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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 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.
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group Four Tops, died on Monday aged 88. He died at his home in Detroit from heart failure, his family said. “We ...
Reach Out I'll Be There. " Reach Out I'll Be There " (also formatted as " Reach Out (I'll Be There) ") is a song recorded by the American vocal quartet Four Tops from their fourth studio album, Reach Out (1967). Written and produced by Motown 's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, [ 3 ] the song is one of the most widely-known ...
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.
The lead singer of the Four Tops has sued a Detroit-area hospital for racial discrimination, claiming its staff placed him into a restraining jacket and ordered a psychiatric evaluation because ...
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.
Lawrence Albert Payton Sr. (March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops.