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Duke Fakir. Abdul Kareem " Duke " Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble under that name from 1953 until shortly before his death. He was the group's last surviving original member.
Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last founding member of the Four Tops, has died. He was 88.Fakir died of heart failure surrounded by his wife and loved ones early Monday in Detroit, Michigan, according to ...
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops, has died. He was 88. A representative for the family said in a statement that Fakir died of ...
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group Four Tops, died on Monday aged 88. He died at his home in Detroit from heart failure, his family said.
Fakir died Monday of heart failure at his home in Detroit, according to a family spokesperson, with his wife and other loved ones by his side. Motown founder Berry Gordy said in a statement that Fakir helped embody the Tops' “showmanship, class and artistry. “Duke was first tenor — smooth, suave, and always sharp,” Gordy said.
Four Tops. The Four Tops in 1968. (L-to-R) Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, and Lawrence Payton. The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet from Detroit, Michigan. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel the Motown label to international fame.
Written and produced by Motown 's main production team, Holland–Dozier–Holland, [2] the song is one of the most widely-known Motown hits of the 1960s and is today considered the Four Tops' signature song. It was the number one song on the Rhythm & Blues chart for two weeks [3] and on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, in October 15–22 ...
Born Abdul Kareem Fakir, he grew up in a religious family and was enchanted by music early in life, ultimately growing into a tenor in his teens. Tall and lean, Fakir was also a talented athlete ...