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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.
Under the stewardship of Motown’s premier songwriting and producing team, Holland-Dozier-Holland (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland), the Four Tops became consistent hit makers, registering their first hit, “Baby I Need Your Loving,” in 1964.
Abdul Fakir, who was known as Duke, the last remaining original member of the Four Tops, one of Motown’s best-selling and most beloved groups, died on Monday at his home in Detroit. He was 88.
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.
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 are a Motown vocal group who achieved great success in the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s original lineup consisted of lead singer Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, and Lawrence Payton.
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops, has died. He was 88.
In 1956, the quartet changes its name to the Four Tops to avoid confusion with a nationally popular act, the Ames Brothers. Their horizons widen, and they hit the road across North America, honing their act and performing with Count Basie, Louis Jordan and Billy Eckstine, among others.
Originally named the Four Aims, the Motown group the Four Tops started in Detroit, Michigan at a high school graduation party in 1954. Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Lawrence Payton, and Renaldo “Obie" Benson signed with Chicago’s Chess Records in 1956.
One of the premier soul groups of all time, the Four Tops were a mainstay of the Motown sound. Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson, and Lawrence Payton were boyhood friends in Detroit who gave it a go at a friend’s birthday party in 1954 and found they were pretty good at it.