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Shortly before the death of Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs in 2008, who was sidelined from the group due to complications of a stroke, and confined to a wheelchair, appeared with the other members of The Four Tops, and Aretha Franklin, and sang "I Believe In You and Me" live onstage in Detroit, in his final television appearance on From The ...
The Arista contract provided an opportunity to pair Levi Stubbs with fellow Arista artist, another R&B vocalist from Detroit, Aretha Franklin, who was at the height of her own 1980s hit streak. This pairing resulted in the 1988 song " If Ever a Love There Was ", which became a popular R&B and Adult Contemporary hit, as well as being featured on ...
Levi Stubbs – lead and baritone vocals, arrangement, production; Additional personnel. Aretha Franklin – vocals on "Christmas Here with You", "White Christmas", and "Silent Night" Tim Gordon – alto saxophone; The Ridgeway Sisters – backing vocals on "Little Drummer Boy" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer, widely known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, that released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He was noted for his powerful, emotional, and dramatic singing style.
Lead vocals were provided by the group's lead singers, Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs. Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson and Frank Wilson produced the H-D-H written song, and its album. A single was released in the UK by Tamla Motown in May 1972, titled "Without the One You Love" b/w "Let's Make Love Now".
"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.
Aretha Franklin was the one. She could take a jazz song and make it Aretha. She could take blues and make it Aretha. Puccini’s aria “Nessun Dorma”: She could make it Aretha. There were only ...
Wilson began working at Lee's Sensation Club as a solo singer, [11] then formed a group called the Falcons that included cousin Levi Stubbs, who later led the Four Tops. (Two more of Wilson's cousins, Hubert Johnson and Levi's brother Joe, later became members of the Contours .)