weatherspoon and Riser and lyricist Dean had originally written "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" with the intention of having The Spinners, then an act on Motown's V.I.P. label, record the tune. Jimmy Ruffin, older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin, persuaded Dean to let him record the song, as its anguished lyric about a man lost in the misery of heartbreak resonated with the singer. Ruffin's lead vocal on the recording is augmented by the instrumentation of Motown's in-house studio band, The Funk Brothers, and the joint backing vocals of Motown session
The Book of Mormon: Original Broadway Cast Recording the chart. However, after the show's success at the 2011 Tony Awards, "The Book of Mormon" cast album broke sales records again when it skyrocketed up the "Billboard" charts back to number 3 on the "Billboard" 200 on June 15, making it the highest charting Broadway cast album–and first top 10–since 1969, when "Hair" spent 13 straight weeks at No. 1. It sold over 61,000 copies, the largest sales week for any cast album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The previous best sales week for a cast set belonged to the original London cast recording of "Highlights