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"Levi Stubbs' Tears" is a song by Billy Bragg. [1] It was the first single released from Bragg's 1986 album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry.The song's title refers to The Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, whose music remains a source of comfort to the protagonist through years of abandonment, injury, and domestic violence.
Talking with the Taxman About Poetry is the third album by Billy Bragg, released in September 1986. With production by John Porter and Kenny Jones, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry featured more musicians than Bragg's previous works, which were generally little more than Bragg himself and a guitar. There were two singles released from the ...
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.
The discography of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg includes 13 studio albums ... "Levi Stubbs' Tears" 1986 29 — — 11 — Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
"Baby Faroukh" (Billy Bragg, Ian McLagan, Martyn Barker, Lu Edmonds, Ben Mandelson) – 3:06 ... Levi Stubbs' Tears; Ideology; The Saturday Boy; The Warmest Room;
In August 1989 Bragg took lead vocal on Norman Cook's UK top 40 hit "Won't Talk About It", which sampled Bragg's song "Levi Stubbs' Tears" and was a double-A-side with "Blame It On the Bassline". The track was a bigger hit a year later with Lindy Layton replacing Bragg as lead vocal.
Reaching to the Converted is an album by Billy Bragg released in August 1999. It is a collection of B-sides and rarities that spans Billy's entire career. It includes variations on old favorites, such as "Greetings to the New Brunette" (retitled "Shirley") and "Walk Away Renee".
Victim Of Geography is a 1993 collection of Billy Bragg's previous albums Talking with the Taxman about Poetry and Workers ... "Levi Stubbs' Tears" – 3:28 "Honey, I ...