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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 Unofficial Record 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."
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"Reach Out I'll Be There" Also Formatted As "Reach Out I'll Be There " Is A 1966 Hit Song Recorded By The Four Tops For The Motown Label. Written And Produced By Motown's Main Production Team Holland-Dozier-Holland The Song Is One Of The Most Well-Known Motown Tunes Of The 1960s And Is Today Considered The Tops' Signature Song. It Was The Number One Song On The R&B Charts For Two Weeks 1 . And On The Billboard Hot 100 For Two Weeks From September 24 1966 To October 15. It Replaced "Cherish" By The Association And Was Itself Replaced By "96 Tears" By Question Mark & The Mysterians. Rolling Stone Later Ranked This Version #206 On Their List Of The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. This Version Is Also Currently Ranked As The 36th Best Song Of All Time As Well As The #3 Song Of 1966 In An Aggregation Of Critics' Lists At Acclaimedmusic.Net. 2 Lead Singer Levi Stubbs Delivers Many Of The Lines In The Song In A Tone That Straddles The Line Between Singing And Shouting Like He Did In 1965's "I Can't Help Myself Sugar Pie Honey Bunch ". This Song Differs Markedly From The Four Tops' Earlier Efforts Due To The Highly-Contrasting Shifts Between Minor And Major And Also Major And Augmented Chords. These Contrasting Tonal Shades Form The Hook For Which The Song Is So Well Known. The Four Tops Would Rely On This Formula For Several Subsequent Releases. The Song Is Featured Prominently In The Final Scene And The Closing Credits Of The 1975 Motion Picture Cooley High A Coming-Of-Age Film Starring Glynn Turman And Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. PWL Remixed The Song In 1988. The Remix Was Done By Phil Harding & Ian Curnow. The 12" Remix Runs 6 05 And The Radio Edit Runs 3 10.
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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 Unofficial Record 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."
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"Reach Out I'll Be There" (also formatted as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)") is a 1966 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, the song is one of the most well-known Motown tunes of the 1960s and is today considered The Tops' signature song. It was the number one song on the R&B charts for two weeks,[1]. and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, from September 24, 1966 to October 15. It replaced "Cherish" by The Association, and was itself replaced by "96 Tears" by Question Mark & the Mysterians. Rolling Stone later ranked this version #206 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. This version is also currently ranked as the 36th best song of all time, as well as the #3 song of 1966, in an aggregation of critics' lists at acclaimedmusic.net.[2]
Lead singer Levi Stubbs delivers many of the lines in the song in a tone that straddles the line between singing and shouting, like he did in 1965's "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)".
This song differs markedly from the Four Tops' earlier efforts, due to the highly-contrasting shifts between minor and major, and also major and augmented chords. These contrasting tonal shades form the hook for which the song is so well known. The Four Tops would rely on this formula for several subsequent releases.
The song is featured prominently in the final scene and the closing credits of the 1975 motion picture Cooley High, a coming-of-age film starring Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.
PWL remixed the song in 1988. The remix was done by Phil Harding & Ian Curnow. The 12" Remix runs 6:05 and the Radio Edit runs 3:10. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.