I was Blessed to have been the Sound Engineer for the Four Tops for 12 years, They were Great every time that they walked on Stage. Levi Stubbs had the Best Voice of any Lead Singer that I ever worked with, and Obie Benson, Duke Fakir and Lawrence Payton together with Levi Stubbs had the Best Vocal Harmony's in the Music Business. I was the Sound Engineer for the Temptations & Four Tops during the Motown 25 Tour along with an 8 piece Band and a 10 piece Horn Section. Each Group performed for 75 minutes and then both the Temptations and Four Tops performed together for 45 minutes to 1 hour doing a medley of Hit Songs from both Groups. The Concerts lasted for 3½ hours or longer depending on how many encores the audience would beg for, usually two or three but I remember nights in London and Sydney Australia and especially in Detroit when they did five encores. The Four Tops always lived in Detroit the Home of Motown even after the Company moved to Los Angeles as did many of the Motown Artists. The Four Tops were proud to be from Detroit and Detroit was proud of the Four Tops ! They were awesome to work for and They were Great Friends too ! I will always cherish the years I was fortunate to Tour with Levi, Obie, Duke & Lawrence The Four Tops. Keith Everett - Atlanta, Ga.
@Barnaby150
Жыл бұрын
Wow Keith sounds so interesting, Levi is my favorite singer ever!
@Shaqattaq100
Жыл бұрын
Keith you were truly blessed to have worked with such great artists
@lauraalbritton4579
Жыл бұрын
I wish I had been with you God bless
@campbell3187
Жыл бұрын
God truly blessed you my brother. To have been a part of such greatness. i grew up on the Tops and Temptations even though i’m only 42. That’s all I heard my pops playing most of the time. I’ve always been a big Levi Stubbs fan and I always believed he could sing with the best of them.
@richardbarker3814
Жыл бұрын
I’m jealous .
@stevetill1413
2 ай бұрын
Saddened by the news of the passing of “Duke” Fakir, the last of the Tops to cross the Rainbow Bridge. Condolences to family and friends and all those who lived through a great era of music.
@lisainger6751
3 жыл бұрын
Levi was married to the same woman for 48 Years.
@richardhall4537
3 жыл бұрын
Never was and never will be a better Singing Group than these guys. Could sing any song and make it Great! Levi on Lead and The Tops harmonizing like nobody else. Miss them !
@nancyhammons3594
3 жыл бұрын
Is anybody else dancing in their chair besides me? Very classy.
@lokisan100
Ай бұрын
Me!
@sooz9433
3 жыл бұрын
These men were remarkable in every way. Soundtrack of my youth 🎼🖤
@kevincunningham734
4 жыл бұрын
I liked the fact that their friendship was tight. They all loved by each other. And have stated noone was bigger than the other one in that group. Their loyalty to each other was amazing
@jaylene.turner6524
Жыл бұрын
Right. The only Motown group that had all of its original members stay together for over four decades from 1953-1997. Sadly,only death separated them.
@nancygranger6620
4 жыл бұрын
No better voice ever, best soul singer of all time! And what a wonderful person, including Duke, Obie and Laurence! I will be in love with Levi forever!
@326cher
4 жыл бұрын
Me too!!
@r.burtnett6995
3 жыл бұрын
So happy that I was a teenager during this time with such GREAT talent and songs ❤❤
@MtnMike-ok3ss
2 ай бұрын
"DUKE" You Made It to the TOP BRO - RIP.
@NancyTilden-r6h
Ай бұрын
What a LOVEFEST…such TALENT! Glad it was part of my generation! Sure beats watching the NEWS.!!!
@stephencapewell2900
3 ай бұрын
So proud I saw them live twice and shock hands with all 4 of these talented people True stars
@waltervaught8896
Жыл бұрын
The Great levi STUBBS
@asthecrowflies737
3 жыл бұрын
My heart broke when Levi died. Abdul is still with us and still performing, bless him!
@christinepadilla7773
2 жыл бұрын
Where
@TheSienna29
2 ай бұрын
In the afterlife.
@stevetill1413
2 ай бұрын
Sadly no longer. Abdul passed 7/22/24 RIP
@lokisan100
Ай бұрын
Reunited now.
@claudettelewis-smith1133
3 жыл бұрын
The one the only Mr. Levi Stubbs. You're missed.(SIP)
@karlschigg1811
7 ай бұрын
The people will still listen to the music of the four tops in hundred years. ❤
@waltervaught8896
4 жыл бұрын
THE MAGNIFICENT LEVI STUBBS
@juliareid2465
2 жыл бұрын
They were the best and didn’t get the best recognition they deserved . They were definitely the top . Loved them and I keep on listening to their music forever . They should have been the number one group always !! If anyone knows about good music and entertainment they will agree!! 👍👍❤️
@angelcole90
Жыл бұрын
STILL LOVE YOU FOUR TOPS. MUSIC IS JUST GOOD. RIP MY BROTHERS THAT GONE. 10/22
@angelcole90
5 ай бұрын
FOUE TOPS FOREVER! 2024.
@veronicawebb2526
2 жыл бұрын
What a great voice. One of the best.
@jim2003sound
4 жыл бұрын
The energy and power that the Four Tops discharged has trilled audiences all around the world, with grateful thanks from a disciple in Ireland.
@angelcole90
2 жыл бұрын
I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THESE GUYS. MY HEART IS BURSTING. LOVE IS FREE. 6/22.
@thomassperduti4500
3 жыл бұрын
Levi Stubbs was the LIONS voice of Motown.
@theien5929
Жыл бұрын
This is from an era when pop music still praised what is good
@jaylene.turner6524
2 жыл бұрын
UPDATE 2024: Group members: Left to right Founding member Levi Stubbs (June 6th,1936- October 17th,2008) (Lead singer; Baritone) Founding member Renaldo “Obie” Benson (June 14th,1936- July 1st,2005) (Bass) Founding member Abdul “Duke” Fakir (December 26th,1935- July 22nd,2024) (First Tenor) Founding member Lawrence Payton (March 2nd,1938- June 20th,1997) (Second Tenor and Vocal arranger) --------- Set List: “Reach Out,I’ll Be There” “Standing In The Shadows Of Love” “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie,Honey Bunch)” Thank you for the music,Four Tops. May you all rest peacefully.
@lwma2k971
4 жыл бұрын
I just love them!! Their music speaks to my soul.
@georgeseteliselesage5277
3 жыл бұрын
Stll remember my strident période Wow
@mhumphrey9124
3 ай бұрын
Levi and Duke attended Pershing High with me.1953-1956.❤
@juliareid2465
2 жыл бұрын
They were the best !! Such verve and vitality in their music . They cannot be forgotten oh no!!!
@trubrit5036
7 ай бұрын
Well, that was 4 minutes 17 seconds worth of great memories, great songs, great men.
@markrauson2050
3 жыл бұрын
Rip to all the tops still have duke holding it down god bless you duke
@barbaragayton6340
4 жыл бұрын
Have loved these guys forever. It's so funny when they get together with the temptation's which is also a group I have loved forever. Best two groups out there.
@psychicnewsguy
2 ай бұрын
4 Tops on The Canon & Ball Show. (1984)....RIP to all of the 4 Tops 😪
@GIGI-yh2vz
4 жыл бұрын
I ALWAYS LOVED THIS SONG REMINDS ME OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS THEY WOULD DANCE AND SING ALL THESE SONGS. ALWAYS THE BEST AND SOME BEAUTIFUL SINGERS I LOVE THEM ALL. LEVI, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH, YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU.
@bettylee4194
5 жыл бұрын
Just love them! Levi's voice is the soul of the Four Tops! One by one, has gone.away!
@MrDbfireman
7 жыл бұрын
Saw them live in 74 at the odeon in Birmingham England fantastic the whole audience was dancing.
@rsands9
5 жыл бұрын
MrDbfireman I saw them at Hammersmith Odeon in 1972! Levi was on crutches
@326cher
3 жыл бұрын
LEVI WAS THE BEST!!!! SAW THE FOUR TOPS IN VEGAS. LOVE THEM.
@bev7544
7 жыл бұрын
What a voice
@montyurukalo4549
3 жыл бұрын
Once in a hundred years occurrence of great writers and lead singer combining together
@326cher
3 жыл бұрын
I saw the Four Tops live in Vegas, love them, especially Levi.
@veronicawebb2526
2 жыл бұрын
Levi Stubbs
@MrLevistubbs
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this rare clip from a rare year. This is awesome. Hopefully there are some other yet to be discovered 1984 clips.
@nellpatt905
7 жыл бұрын
I love old school so much!!!!; Lord have mercy!!!! # good stuff. Four Tops, Temps, Miracles, Sam Cooke, Supremes, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, among so so many others. Motown had it going own. Thank God for Barry Gordy discovering all this talent and his love for music. WHAT A BLESSING.
@maryruggiero2884
7 жыл бұрын
not to burst your bubble...but berry (yes like straw-berry) gordy wasn't a very nice guy to the people that "worked for him". he was a bad business man and he was very selfish, thoughtless, and inconsiderate, so the Motown greats almost all were victims of his greed. he DID have an ear for music, though. no question. I just wish he would have treated his people better.
@kevingoins9858
7 жыл бұрын
mary ruggiero No different than many record men. Berry was better than most (Leonard Chess, Don Robey of Duke/Peacock, Henry Stone of TK Records - and hardly any of his acts got paid their royalties).
@Modelt5000
6 жыл бұрын
Kevin Goins Thank You Kevin. I agree with you!! I don't know why people don't get it. That was a standard practice, that's just the way it was for many artists back in those days, not just Motown. Ppl. outside the business hear that word Royalties and don't really know what paying out royalties really mean. It's a bit more than complex than what they heard on that show Unsung, lol!! Especially when Artist are in singing groups with 3, 4, 5 members, you have to split every dime paid. Comparing royalties yesterday to royalties today would be like comparing 9-5 salaries from jobs of yesterday to today. Over the years artists changed the game. You were right to say what you said and regardless what ppl. say Mr. Gordy gave everyone of those kids a chance to shine rather they did or not. Ppl always criticising him without asking would some of those artists had been discovered if not had been for Gordy and MOTOWN. Yes there were other companies but whose to say they would have been signed and have a sound and image!! They were so many artists that Never got signed!!Not sure about you but, they lived better lives than most of us were living in the 1960's considering the situation at that time!! I'm just saying!! Anyway appreciate your comment.
@jwl2733
4 жыл бұрын
A man that put 110 love in every song just unbelievable entertainer
@texasstardust6010
2 жыл бұрын
....You are spot on in that assessment ..I saw them perform in Vegas and they were outstanding...brought the house down. The talents of these men is unmatched of course Levi had such an amazing voice he could sing anything but all of them collectively together it was Magic... and that is so rare ; there's a few other groups that are like that, ... that were back in the day, but there's NO ONE today that can touch these guys...other than Abdul "(Duke ") who carries on the Legacy with the son of Original member Lawrence Payton. God bless them.
@fellfox
6 жыл бұрын
What a great voice Levi had
@marlonmiranda4648
3 жыл бұрын
Why haven’t they made a movie of the Four Tops?
@timpitsenberger5393
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the greatest nobody else was even close. What a shame to lose these Great Men
@sanjayluaybarhar5799
6 жыл бұрын
Got damm stubbs was good
@adriantomlin2902
4 жыл бұрын
Appeared to be one humble dude too!!
@annacabral776
Жыл бұрын
To my baby 🍼🍼 daddy may he rest in peace 🕊️🕊️ love your baby 🍼🍼 mama Annie Diaz 💋 carrion Rodriguez
@Colosisco
3 жыл бұрын
Music that makes you happy on a bad day! Can someone help me and tell me the piece of song that appears at 3:07 for 7 seconds?
@before3340
4 жыл бұрын
How the heck could anyone dislike this?
@alisonriley3996
2 жыл бұрын
Where was Larry,do we know the date?
@jamestaylor6493
3 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with all of your comments.The voice MR STUBBS.
@patricklarry6645
3 жыл бұрын
Levi Stubbs! Rip!
@darlacanadian4899
7 жыл бұрын
When talent stood alone! No gimmicks needed!
@adriantomlin2902
4 жыл бұрын
Ain't none of that anymore!!
@davidriley8590
4 жыл бұрын
Such great memories I was 29 then the Rythem just flowed into me when I heard their music.
@maryruggiero2884
7 жыл бұрын
33 years ago today...21jan84 - 21jan16. looking GREAT levi!!
@solenekhouri3954
4 жыл бұрын
Love love love 💖thanks a lot for sharing those kind of irreplaceable singers that makes us more optimistic 🍀
@michaelpontecorvo6183
6 жыл бұрын
NICE VIDEO!!!!!!!! THE FOUR TOPS LOOK VERY SOPHISTICATED. THEY ARE DANCING IN UNISON💝💝💝 I LIKE IT☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ LISA VOLTS
@andrewmorris6794
3 жыл бұрын
Wow just love the Four Tops
@Armelle1955
4 жыл бұрын
This groupe is the best.
@Davine28
2 жыл бұрын
Now that’s music!
@denisewaghorn1116
6 жыл бұрын
Four Tops Medley ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@johnandrei3667
6 ай бұрын
simply the best of the best
@marythomas8027
4 жыл бұрын
ONE OF CLASSICS GREAT GREAT 👍🏽😎😄♥️♥️♥️😊🎶🎹🎹🎸
@niceassinspector
6 жыл бұрын
what a group, ilisten to this rundown the songs and memories are a lot, really emotionally overwhelming, the memories, its enormously classic and historic music.
@leonardcrawley4510
3 жыл бұрын
Honoured having seen them live
@miquelpp
Жыл бұрын
Look for a live show at Paris in 1967 , absolutely amazing. A real gem
@davidhansen7609
Жыл бұрын
Miss Levi so much
@DonnaJ1312
26 күн бұрын
I saw these wonderful guys together Michael Bolton in 1994 with my Mummy at the Night Of a 100 stars at The Dominion Theatre in London..it was magical xxx
@jimilee4609
Жыл бұрын
Levi was up there with David Ruffin 👍
@cherriphelps0108
4 жыл бұрын
How awesome is this?! 💖
@ericvanjames8395
7 жыл бұрын
Pretty fast tempo!
@davescott6068
4 жыл бұрын
Maybe this is the place to say it. Always loved the Four Tops (seven rooms). But the thing you have to respect is the fact they stuck together. Apparently there were various attempts to crack Levi out, but he insisted on staying. Now that's a group!.
@326cher
4 жыл бұрын
Levi also took his marriage vows seriously.
@grahamparkyn1590
4 жыл бұрын
Well put over Dave..👍
@mybabba
3 жыл бұрын
@@326cher His wife was a lucky woman to have him.
@donnaelsberry574
Ай бұрын
VERY OUTSTANDING SHOWMENSHIP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH R.I.P 4TOPS ALWAYS FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS THE UNIVERSAL ❤❤
@theresacraven5170
4 жыл бұрын
A CLASSY GROUP !
@miketheshanmanmangan
6 жыл бұрын
From The Cradle Of Beach Music ,Classic 1,2,3,FOUR TOPS
@jonhcontreras
2 жыл бұрын
Seems like they don't really have their heart into it.. Compare it to when they do the same medley with the Temptations...
@tararimalika4768
8 жыл бұрын
J'adore les four tops
@marigonzalez5581
4 жыл бұрын
Gracias ,por esta hermosa música ,recordarles maravilloso
@xjolax
5 жыл бұрын
Love this music
@wmoy8507
3 жыл бұрын
Levi still sounds great then.
@bamboozle83
8 жыл бұрын
Love it!
@jl3322
3 жыл бұрын
Disco versions ✊🕺💃
@kboop11
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@judithgiddings8939
3 жыл бұрын
thw best love you levi xxx
@conlaiarla
5 жыл бұрын
Contrast this with the insipid music kids are listening to today. ..
@christinehoughton1374
5 жыл бұрын
Amazing,such a talented group,endless variety of beautiful songs and very smart men,you will always be remembered four tops ,top class .!!!!!
@griceljimenezdeescobar7593
2 ай бұрын
No conocía este grupo hasta que veía un video de artistas que murieron estos días entre ellos Abdul Fakir el último de este grupo con vida. Por curiosidad busque el KZitem y me encanto pues había escuchado algunas de sus canciones por otros artistas son geniales!!!!
@marypoulton6332
Ай бұрын
The best...always x
@marianogarcia8352
7 жыл бұрын
¡¡¡UNICOS!!!
@sharoncasto4987
2 ай бұрын
Love dancing❤
@victoriabelveduto3279
3 жыл бұрын
Better than the Temptations!!! Loved them since the 60s!!
@marigonzalez5581
4 жыл бұрын
Y hace 72 years ,and Y dancing whis t that beatufl music ,thanks ,very mucho .
@lourdesocanacerrillo922
4 жыл бұрын
Me encantan 4 tops 🎼🎶😀👍🌟💫💞
@stephensmith6788
2 жыл бұрын
Miss Them so much ❤❤❤❤
@annacabral776
Жыл бұрын
To my babes Johnny 💞 Rodriguez from your wife Annie 💋 carrion Rodriguez
@martacabrera4016
5 жыл бұрын
me encantan
@lewiscarey1593
Ай бұрын
Abdul last of 4 Tops passed away!!! R.I.P.😅
@anamariacanalesperez5461
4 жыл бұрын
Huauuuu esto si es música.
@michaelcoffey7362
3 жыл бұрын
Cool 😀
@zsuzsakiss9042
Жыл бұрын
Amazing .
@Leo70780
2 ай бұрын
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch ❤️❤️❤️
@veronicawebb2526
2 жыл бұрын
Love Levi
@rosiepinsett6925
2 жыл бұрын
Who is she? Look like Grace Jones from back in the day.
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