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The Four Tops was a quartet doo-wop, R&B, and jazz group that has sung together from 1953 to the present time. The original four members were Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton. They started out as a high school group, performing for a birthday party, and decided to stay together after graduation. They first chose the name
The Four Aims, but later changed it to
The Four Tops so as not to be confused with The Ames Brothers. They became very popular in the Motown years. As they grew older, some died of disease, and others such as Theo Peoples from The Temptations and Ronnie McNair joined in to replace the deceased ones. In the later years, that took on the name
The Tops. They have won many awards including the Grammy Hall of Fame and the Billboard Magazine Top 100 Artists of All Time. One of their most famous songs is
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).
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