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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.
Four Tops Live! is the first live album by American rhythm and blues vocal band The Four Tops, released on Motown in 1966. The album was recorded as part of a series of concerts by the record label featuring their premier artists held in Detroit and had positive critical and commercial reception.
A review in Billboard recommends this album to retailers as a "super set" with "stunning live performances". [1] Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release 2.5 out of five stars, with reviewer Andrew Hamilton praising the "crack sound system" for the recording and opining that several of the live versions rival their studio recordings in quality.
"Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" is a song written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and released as a single in 1964 by the Motown singing group The Four Tops as the second single from their self-titled debut album, Four Tops. The group would later cover the song with The Supremes.
The first follow-up single, "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" (1964), just missed both the pop and R&B Top 40 charts, but "Ask the Lonely" (1965), written and produced by Motown A&R head William "Mickey" Stevenson with Ivy Jo Hunter, was a Top 30 pop hit and a Top 10 R&B hit in early 1965.
Four Tops biography by John Bush, discography and album reviews, credits & releases at AllMusic; Four Tops discography, album releases & credits at Discogs; Four Tops filmography on IMDb; Four Tops Broadway musical productions at the Internet Broadway Database; Four Tops discography at MusicBrainz; Four Tops albums to be listened as stream on ...
Four Tops is the 1965 self-titled debut studio album by the American vocal group the Four Tops. The album was produced and mostly written by the Motown's main writing/producing team Holland-Dozier-Holland. Four Tops includes the singles "Baby I Need Your Loving" , "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)", and "Ask the Lonely".
Editors at AllMusic Guide scored this release two out of five stars. [1] The 1992 edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide also rated this release two out of five stars. [2] In Portraying Performer Image in Record Album Cover Art , art critic Ken Bielen suggests that the cover painting—a departure from most Four Tops albums that feature photographs of the performers—shows the harmony that ...