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"Bernadette" is a 1967 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. The song was written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland, Motown's main songwriting team, and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. Billboard described the song as a "hard-driving rocker" with an "outstanding performance by the group."
The Top 10 U.S. hit "Bernadette" centered around a man's all-consuming obsession with his lover, [4] continued the Four Tops' successful run into April 1967, followed by the Top 20 hits "7-Rooms of Gloom", and "You Keep Running Away". [3]
Reach Out is the fourth studio album by the Four Tops, issued on Motown Records in July 1967. The group's biggest-selling studio album, Reach Out includes six of the Four Tops' most successful singles including the US and UK #1 hit "Reach Out I'll Be There", "Standing in the Shadows of Love", "Bernadette" and "7-Rooms of Gloom".
"When She Was My Girl" is a 1981 single released by American vocal group the Four Tops. The song, their first release off Casablanca Records, helped to return the former signature Motown act to the American pop Top 40 charts, peaking at No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, No. 10 on the Cashbox chart, and reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts.
The version by the Four Tops was used by Joe Biden during his campaign in the 2020 United States presidential election. [40] Many artists covered the song, [41] including the Jaded Hearts Club cover as recently as 2020. [42] In 1998, the 1966 recording by the Four Tops on Motown Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [43]
The album yielded the popular Top 30 hits, "Still Water (Love)" (#11), which was co-written by Smokey Robinson and their cover of "It's All in the Game" (#24), which featured rare co-leads by Four Tops members Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton singing alongside prominent lead Levi Stubbs.
The Four Tops were founded in 1953 and went on to become one of the most successful American pop groups of the 1960s. Alongside groups such as The Temptations and The Supremes, The Four Tops are ...
On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops. Issued by Motown Records on July 8, 1966, [ 3 ] it reached number 32 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and number 9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)".