Jimmy Roach

Songwriter, producer and arranger Jimmy Roach. He was born in Brooklyn, New York Feb. 10, 1944. Jimmy Roach as a staff songwriter, producer and arranger at Motown Records, wrote "My Whole World Ended" for David Ruffin, arranged "Still Waters" and "Changing Times" albums for the Four Tops and albums for Eddie Kendricks among others. Jimmy produced, wrote and arranged projects on Smokey Robinson & the Miracles,The Supremes, Jimmy Ruffin to name a few. He has worked with The O'Jays, Manhattans, The Spinners, The Dramatics, The Dells and Gloria Gaynor and scored and wrote songs for film. For fourteen years until 2002 Jimmy was a successful music retailer in Detroit and was President of The Detroit Music Retailers Association.