Category: Four Tops

THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’66

IN JULY 1967 THE FOUR TOPS released their 6th LP, ‘Reach Out,’ for the Motown label. It would become the group’s most successful album of their career. The album produced 7 singles, including “Standing In The Shadows Of Love,” “Bernadette,” “Walk Away Renee,” “7-Rooms Of Gloom,” “I’ll Turn To Stone,” “If I Were A Carpenter,” (1968) and the album’s self-titled #1 single, “Reach Out.” It was also their last album produced by Holland-Dozier-Holland. The song-writing trio having left Motown in late-1967. The album was recorded at Hitsville Studio A between 1966 and 1967. ‘Reach Out,’ the album, peaked #11 on the Billboard LP chart, 1967.
THE FOUR TOPS performing live at the Detroit Roostertail Supper Club ‘The Upper Deck,’ 1966.

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MOTOWN SNAPSHOTS! THE FOUR TOPS, LEVI STUBBS ’70

THE FOUR TOPS‘ LP, ‘STILL WATERS RUN DEEP‘ was released this month 47 years ago. The 11th of 18 albums by Levi Stubbs and the Tops for Motown, the 1970 LP produced two singles,“It’s All In The Game“ and “Still Water (Love).” The album would hit #21 on the Billboard LP chart in the United States that year. Another track off the album, “Still Water (Peace),” found its way on the back-side of the single, “Still Water (Love).”
LEVI STUBBS of the Four Tops, as he appeared in 1970, London.
(Getty images: Michael Putland)

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THE FOUR TOPS! MOTOWN SNAPSHOT FLASHBACKS ’65

THE FOUR TOPS ‘SECOND ALBUM‘ produced three Motown singles on the R&B and pop charts by the time the LP was released, November 1965. Two of the singles, “I Can’t Help Myself“ (No. 1 pop) and “It’s The Same ‘Ole Song” (No. 5 pop) made top 10 prior the album’s release. The third single from the album,“Something About You” peaked No. 19 on the pop chart (No. 9; R&B) by year’s end. The Tops’ ‘Second Album’ peaked No. 20 on the pop LP chart (early-1966) while hitting No. 3 on the R&B LP chart, according to Billboard.
THE FOUR TOPS circa 1965

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