Watching this made me cry I remember watching the Four Tops at the calafornia ballroom Dunstable England in the 70s cost me 3 pounds to get in Levi Stubbs made me shiver what a singer the Four Tops where great Mr Fakir keep going the Four Tops music I play most days, I just wish you were all still here
RIP to Lamont Dozier who Co Wrote alot of their hits as they acknowledged. RIP to Olivia Newton-John who over the years mingled with Motown Alumnae most notably Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson.
I was 3 years old when the Motown 25 Anniversary aired. The day I fell in love with music. I still remember the show I saw it through a child with mature eyes. I had already missed 2 1/2 decades of the tempts. I'm so grateful for these uploads. My 2 year old daughter has fell in love with the Temptations movie & after watching it over & over 😫😫😫 she has got me on a Motown binge watch. This is my 3rd day 🤣🤣🤣 I'm enjoying this. Ironically Barry Gordy will be 90 this Thursday on Thanksgiving. NOVEMBER 28, 2019 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 HE IS STILL ALIVE AND MAJORITY OF EVERYONE HAD GONE ON.
The Four Tops are sooo magnificent. So much press was done on the Temptations and the Supremes and Miracles that sometimes (maybe because they were so free of drama) that the Four Tops got ignored in the press. Their voice are perfect together, and then Levi in the front is the icing on the cake... Sounds like they could sing anything and make it special, even when singing songs made famous by British or Pop groups. Walk Away Renee (one of my 4 Tops favorites), I'm A Believer, It's All In the Game (another masterpiece cover). I'll admit, even I sometimes ignored them until I matured and paid better attention! They also had the same original members until Lawrence passed, initially choosing NOT to replace him. I am in awe of The Four Tops! Stevie Wonder ain't so bad either!!! LOL
I'll never understand why there wasn't a Four Tops movie. After all the disaster movies about groups that fell apart, there should be some example of how to keep a group together for that many years. We need to get it done before we lose Abdul Fakir.
There was no scandal with the Tops. Negativity sells. Therefore no book or movie. Obie once said, "Why tell a story that's already been told." I agree with him !
i have heard Levi say time and time again: "the story has already been told." never heard Obie say it, but i imagine they all said it because there is no book, no movie, and no plans for either.
Personally, I don't understand that line of thinking. Wouldn't fans of the group want a book with a fairly detailed history of the group? I know I would. But I'm a fairly new fan that doesn't really know much about the group.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👏👏👏love y’all! Great intertainers!! Thank you for all the music you have given us! 20/22 still listing to your music today. Just great memories growing up with this music . R.I.P. to the ones who are not here today but,still will be remembered through the music. Thanks again! 🥰
Boyz To Men talked about how The Temptations influenced them and Melvin Franklin (RIP) told them to always be humble about their success. In The UK on The X Factor, every Singing Group that auditions said that Boyz To Men influenced them immensely and as many of you know "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross's Version is played when someone gets the Gold Buzzer. I remember seeing the Movie about The Temptations and My Father laughed as Cholly was teaching them their Moves. It's amazing to know that The Motown Charm School still exists. First with Popstars Shows all over the world most notably in 2002 with Popstars The Rivals not to mention K-Pop. Cholly's former Partner Honi Coles would later be The Manger of The Apollo Theater where The Miracles did a disastrous debut in 1959.
I've heard stories about how company execs constantly attempted to get Levi to go solo and he would always refuse to do so, remaining with the Tops until his illness no longer allowed him to sing with them. The other 3 give him credit for them having a career as singers, possibly because once a lead singer leaves, not much attention is paid to those that remain (stereotypically). He was a great guy, remain with his buddies, his brothers from the time they were kids until death. Longer than any of their marriages!! Four great guys!!
Why would the execs want Levi as a solo artist? What would he accomplish as a solo artist that he couldn't accomplish as the lead singer of a popular group? Like Diana Ross going solo? Why did she go solo? She was already billed as Diana Ross and the Supremes before she went "solo." And when Miss Ross did her "solo" performances she still needed three singers on stage with her to replace the Supremes!
R.I.P. Levi Stubbs :-( your songs will stay in our hearts forever. No one can take the wonderful memories away from us. We will hear them over and over again. 😭💋❤🙏
You know what's also so amazing. Still after all these years, Motown's "Charm School" in it's own way still has a ripple effect. I was watching POPSTARS: The Rivals from 2002 and they put the "Kids" through the same "Bootcamp" in terms of Vocalization and Choreography. Even after all of these Years, They are still popular in the UK.
THE FOUR TOPS & THE SUPREMES (Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Jean Terrell) in the 1970's recorded as THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and if you come across their work together is outstanding, their version of "River Deep-Mountain High" is magical, it went Top#20 on The Billboard 100 Pop Charts. Now if you had the chance to see them perform live like I did, that was glorious. I saw them in a concert together in Washington DC in 1971 and the chemistry they had together showed how much fun they were having.
I believe you. Yet there was no way that The Diana Ross Less Supremes were going to eclipse Diana Ross. A Young Lady named Nicola Roberts from the UK did her Version of River Deep Mountain High during an audtion and it was amazing. She would go on to be part of a Girl Group called Girls Aloud which is the most successful Group to come out of Reality TV in the UK.
laminage....Diane Ross is the product of the marketing, publicity machine of THE BOSS, the one and only THE BOSS, Motown CEO Berry Gordy. While being her lover 1969/1974 he created her. like Clive Davis created Whitney Houston. Today in 2018 Ms Mary Wilson's voice is in far better shape than Diane Ross. Mary will be in San Francisco at THE NIKKO HOTEL "Feinstein At The Nikko Room on February 16 & 17, 2018 and I can't wait, she has evolved into THE SUPREMES LEGACY!
This is real music right here where o where did these days go? Why'd they have to go? Take me back please take me back! Love love love the temptations and Marvin Gaye yasss! If only I could go back
If I'm not mistaken The Spinners and The Four Tops are two groups who kept up their original members for many years, of course some of them if not many would eventually pass away in years to come.
I just seen the mighty mighty TEMPTATIONS & THE FOUR TOPS. in NEW JERSEY and just let me say this nobody has ever got. Over there LOVE affair with the TEMPS &TOPS
Maybe someone will make a feature-length documenary of The Four Top's while Mr. Fakir is still with us, even if it is not released immediately. I say this because he may want to maintain as much privacy as he can, and a film might generate a lot of publicity. Since we don't know a lot about The Tops' private lives, we really don't know if there was any drama. Nevertheless, I would like to see a feature-length docudrama of just them alone, not sharing the stage with anyone else. We don't know much about their UK tour. They said they had a wonderful time; and I would love to hear more about it. If Ms. Franklin, and Mr. Fakir could be interviewed immediately, it would be great. The two would be a treasure trove of information that probably can't be obtained from any other source. Is anybody with me? If so, please reply. Maybe we can start a campaign to get it done. After all, they were every bit as good as The Temps, but, unlike The Temps, never got the respect, in my opinion, that they deserved. Let's here about just them already!!
@@showtime6663 He is. That's so surreal to know that after 57 he's still manning the Ship. In the UK & Australia, they are still revered. To many of the Groups they were the prototype for every single group of their genre that came after them. As for The four Tops, since Three of them are Dead Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Walter Payton, & Levi Stubbs they would need permission from their Families and maybe they said no. You know what's so sad, when The Temptations got Honorary Grammys only Otis Williams was there to accept his while the Children of their Partners represented their Fathers. A Couple of years ago, Abdul "Duke" Fakir was part of a UK Documentary called "I'm In A Boy Band".
this reminds me of my mother Stella Rest In Peace Mom....Especially when her parts came on the four tops singing the 4 of us and Paul Williams(her favorite tempt) singing For Once in my life.....she'd repeat those over and over. I cry when I see or hear those songs. Also since I am a Supreme fan a huge one, when the Supremes and Temptations do their medley ..I used to do the dances Diana Ross does when she drops it at the knees a couple times. lol She used to laugh cuz we both know I can't stand Diana. Love and Miss you Mom soooooooooooo Much. I think of you every day. see you soon.
True. Actually, they were together about 60 years (formed in 1952) But after that one replacement in 1961, they stayed together until last surviving lead singer Marvin Junior died in 2013 - more than 50 years. A phenomenal achievement.
DAVID RUFFIN MADE THAT GROUP DESPITE THE THE THINGS HE DID 😢 THEY ALL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE WORLD BUT THE FOUR TOPS CLASSY SHARP AS CAN BE OK RIP 🙏 ALL OF YOU THE WORLD CHERISH YOU AND SO DO I❤
You know what's so sad. With the exception of Dennis Edwards & Otis Williams all of The Temptations who sang Standing At The Top Are Dead, not to mention Rick James.
Here's a funny story. When they did The Big Chill Scene, they had to "pretend" they were listening to The Music, then after the scene was put in, The Editor put the actual music in. As you know The Soundtrack is on Motown Records. It also featured songs by The Rascals, Beach Boys, and The Exciters and Three Dog Night.
love watching this now that I am in the music business Solo Gospel. black female Artist IAM learning so much about the Business knowing I will put God 1st.
The Temptations and Four Tops were the two best groups in musical history. Music now is so disgustingly AWFUL that it's a disgrace to even refer to it as MUSIC!. I'm so grateful for having grown up with Motown. Yes, Levi was married but I loved him anyway...
And to think that in future years The Temptations would work with Elton JOhn whom they met in the 1970's, as well as Rod Stewart (The Motown Song). Rod Stewart said one of his biggest thrills was performing with David Ruffin in the early 1970's shortly after leaving The Faces. In England they were mentioned on The UK Soap Opera Emmerdale when a Marriage Proposal went wrong. The Groom wanted the Waitstaff to serenade his Girlfriend with My Girl but another song was sung instead.
The Temptations, the coolest group ever. And David Ruffin, the coolest of the cool.
Seeing Stevie Wonder sing Sugar Pie Honey Bunch: Priceless!
Watching this made me cry I remember watching the Four Tops at the calafornia ballroom Dunstable England in the 70s cost me 3 pounds to get in Levi Stubbs made me shiver what a singer the
Four Tops where great Mr Fakir keep going the Four Tops music I play most days, I just wish you were all still here
DAVID RUFFIN WE LOVE❤️ YOU, R.I.P.🕊✝🕊
the temps & the tops was two of my favorites groups outside of the Jackson's 5
RIP to Lamont Dozier who Co Wrote alot of their hits as they acknowledged. RIP to Olivia Newton-John who over the years mingled with Motown Alumnae most notably Stevie Wonder & Michael Jackson.
I was 3 years old when the Motown 25 Anniversary aired. The day I fell in love with music. I still remember the show I saw it through a child with mature eyes. I had already missed 2 1/2 decades of the tempts. I'm so grateful for these uploads. My 2 year old daughter has fell in love with the Temptations movie & after watching it over & over 😫😫😫 she has got me on a Motown binge watch. This is my 3rd day 🤣🤣🤣 I'm enjoying this. Ironically Barry Gordy will be 90 this Thursday on Thanksgiving. NOVEMBER 28, 2019 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 HE IS STILL ALIVE AND MAJORITY OF EVERYONE HAD GONE ON.
Wow i thiught gordy wil be 95
@@stevienixxx1221 Nope born today 1929
@@MZHARDBODYENT wow well he rich so he has the best medicine
The Four Tops are sooo magnificent. So much press was done on the Temptations and the Supremes and Miracles that sometimes (maybe because they were so free of drama) that the Four Tops got ignored in the press. Their voice are perfect together, and then Levi in the front is the icing on the cake... Sounds like they could sing anything and make it special, even when singing songs made famous by British or Pop groups. Walk Away Renee (one of my 4 Tops favorites), I'm A Believer, It's All In the Game (another masterpiece cover).
I'll admit, even I sometimes ignored them until I matured and paid better attention! They also had the same original members until Lawrence passed, initially choosing NOT to replace him.
I am in awe of The Four Tops! Stevie Wonder ain't so bad either!!! LOL
hollidayevery So many memories
Unfortunately they didn’t get many songs from Holland-Dozier-Holland to perform.
I'll never understand why there wasn't a Four Tops movie. After all the disaster movies about groups that fell apart, there should be some example of how to keep a group together for that many years. We need to get it done before we lose Abdul Fakir.
Amen. I thought the group would have jumped on the miniseries bandwagon after the success of the temptations one.
There was no scandal with the Tops. Negativity sells. Therefore no book or movie. Obie once said, "Why tell a story that's already been told." I agree with him !
i have heard Levi say time and time again: "the story has already been told." never heard Obie say it, but i imagine they all said it because there is no book, no movie, and no plans for either.
Obie says it in the interview with Levi and Theo. Played it a few days ago. Personally, I hope there's never a book !
Personally, I don't understand that line of thinking. Wouldn't fans of the group want a book with a fairly detailed history of the group? I know I would. But I'm a fairly new fan that doesn't really know much about the group.
Paul Williams is so underrated...the man was a beast
Kortney Markham the Dell
Kortney Markham For sure. At 27:14 to 27:17 look how smooth he is with the dancing compared to the other 4
Kortney Markham he needs his on documentary just like eddie and david
PW heart and soul!!
Garwin Wayne remember in the movie Paul was always the one with the most rhythm lol
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👏👏👏love y’all! Great intertainers!! Thank you for all the music you have given us! 20/22 still listing to your music today. Just great memories growing up with this music . R.I.P. to the ones who are not here today but,still will be remembered through the music. Thanks again! 🥰
Boyz To Men talked about how The Temptations influenced them and Melvin Franklin (RIP) told them to always be humble about their success. In The UK on The X Factor, every Singing Group that auditions said that Boyz To Men influenced them immensely and as many of you know "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Diana Ross's Version is played when someone gets the Gold Buzzer. I remember seeing the Movie about The Temptations and My Father laughed as Cholly was teaching them their Moves. It's amazing to know that The Motown Charm School still exists. First with Popstars Shows all over the world most notably in 2002 with Popstars The Rivals not to mention K-Pop. Cholly's former Partner Honi Coles would later be The Manger of The Apollo Theater where The Miracles did a disastrous debut in 1959.
This music makes my heart ache wishing for those times again. It will always be with me.
Mine Too !
i feel the same way...
yesss
I've heard stories about how company execs constantly attempted to get Levi to go solo and he would always refuse to do so, remaining with the Tops until his illness no longer allowed him to sing with them.
The other 3 give him credit for them having a career as singers, possibly because once a lead singer leaves, not much attention is paid to those that remain (stereotypically). He was a great guy, remain with his buddies, his brothers from the time they were kids until death. Longer than any of their marriages!!
Four great guys!!
Why would the execs want Levi as a solo artist? What would he accomplish as a solo artist that he couldn't accomplish as the lead singer of a popular group? Like Diana Ross going solo? Why did she go solo? She was already billed as Diana Ross and the Supremes before she went "solo." And when Miss Ross did her "solo" performances she still needed three singers on stage with her to replace the Supremes!
My dear mother grandfather is 1st. Cousin to Marvin Junior one of the oringinal Dells, such a honor.
That's awesome
Love the Dells ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Miss my Retha. MY GOD, those guys still have GREAT VOICES! They took their God-Giving talents to the world.
We need a four top movie ASAP !!🙏🏾❤️🎶
R.I.P. Levi Stubbs :-( your songs will stay in our hearts forever. No one can take the wonderful memories away from us. We will hear them over and over again. 😭💋❤🙏
I remember my dad had the video I used to watch it all the time!
My aunt taped it and I found it back in 2002... I played that vhs out!!! Lol
Wonderful recap of my teen years. Loved everything about Motown and especially the Tops and Temps.
オリジナルテンプテーションズの笑顔が見られて幸せ❤️
ありがとう
Love your songs
Ima need Stevie to remix “I can’t help myself” ASAP!
You know what's also so amazing. Still after all these years, Motown's "Charm School" in it's own way still has a ripple effect. I was watching POPSTARS: The Rivals from 2002 and they put the "Kids" through the same "Bootcamp" in terms of Vocalization and Choreography. Even after all of these Years, They are still popular in the UK.
This is REAL talent!!!!
THE FOUR TOPS & THE SUPREMES (Mary Wilson, Cindy Birdsong, Jean Terrell) in the 1970's recorded as THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN and if you come across their work together is outstanding, their version of "River Deep-Mountain High" is magical, it went Top#20 on The Billboard 100 Pop Charts. Now if you had the chance to see them perform live like I did, that was glorious. I saw them in a concert together in Washington DC in 1971 and the chemistry they had together showed how much fun they were having.
I believe you. Yet there was no way that The Diana Ross Less Supremes were going to eclipse Diana Ross. A Young Lady named Nicola Roberts from the UK did her Version of River Deep Mountain High during an audtion and it was amazing. She would go on to be part of a Girl Group called Girls Aloud which is the most successful Group to come out of Reality TV in the UK.
He was also in a UK Documentary called I'm In A Boy Band where be talks about being in the Group
laminage....Diane Ross is the product of the marketing, publicity machine of THE BOSS, the one and only THE BOSS, Motown CEO Berry Gordy. While being her lover 1969/1974 he created her. like Clive Davis created Whitney Houston. Today in 2018 Ms Mary Wilson's voice is in far better shape than Diane Ross. Mary will be in San Francisco at THE NIKKO HOTEL "Feinstein At The Nikko Room on February 16 & 17, 2018 and I can't wait, she has evolved into THE SUPREMES LEGACY!
This is real music right here where o where did these days go? Why'd they have to go? Take me back please take me back! Love love love the temptations and Marvin Gaye yasss! If only I could go back
I think they are in The Guinness Book Of World Records as The Longest Running Group in Music History.
Levi Stubbs reminds me of my grandpa. He passed away over 10 years ago :-(
If I'm not mistaken The Spinners and The Four Tops are two groups who kept up their original members for many years, of course some of them if not many would eventually pass away in years to come.
Full respect to these two groups. However, my favorite of the Detroit vocal groups, looking back after all these years is the Dramatics.
I just seen the mighty mighty TEMPTATIONS & THE FOUR TOPS. in NEW JERSEY and just let me say this nobody has ever got. Over there LOVE affair with the TEMPS &TOPS
Probably all different guys but still great songs
Love them so much.
I lent this Video out and never got it back. In Europe They, The Four Tops and The Three Degrees still pack them in.
Rest in Peace Abdul Fakir...he just passed away at age 88.
The last of the Tops
Maybe someone will make a feature-length documenary of The Four Top's while Mr. Fakir is still with us, even if it is not released immediately. I say this because he may want to maintain as much privacy as he can, and a film might generate a lot of publicity. Since we don't know a lot about The Tops' private lives, we really don't know if there was any drama. Nevertheless, I would like to see a feature-length docudrama of just them alone, not sharing the stage with anyone else. We don't know much about their UK tour. They said they had a wonderful time; and I would love to hear more about it. If Ms. Franklin, and Mr. Fakir could be interviewed immediately, it would be great. The two would be a treasure trove of information that probably can't be obtained from any other source. Is anybody with me? If so, please reply. Maybe we can start a campaign to get it done. After all, they were every bit as good as The Temps, but, unlike The Temps, never got the respect, in my opinion, that they deserved. Let's here about just them already!!
When do you want to start 💯💯💯
I understand only Otis Williams is the only surviver from the original Temptations.
@@showtime6663 He is. That's so surreal to know that after 57 he's still manning the Ship. In the UK & Australia, they are still revered. To many of the Groups they were the prototype for every single group of their genre that came after them. As for The four Tops, since Three of them are Dead Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Walter Payton, & Levi Stubbs they would need permission from their Families and maybe they said no. You know what's so sad, when The Temptations got Honorary Grammys only Otis Williams was there to accept his while the Children of their Partners represented their Fathers. A Couple of years ago, Abdul "Duke" Fakir was part of a UK Documentary called "I'm In A Boy Band".
Real music y'all !!!
Damn straight!!
this reminds me of my mother Stella Rest In Peace Mom....Especially when her parts came on the four tops singing the 4 of us and Paul Williams(her favorite tempt) singing For Once in my life.....she'd repeat those over and over. I cry when I see or hear those songs. Also since I am a Supreme fan a huge one, when the Supremes and Temptations do their medley ..I used to do the dances Diana Ross does when she drops it at the knees a couple times. lol She used to laugh cuz we both know I can't stand Diana. Love and Miss you Mom soooooooooooo Much. I think of you every day. see you soon.
Levi was the four tops!🌆
Thank you for finding this
This was a Great vidio!!
AMOVIE SHOULD BE MADE ABOUT THE DELLS .THEY HAVE. BEEN TOGETHER OVER 50YRS ALL ORIGINAL MEMBER
Sorry my friend. The Dells had a replacement early in their career !
oh yeah jules monroe thanks for that piece of knowledge
True. Actually, they were together about 60 years (formed in 1952) But after that one replacement in 1961, they stayed together until last surviving lead singer Marvin Junior died in 2013 - more than 50 years. A phenomenal achievement.
A movie HAS been made about the Dell's. It's called the five heartbeats.
Sir Majesty facts
DAVID RUFFIN MADE THAT GROUP DESPITE THE THE THINGS HE DID 😢 THEY ALL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE WORLD
BUT THE FOUR TOPS CLASSY SHARP AS CAN BE OK
RIP 🙏 ALL OF YOU THE WORLD CHERISH YOU AND SO DO I❤
You know what's so sad. With the exception of Dennis Edwards & Otis Williams all of The Temptations who sang Standing At The Top Are Dead, not to mention Rick James.
FYI.....laminage......We're all born to die at least their music is immortalized, beautiful gift :-)
Dennis Edwards passed away the other day
Glenn Leonard is still alive, as well as Otis.
Ive been reading about them since 2001
I'm a big fan of Motown groups
Getting married soon our band will be singing loads of motown and during when they are having a break we will play more motown and soul
57:05 bass singer duo is crazy!!!!
It sad that 3 of the four tops are dead.
Here's a funny story. When they did The Big Chill Scene, they had to "pretend" they were listening to The Music, then after the scene was put in, The Editor put the actual music in. As you know The Soundtrack is on Motown Records. It also featured songs by The Rascals, Beach Boys, and The Exciters and Three Dog Night.
Put The Original Leads Of The Temptations Back Up For Me So I Can Record It This Time
My favourite ,the tops and the temps ,going to see them tonight in glasgow can't wait.
love watching this now that I am in the music business Solo Gospel. black female Artist IAM learning so much about the Business knowing I will put God 1st.
The Temptations and Four Tops were the two best groups in musical history. Music now is so disgustingly AWFUL that it's a disgrace to even refer to it as MUSIC!. I'm so grateful for having grown up with Motown. Yes, Levi was married but I loved him anyway...
There is still great music being made today, you just have to look a little harder..
And to think that in future years The Temptations would work with Elton JOhn whom they met in the 1970's, as well as Rod Stewart (The Motown Song). Rod Stewart said one of his biggest thrills was performing with David Ruffin in the early 1970's shortly after leaving The Faces. In England they were mentioned on The UK Soap Opera Emmerdale when a Marriage Proposal went wrong. The Groom wanted the Waitstaff to serenade his Girlfriend with My Girl but another song was sung instead.
HD,please... This is a treassure.
Four Tops movie would be great
Is this on DVD
Love the tops, but their choreography was always too corny..
George
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THIS SONG?
Which one?