0 The Four Tops Historic U.K. First
- Video
- by Kingsley H. Smith
- 10/21/2008
When it comes to male lead singers from the guy groups of the Motown era, none was better than the Four Tops' Levi Stubbs.
His distinctive voice piloted the Motor City ensemble to fame and fortune as one of Motown's most successful "sound of young America" ambassadors.
Stubbs passed away on Friday, October 17, 2008 at his home in Detroit, Michigan.
The Four Tops were the first Black artists to reach #1 on the British album charts (a 1968 greatest hits collection).
Following quickly in their footsteps to #1 on the U.K. album charts would be the Supremes.
Here are my thoughts in 90 seconds on the legacy of Levi Stubbs and the Four Tops, who now have one sole surviving member from the original group (Abdul Fakir):