"What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" is a hit single recorded by Jimmy Ruffin and released on Motown Records' Soul label in the summer of 1966. It is a ballad about people suffering from broken hearts
Cover of the single released in the Netherlands
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Paul Antony Young is an English musician, singer and songwriter. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo suc
What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
…In 2026, the song was used in the official trailer for DC Studios' Supergirl. A 1991 cover by Paul Young was featured in the film Fried Green Tomatoes. During the winter of 1992, his version reached No. 22 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 8 Cash Box…
Young in 2017
Young performing in Budapest, Hungary, on 18 June 1987
Los Pacaminos at the 2006 Wickham Festival