The Untold Truth Of The Four Tops(Motown Legends Ep26)
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I’m Not Saying The Four Tops Are Better Than The Temptations. I’m Simply Asking For You Guys Opinion
Otis Williams has stated that Levi Stubbs was a "problem"...in other words vocally he had no peer at Motown. His baritone could reach inside you and make you feel his pain.
@@nodoor9132 exactly 💯
On a scale of 1 to 10: The Temptations are an 8.5; The Four Tops are a solid 10!!
Well in my opinion the temptations was definitely the main attraction for motown for many years. With that said the four tops took the spotlight from everybody when they were hot. So this can be a hard decision to make. The temptations had many lead singer's. The four tops stayed true to form throughout their entire career. According to levy stubbs all of the four tops could have taken lead. Levy was a great R&B singer. The rest of the group was In perfect harmony.
@@nodoor9132 that depended on who you asked, most motown artist and fans would argue marvin gaye had no peer!
I’ve always admired Levi Stubbs for staying loyal to his singing brothers.
He could’ve had a very successful solo career,
but he rode with the group until the very end.
They’re the only Motown group that stayed together with all of their original members until death.
I also appreciate that loyalty. Even the girl singer from the Seekers should have learned that lesson.
The Four Tops were always my favorite. I still listen to them to this very day. That they stayed together, is something I admire.
No one had a better voice than Levi Stubbs
Word...one of the most underrated and overlooked voices in recording history
Yes yes yes!!
The Four Tops was my first favorite Motown group, since I graduated from elementary school in 1965. All the Motown singers and the Funk Brothers were excellent alike.
The Four Tops were always my #1 favorite! Their music is so awesome!
The tempts and the four tops were the top two groups to me that stood out at motown
The four tops are my favorite Motown act by far love these guys
Fun facts; Levi Stubbs had a brother in The Contours and his 1st cousin was Jackie Wilson. Music runs deep in their family. Berry Gordy also wanted Levi to become a single artist but he remained loyal to his Bros The Tops.BG also wanted Levi to play Louis Mckay in Lady Sings The Blues before offering Billy Dee the role.RIP🙏🏽🙏🏽
All the groups on Motown were all different and all the groups did not sound the same that’s why all the groups stood out
Love Levi Stubb's and the Four Tops. Amazing talent, amazing times for music..Compared to today's so called music 'Shake me, Wake Me When It's Over"
Dramatics sang Hey you get off my mountain
Reggalove, you get a bullseye on that.todays music is lame compared to the Motown talent.
I remember watching the Temptatoins
and 4 TOPS battle on stage and Levi
Was singing to Dennis Edwards a
Verse from "I'm losing you" , it was a
Message that was pure fact, he said
"I can tell from your face someone's
TAKING YOUR PLACE" and he gave Dennis that "look" as a warning to
be prepared and sure as was, Ali ollie
Woodson (treat her like a lady) was
In the group.check it out for yourself,
And look at Dennis face ....priceless
Moment indeed !👍
I loved Levi Stubbs vocal performance in the movie Little Shop of Horrors. It was perfection.
I’m a big 4 tops fan, The Temps only had better dance steps, but the Tops was my dudes
The album 'Still waters' by The Four Tops debut in1970, not 1974!
Levi was the greatest of all Motown male singers. The Temptations had the best choreography/ charisma and overall catalog
Jackie Wilson was his equal!
I could write a lenghty essay on The Four Tops' greatness/superiority as a vocal group!!
I don't think they ever made a bad song. They were smoooooth. Luv'd em.
Their voices we're great together. My favorites were Ain't no woman like the one I got, Hey you get off my mountain, still water, I can't help myself, Bernadette and so many more.
@@NathanAHogan Thank you.
I have backed them up now since 1996. Lawrence was the lead singer when they were in Harlem, NYC singing jazz in clubs before they moved back to Detroit. When they started doing R&B again, Levi went on to be lead singer. Their very 1st album back at Motown Records was a big band style album. There are photos archived of that recording session with a full big band in the basement of that house! That album is still on Apple Music and other services still to this day.The recording is called "Lost and Found: Breaking Through".
The Four Tops and the Temps were each fantastic. The Temptations, however, gave you something to look at which made them a little more appealing because you actually wanted to see them in person not just hear them. But they were both great.
You are absolutely correct.
AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 TEMPS, 🥲 😌 TOUCHED MY HEART ❤ MY SOUL MY EARS,AND EYES 👀 💙!! THEIR SOUND WAS GOSPEL LIKE!! THAT I LOVE ❤!! 4 TOPS VERY GOOD, MORE POP SOUNDING TO ME!!❣❣
I loved how the Temps had 4 distinctive voices with Otis being the glue, holding the middle baritone/tenor.
The Four Tops gave you something to look at too. Four Tops my favorite group ever. Levi Stubbs had the best voice ever, golden voice
@@annetterichard7425 when I said that the Temps gave you something to look at I meant their moves and dance. The 4 Tops were great singers but they did not have the choreography of the Temps.
I just love The Four Tops.
Favorites: Just Ask the Lonely, Baby I Need Your Lovin’, Stillwater’s, I Believe in You and Me
Profiles in Pittsburgh I saw the Four Tops and The Temptations at the Benedum theater May 3rd 2024. I love them both and I think of them often when I go on UA-cam to hear their music end songs❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊
The temps had some wonderful singers,but none of them comes close to Levi.
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love you Man 🤞🏾 i beg you to do the four tops now it's done ✅ thank you brother
This group didn’t have personal problems they all stayed together until the death of the artists.
yes they did , but unlike others they knew it is the group and put all bs aside. They loved each other
...and the Dells. The Dells and Tops are the most underrated groups in R&B history.
@@sierria64 yes they probably had their ups and downs like any other group but it never got to the point that someone had to depart because of it.
I never met any human being who didn't have personal problems. No not one.some people.say the darnest things.
Guess this was meant to shake me and wake me. I knew the four tops was a great group, but I didn't realize they were this great.
The Four Tops and the Temps were great but the Manhattans were awesome too...
Four tos where great but it was the temps who sat the stage for all the groups that followed plus great writers like Smokie Robinson and others gave life to Motown music Barry Gordy Hats off to you Sir for the fine memories of the of 60s
Always loved the four tops. loved their sound so try.
I just seen them at the Wind Creek Bethlehem 4-27-24 along side the Temptations. They were great and i was very excited to see what artist were left of each group and the way they did their songs . Their voices sound the same Levi Stubbs son sung a song dedicated to his father.
The idea of the song "What's goin' on" was actually Obie Benson's. Not Marvin Gaye's.
Das Beste was Amerika an Musik in die Welt gebracht hat !
Kraftvoll, rhythmisch und mitreißend waren alle Welterfolge, von Motown !
19.08.'24
Comparing them with the Tempts is kinda hard because the Tops only had one lead singer and the Temptations has several.
I'll be there is one of my favorite motown songs..
Great show! However, you pictured Jerry Butler. Not Frank Wilson.
The Tops didn't appear to have the internal struggles of the Temps and were perhaps more professional.
I wouldn't call missing a flight that crashed a "fun" fact. I am glad they were so lucky.
Where's my jam that's the way nature planned it that was the song
Harmonies: Temps
Lead vocals: Tops
@@garymayfield5995 why is that
@@NathanAHoganwhat if I like gospel style harmonies over jazz style harmonies, or Vice versa? 😭
@@teddyj.3198 well then you would like the Temps more because all of the Temps have church backgrounds so you just contradicted yourself and they have more of a gospel sound then the Tops Jazzy feel
@@NathanAHogan he don’t know who’s who🤣
@@johnomalley7211 look up the definition of Vice versa…idiot
Nope ... I'd say that the Motown groups were all great. They all had that Motown sound and that's what made that Motown sound! The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Commodores, The Supremes, etc. All wonderful to listen to if you like Motown. (Motor Town - Detroit, where they made cars)
Still water 1970, not 1974.
Great presentation but you didn't mention I beleive in you and me. My favorite Tops record..
I love the Four Tops. Besides Levi’s voice and loyalty to his partners, the vocal background of the other three were so well blended. I have a hard time trying to decipher the three parts. I never got to see them live. What a wonderful group!
My favorites by them is indestructible, ill turn to stone, i believe in you and me.
You do a fantastic job with these videos, you are head and shoulders above the rest. So glad I found your videos.you have a dignified demeanor that separates you from the wannabes. Keep going and you'll be on top. From a fan for life, bill feilhauer
Whew! Okay I love the Tops! Lawd knows I do! But the Temptations we're on another level. As iconic as Levi's voice was. The temptations had several iconic voices. Which means those voices were always heard distinctly in the background. Not to mention their Choreography. So no, no comparison. But again, I Love and Appreciate the Four Tops and what they contributed to music.
I love the four tops so much they put out great tunesthey"rey favorite group at Motown next to the Jackson 5.
I really enjoyed your info on the four tops l grew listening to all their songs as well as the Temptations also had great songs with stories of realities in life as live experienced now lam 68 and finally have the time reflect on these songs and l find really possessing healing powers for the soul and mind and outlook l have now I come to know what a person listens does determine their outlook on life the songs are wholesome and rich with moral and ethical value a that are not heard in today's songs in this genre of music.😍a fan of these groups love Linda
The four tops I grew up in Detroit during that time you should take the bus to see the Motown review at the Fox theater Motown music runs through my veins
What about the SPINNERS
Reach out, I’ll be there…that song always reminds me of the movie Cooley High!!
Baby, I Need Your Lovin' actually went #11 on the hot 100.
Levi voice is amazing
Duke Fakir is the last surviving member just like Otis Williams of The Temptations. Katherine Anderson Rogers is the last surviving member of The Marvelettes. Smokey and Claudette Robinson are the surviving the Original Miracles. Diana Ross is the surviving member of the original trio Supremes. All of the members of Jr. Walker and The All Stars are deceased.
Four tops, then Commodores. However I love the temptations. I don't know. I can't pick.
I can't agree that The 4 Tops were greater than The Temptations. The Classic Five of The Temptations: Paul Williams, Eddie Kendricks, Otis Williams; David Ruffin, & Melvin Franklin, all could sing Lead & each did with the exception of Otis Williams to my remembrance. The 4 Tops on the other hand, had only 1 primary Lead Singer who was Levi Stubbs.
Now, The 4 Tops stayed together LONGER than The Temptations which was a FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT!!!
I LOVE THEM BOTH, however, I lean toward Temptations!!!
The Four Tops had a greater depth of vocal artistry than The Temptations. Four Tops had uncanny ability to "cover songs," resulting in masterpieces like Walk Away Renee, Mac Arthur Park, Do What You Gotta Do, and California Dreamin' (with Lawrence Payton singing lead). And their harmony is unmatched! I like The Temptations--they're terrific! But, to me, it's not a close comparison. The Four Tops are the superior sing group!! 🎤🎤🎤🎤
They were awesome 👌
Levi stubbs up there with the great vocalists. listen to just ask the lonely..Stunning voice....
Wow!! Perhaps history should re-assess exactly WHO was indeed Motown's greatest group......
Greatnessville USA 🇺🇸
By Deepy
Part One
June 6, 2021
5:29 on the great baritone voice’s PM side!
*T.F.T.R.I.S.E.!!!
Like the song he sang,
He didn’t mind standing,
In the shadow of ❤️,
Singing loyally with his Four Toppers,
As hand and glove!
Rare was he indeed,
He policed his ego,
To take the back seat,
Yet shining musically with his,
Unique glow,
Which can’t be beat!
His voice and song still lives in our ❤️s,
Even this very day,
Singing to US,
“I Believe In You”,
Come what may!
On this day he came into this world,
To with his voice bless,
Man, woman, boy and girl!
Thanks Bro Sir Elder Levi Stubbs,
For planting your angelic voice into,
Our ❤️s for so many faithful years from your,
Musical skies of blue!
May others rise up,
To take,
Your legacy to the next level,
With excellence they wisely daily make!
Yes, Levi was a wise, **great and sunny citizen,
In Greatnessville,
Singing with his regal voice,
As the king of the hill!
Selah.
Peace.
Blissfully Sugar Piefully We ❤️ You Today,
James Lee Frazier, Jr.
Proverbs 17:17
*THE FOUR TOPS RAISING INNER SUNNY ENERGIES!
**PSALM 18:35
Four Tops were always a Class Act. Saw their fabulous act at Atlantic City. They were Good!
Renaldo Obie Benson was the original writer if song "What's Going On".
Renaldo "Obie Benson wasn't the writer of What's Going On but the inspiration for the song. Renaldo "Obie" Benson witnessed in 1969 police brutality & violence against protestors during a protest held by Anti-War Activist. Upset by what he witnessed he discussed what he saw with his friend & songwriter Al Cleveland, who wrote & composed a song reflecting Benson's feelings and concerns. In 1970 Benson presented the song to Marvin Gaye, who tweaked it by added his own lyrics and a new melody. Gaye was going to give the song to The Originals but after his brother and others returned home from the Viet Nam War. He felt he couldn't do anymore Love songs but needed to address and get answers to What's Going On, in the world during that time. That song still resonates today. and was ahead of it's time
Commodores came along as Soul music was morphing into Funk. Jackson 5 was more of a "boy band."
Levi and David had much different voices but overall I liked Levi's voice and sheer power behind his singing better.
R.I.P Duke Fakir 🕊️
Do you have any information on Theo peoples, great singer with personal problem
For the record Reach Out I'll Be There is a bigger song world wide then any Temptations song.
It isn’t. My girl is.
@@MFjaYWiLL nope its not My Girl only hit number 1 on Pop Charts and R&B charts in America that's it. It's not number 1 nowhere else in the world.
@@jamargoodman7003 so what? Doesn’t need to be. America dominates charts worldwide. Lol that’s why all acts want to come to America.
@@MFjaYWiLL Point is The Tops have the biggest record out of the 2 groups just giving facts.
@@jamargoodman7003 oh okay.. cause it won’t a Grammy? Like Papa was a rolling stone? Or cloud nine? Oh it didn’t? Oh okay 👍🏽
I think the Four Tops are great but a lot of their songs have the Andantes in the background which I don’t like and I think if they Obie Lawrence and Duke sang more leads they’d be even better but I do think they are Top 3
Also the Tops were more popular in the UK than in the US
I am glad they keeping 4 tops alive he can't like levi
This is a great documentary
have you done the Miracles and you soo need to do the Funk Brothers Motown would not have sounded the same with out them
That was Jerry Butler not Frank Wilson
There is no formal criteria to determine which group, the Four Tops or the Temptations, is the best. Unlike, a sports team that wins a championship and is considered the best team in the sport that particular year. Which group is the best is a matter of opinion. You may think the Four Tops are the best but you're not going to convince Temptation fans and by the same token Four Tops fans will never be persuaded that the Temptations are better. This is a friendly debate or argument that will never be settled to everyone's satisfaction. So, it comes down to your preference. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. So for me it's the Four Tops. In addition to their music, I like their continuity over all those years. That was something I always admired about them unlike the Temptations who had numerous personnel changes. One more thing, the Four Tops had more crossover hits than the Temptations. Now watch all those Temptation fans go ballistic. Lol.
Temptations had 37 top 40 Pop hit singles. The Four Tops had 24.
Temps
Temptations #-1 and Four Tops #-2
That was Jerry Butler at 8:38 not no Frank Wilson????Duhhh!!!!!
THEY ARE MY NO 1 GROUP
You can't say one group was better than the other they all had their own personally and helped pave the way for what Motown is today just the thing the turbolent 60s was racial tension the Vietnam War Protesting everywhere people trying to fine there own identity think about it Motown and these groups gave us what we needed to carry on
On a good night the spinners will out do both groups. The spinners are most underrated groups of all time. Spinners were dealt a bad hand at motown so they departed motown even though the spinners were at a different label before the group went to motown. As great as the spinners during the the late 60s but they dominated the 70s even though they were around sense the late 1950s yes before temptations the 4 tops the dramatics yes the spinners were older. There was a time in music history were the spinners were better then the 4 tops and temptations.
The 4 Tops formed in 1954 and signed there first deal in 1956 to Chess Records. The Spinners in 1955 and had several personnel changes including lead singers The 4 Tops holds the record for a group to stay together the longest without personnel changes from 54-97.
No one whatever take Levi's stubbs voice just like Jackie Wilson no one's not even close
the four tops didnt take turns singing lead
@@NathanAHogan only one other person but three sang lead for the Temptations
@@NathanAHogan exactly. However Berry Gordy wwould had preferred only one lead singer the Temptations and one or two writers insisted that the members of th group take turns singing lead. Otis had sung lead in an early Temptation song. Melvin had sang lead on Ole man river. Gordy was a genuis in starting motown and polishing he groups to he accepted mainstream. He had a narrow scope on versatility of his groups
@@garymayfield5995 not on record. Can't find anything where Fakir sang lead while Levi was still with the group
on that terrific show " unsung " it was said by the duke .....never didn t show for choroegrapht practice with cholly atkins ........ the duke had mentione that ...... " UNSUNG " TERRIFIC SERIES ........
Love the 4 Tops, but better than the Temptations???
I loved/love The Four Tops too. Nevertheless, they were not better than The Temptations.
Why compare?
Both groups style was different both were incredibly successful in their own right.
@@garymayfield5995 I do agree, 100%; not even close.
Excuse me but, as great as the Four Tops were they could NEVER top the TEMPTATIONS! The TEMPTATIONS with David Ruffin, Eddie Kendricks, Paul Williams, Melvin Franklin, & Otis Williams were not the greatest Black group, nor the greatest vocal male group! The Classic TEMPTATIONS were thee GREATEST SINGING, DANCING, AND BEST DRESSED group in the history of recorded music!!! And I loved the Four Tops & the Miracles! But the GREATEST singing miracle that I have ever heard & seen was the Classic TEMPTATIONS! Ain't No Bout-a-doubt-it!!! 😁❤
All the Motown singers and the Funk Brothers were excellent in every way: talented in music, manners, even in outward appearance. They look[ed] better than today's musical artists, which is rap and hip-hop. That is not my speed like the old, original and authentic music.
That 1st lineup of the Temptations was together for 3 years until 1967. The Tops didn't have a lineup change until 1997. Stability and longevity
@@NathanAHogan Good point. I meant the pre David Ruffin period but after Al & Richard Street left. The Hitless Temptations
Bernadette, thats the way nature plannef it. MacArthur park. Still water.
Sugar pie honey bunch...om...
I wouldn't call nearly dying in the tragic Pan Am 747 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland a "Fun Fact!" Otherwise, good job.
Yall forgot to mention BOYZ TO MEN.
R I p Duke
Levi was never in the falcons. Nothing other than the tops
Levi and Jackie was member’s for a “You Blink You’ll Miss It Moment”
@@WBPTV who said that? The tops formed in 1954 and thats the only group levi was with
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The Temptations are better for sure. I've seen both groups every year for the last 15 years or so. They are both great, but the Temptations seem to have unlimited hit songs. One strange thing though: over the last three years, for some reason, the Temptations have opened for The Four Tops, and I had always assumed that the better/more marketable group would end the show. And it used to be the Temptations that ended every show.
Love ask the lonely, clear water; love catfish
Baby I need your loving went #11 not number 1 also Bernadette was not a top 5 hit but a top 15.
You're wrong Bernadette was number 4 on the pop charts.
Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Yeh still waters was released 1970 not 74 frank Wilson and Co. Wrote it
What's the untold truth
Sorry the temptations are the best
More successful maybe
I have to agree with that
I'm a child of the late 70s and early 80s. But I loved the Four tops. My mom, had a lot of groups albumns, my older siblings had their favorite. I still say The Four Tops was up there. Trust me I loved the temps, Eddie was my favorite. David came in when the group needed a strong voice. As a group they all contributed. Well maybe Otis was in the background. But Levi was a good singer. They were right to have him as the lead singer. In many ways The Four Tops was up there. For that era with David Ruffin ability to sing as well as his dramatic performances. Was good for the group. But there were great singers in the group after him. Unlike the Temps. The four tops didn't have a lot of Drama. I guess there will be those who will say The Temptations was the Best but I guess that depends on whose voice made the song a favorite. I won't leave out The Four Tops. Because they had a lot great songs to, maybe they didn't have the moves or fancy clothes, but they didn't need them Levi managed to sing some great songs. There is no need to argue. Because they were both Great groups. As I was told The Temptations had no Lead singer. But had some Great lead vocalist. The moves, some of the out fits were right on. Maybe it's just my imagination.✌️❤️🖖🙂🙌. Love, respect and positivity always. Vee j.
Exactly....and it ain't even close!
#TheVeryBestSingerEver