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The Four Tops are an American Motown musical quartet, whose repertoire has included , , music, , , adult contemporary, , and even . Founded in Detroit, Michigan as The Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs and group mates Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four decades, finally forced to endure a lineup change when Payton died in 1997. At that time, Theo Peoples was added to the lineup; Peoples later replaced Stubbs, who fell ill from cancer, and Ronnie McNeir assumed Peoples’ spot. In July, 2005, Benson died of lung cancer with Payton’s son Roquel replacing him. And as of April, 2005, Fakir, McNeir, Payton and Peoples still perform together as The Four Tops. The legendary Levi Stubbs sadly passed away in 2008.

Among a number of groups who helped define the Motown Sound of the 1960s, including The Miracles, The Marvelettes, The Temptations and The Supremes, The Four Tops were notable for having Stubbs, a baritone, as their lead singer; most groups of the time were fronted by a tenor. The group was the main male vocal group for the songwriting and production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, who crafted for the group a stream of popular hit singles, including two #1 hits: “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” and “Reach Out I’ll Be There”. After Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown in 1967, the Four Tops were assigned to a number of producers, primarily Frank Wilson. When Motown left Detroit in 1972 to move to Los Angeles, California, the Tops stayed in Detroit and moved over to ABC Records, where they continued to have charting singles into the late-1970s.
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  • IamFlood

    These guys are irresistible, truly.

    14 Mar 8:44pm Reply

  • lovely08

    Levi Stubbs had one of my favorite voices....he is sorely missed..

    2 Mar 4:40am Reply

  • A1enochka

    !!

    1 Jan 12:12pm Reply

  • HilaryBanks

    standing in the shadows of love

    2 Dec 2012 Reply

  • Fullmettall

    I'll Turn to Stone

    22 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Zoitz

    Sugar Pie Honey Bunch.. ♪ [2]

    1 Aug 2012 Reply

  • TheDarkSide73

    I Love The Soul Music of the 60s and 70s and this group is at the top of my list..

    29 Jul 2012 Reply

  • Fullmettall

    7 Rooms of Gloom

    22 Jun 2012 Reply

  • joshmattg

    The best Motown group!

    15 May 2012 Reply

  • KinomiyaMichiru

    I just want to say that the official greatest hits album released by Motown does say THE FOUR TOPS on the cover. I think I'll trust Motown to tell me the name of the group over a few last.fm users. Also, my father lived through the era, and says the group has always been called THE FOUR TOPS. What are y'all gonna do next.....start telling us to call THE TEMPTATIONS just TEMPTATIONS?!?

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • madstringbean

    BERNADETTE!

    9 Apr 2012 Reply

  • nitty_look

    Great band and very underrated. Love them!

    9 Mar 2012 Reply

  • iloveminties

    ♥ The Four Tops! =) ♪ Sugar Pie Honey Bunch.. ♪ ♥ ♥ ♥

    12 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Kexet1

    Tasty motown!

    10 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Coop_R

    Their music is pure joy. I wish more people knew about them.

    8 Feb 2012 Reply

  • xErasedCitizenx

    These guys are the sound of my mum dancing round the kitchen singing and acting all silly, she loved them to pieces and the lyrics to Reach Out sound as if they're made for being what she would say to me now if she could. Missing you more every day mum xxx

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • deadair22

    Levi Stubbs has one of the best voices of all time!

    30 Jan 2012 Reply

  • Ushiroyubi

    so few scrobbles!

    19 Dec 2011 Reply

  • BimboBoy

    Wrong tag! Please vote for Four Tops. :)

    4 Dec 2011 Reply

  • ralfsu

    Why does last.fm have them listed as The Four Tops? Isn't it just Four Tops?

    23 Oct 2011 Reply
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