RIP Levi Stubbs

DETROIT (Reuters) - Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the Four Tops and one of the most recognizable voices of Motown soul in hits such as "Reach Out I'll Be There," has died in Detroit after a long illness.
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Born in Detroit, Stubbs and the other members of the Four Tops began touring together after graduating from high school in 1954.

Calling themselves the "Four Aims," Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson recorded with three other record labels before arriving at Berry Gordy's Motown label in Detroit in 1963.

At Motown, the group changed their name and teamed up with the pop-hit songwriting powerhouse of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland.

The result was a string of two-dozen hits starting in 1964 with "Baby I Need Your Loving."

Other Four Tops hits included "It's the Same Old Song" and "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got."