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The Four Tops are an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1953 as the Four Aims. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel Motown Records to international fame.
This is the discography of all the singles and albums released by Motown singing group the Four Tops.. Throughout their career, 24 of their singles reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 with seven of them reaching the top ten and two reaching number one on the chart.
"It's the Same Old Song" was recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. [1] It was released in 1965 as the second single from their second album.Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song is today one of The Tops' signatures, and was reportedly created—from initial concept to commercial release—in 24 hours.
Domestically, Four Tops Live! was a hit, topping the R&B charts that year [2] and ranking third in Billboard ' s Top R&B LP's of 1967. [3] In the United Kingdom, the record had even more sustaining popularity, reaching fourth place on the charts, [2] staying in the top 10 for three months, [1] and spending 72 total weeks charting. [4]
The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.
"You Keep Running Away" is a Holland-Dozier-Holland composition originally recorded in 1967 by the Four Tops. [1] The song appears on their 1971 LP Four Tops Greatest Hits Vol. 2. Billboard described the single as a "solid easy heat rocker that moves from start to finish has all the ingredients for another chart topper." [2]
"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."
Four Tops has included "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)" on several of their greatest hits albums and compilation albums over the years. It was placed on their first compilation, The Four Tops Greatest Hits , in 1967, followed by The Four Tops Story 1964-72 (1973), Anthology (1974), Greatest Hits (1988), The Ultimate Collection (1997), and ...