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The Four Tops — афроамериканский мужской ритм-энд-блюзовый вокальный квартет, который в 1960-е годы записывался на лейбле Motown. Во главе группы стоял сладкоголосый баритон Леви Стаббс — двоюродный брат Джеки Уилсона. Более сорока лет The Four Tops выступали в неизменном составе: Дьюк Факир, Оби Бенсон, Лоренс Пэйтон и Стаббс.
Среди множества хитов группы в 1960-х на первую строчку Billboard Hot 100 поднимались «I Can’t Help Myself» (1965) и «Reach Out I’ll Be There» (1966). Их авторы — Холлэнды и Дизье — написали значительную часть репертуара Элвиса Пресли. После ухода Дизье и Холлэндов с лейбла Motown четвёрка вокалистов выступала вместе со своими конкурентами The Temptations, а также с женским трио The Supremes (под слоганом «Великолепная семёрка»).
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Среди множества хитов группы в 1960-х на первую строчку Billboard Hot 100 поднимались «I Can’t Help Myself» (1965) и «Reach Out I’ll Be There» (1966). Их авторы — Холлэнды и Дизье — написали значительную часть репертуара Элвиса Пресли. После ухода Дизье и Холлэндов с лейбла Motown четвёрка вокалистов выступала вместе со своими конкурентами The Temptations, а также с женским трио The Supremes (под слоганом «Великолепная семёрка»).
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
The Four Tops are an American Motown musical quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, RnB, disco, adult contemporary, showtunes, and even psychedelic rock. 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. Since the 1980s, The Four Tops have recorded for, at various times, Motown, Casablanca Records, and Arista Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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. Since the 1980s, The Four Tops have recorded for, at various times, Motown, Casablanca Records, and Arista Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.