Jimmy Ruffin writers that he should record it himself. His recording of "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" became a major success. The song reached #7 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #6 on the R&B Chart. It also initially reached #8 in the UK singles chart, rising to #4 when it was reissued in the UK in 1974. "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" remains Ruffin's best-known song. It was the lead single from his debut album "Jimmy Ruffin Sings Top Ten" (released as "The Jimmy Ruffin Way" in the UK), which was released on the Motown's Soul subsidiary label in 1967. Follow-up
Recording practices of the Beatles to cue the string quartet and some of McCartney's voice was recorded onto the string track, which can be heard on the final recording. It has been claimed that George Martin's pseudoscientific explanation of ADT ("We take the original image and we split it through a double-bifurcated sploshing flange") given to Lennon originated the phrase flanging in recording, as Lennon would refer to ADT as "Ken's flanger", although other sources claim the term originated from pressing a finger on the tape recorder's tape supply reel (the flange) to make small adjustments to the phase of the copy relative to the