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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. He was noted for his powerful, emotional, and dramatic singing style.
Levi Stubbs, 72, American vocalist (The Four Tops), complications of cancer and stroke. [174] Nick Weatherspoon, 58, American basketball player, natural causes. [175] Ben Weider, 85, Canadian bodybuilding promoter and Napoleon scholar. [176]
At first, Stubbs, Benson and Fakir toured as a trio called The Tops. In 1998, they recruited former member of the Temptations Theo Peoples to restore the group to a quartet. By the turn of the century, Stubbs had become ill from cancer; Ronnie McNeir was recruited to fill the Lawrence Payton position and Peoples stepped into Stubbs' shoes as ...
But Fakir, lead singer Levi Stubbs, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton had been together for a decade when Gordy signed them up in 1963 (after the group had turned him down a few years ...
Stubbs says his brain is teeming with stories he often takes for granted — until a prompt from Mason gets the memories flooding out. “I don’t even realize some of the stuff that’s in here ...
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 ...
Friends, loved ones and others in the greater Shippensburg community will gather Tuesday evening to celebrate the life of 13-year-old Levi Maciejewski, one week after he was found dead at his home ...
By the turn of the century, Levi Stubbs had become ill from cancer; Ronnie McNeir was recruited to fill the Lawrence Payton position and Theo Peoples stepped into Stubbs' shoes as lead singer. On January 15,2025,Theo rejoined the Four Tops as their lead singer again replacing Alexander Morris.