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Harold Bonhart. The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame. The group's repertoire has included aspects of soul, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes .
1953–2000, 2004. Labels. Motown. Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, who released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He was noted for his powerful, emotional, dramatic style of singing.
Written and produced by Motown 's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, [2] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song. It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues chart for two weeks [3] and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, in October 15–22 ...
Professional ratings. The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.
Duke Fakir, the stylish and genteel singer who nurtured the Four Tops’ legacy for seven decades, died at his home in Detroit on Monday morning from heart failure. He was 88. Fakir, a lifelong ...
The late Four Tops singer was the living embodiment of Motown's legacy in its birthplace — a role that was especially valuable to the Motown Museum. The Four Tops' Duke Fakir was Detroit's proud ...
Duke Fakir. Abdul Kareem " Duke " Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble under that name from 1953 until shortly before his death. He was the group's last surviving original member.
The Four Tops perform onstage at the Park West, Chicago, Illinois in 1981 [Getty Images] Speaking to the Detroit Free Press, singer Smokey Robinson addressed the death of his longtime friend.