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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.

As An Un It Is Believed That The Four Tops Were The Band To Continue Performing The Longest Without A Lineup Change. Levi Stubbs Abdul Fakir Renaldo Benson And Lawrence Payton Sang Together As The Four Tops From 1954 Until 1997 When Lawrence Payton Died Of Cancer. That's An Astonishing 43 Years Without A Lineup Change. The Three Surviving Members Continued To Tour As "The Tops." . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

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