Four Tops Live at Trump Marina
10/6/2007 at 9:00 AM
Grand Cayman
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The group performed for over four decades together without a single change in personnel, which is virtually unheard of in the notoriously changeable world of popular music. As for their accomplishments, the Four Tops cut some of Motown's most memorable singles during the label's creative zenith, including "Baby I Need Your Loving," "I Can't Help Myself (Sugarpie, Honeybunch)," "It's the Same Old Song," "Reach Out I'll Be There," "Standing in the Shadows of Love" and "Bernadette." The Four Tops' greatest records were recorded at Motown with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland between 1964 and 1967.
Having arrived in Motown in 1963, the group had already logged nearly ten years in show business. Lead vocalist Levi Stubbs, first tenor Abdul "Duke" Fakir, second tenor Lawrence Payton and baritone Renaldo "Obie" Benson began singing together as the Four Aims soon after graduating high school in 1954. Modeling themselves on the Ink Spots, the Aims evolved into a versatile nightclub act. They recorded for the Chess, Red Top and Columbia labels before Motown founder Berry Gordy lured them to Motown. Stubbs' bold, dramatic readings of some of Holland-Dozier-Holland's choicest material set a high standard for contemporary soul in the mid-Sixties.
The Four Tops returned to Motown in 1983, the year of the company's 25th anniversary, and toured extensively with the Temptations. They occasionally found themselves back on the charts during the 70’s and 80’s with such hits as
"Ain't No Woman (Like the One I Got)" and "When She Was My Girl."
The Four Tops were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and continued to tour the oldies circuit. In 1997, Lawrence Payton passed away, which proved to be the only thing that could break up the group. After some consideration, the remaining members hired former Temptation, Theo Peoples, to take Payton's place on tour. In July 2005, Obie Benson died and was replaced by Lawrence Payton's son Roquel.
The Four Tops will return to the Grand Cayman at Trump Marina on Saturday, October 6 at 9 p.m. |
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