Energy Orchard

The constant comparisons with U2 didn't help either, even though musically the bands were not especially similar. The band was dropped in 1996 and subsequently disbanded, though Bap went on to have some success with a solo career. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. Unfortunately the record company gave the band very lacklustre support and despite extensive touring, the breakthrough to mainstream success eluded them. In 1988, "Indestructible" became their last charting single. Subsequent albums compensated for this, the 1992 release Stop the Machine, 1993's Shinola, Painkiller (1995) and a 1996 live album. Unusually, the Four Tops enjoyed a renaissance in 1981, with "When She Was My Girl". The first album, Energy Orchard, was released to critical appreciation, but with some reservations about it being overproduced (producer was Mick Glossop), somewhat diluting the band's raw live sound. The hits continued througout the 1960s and early 1970s, including 1973's "Ain't No Woman Like The One I've Got", but had essentially ended with "Catfish" (1976).

The first single, Belfast, was released in 1990 on MCA records, followed up with Sailortown. Perhaps their most well-remembered song is 1966's "Reach Out, I'll Be There". The band were:. This was followed by a series of massively successful songs, including the number 1 hit "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)", "Something About You", "Standing In The Shadows of Love", "Bernadette", and "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever". Fronted by Bap Kennedy, their style drew heavily on the influence of Van Morrison and other classic RnB, but incorporated traditional elements of Irish folk music to create a unique sound. Later that year their follow-up record, "Without The One You Love," barely made the charts. Energy Orchard were a Irish guitar-based rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s, from Belfast. In 1964, The Four Tops released their first hit, "Baby I Need Your Loving," a top ten record.

Kevin Breslin (keyboards). After brief, unsuccessful periods with Chess, Red Top, Riverside Records and Columbia Records, the Four Tops signed with Motown. Joby Fox (bass). They changed their names to The Four Tops to avoid confusion with The Ames Brothers. Spade McQuaid (rhythm guitar). Payton had a cousin named Roquel Davis, a songwriter and occasional singer, who helped the group sign to Chess Records in 1956. David Toner (percussion). Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir met Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton in 1953 and began calling themselves The Four Aims.

Paul Toner (lead guitar). Their sound was unique for having a deep-voiced lead singer, Levi Stubbs -- most groups of the time were fronted by a tenor. Bap Kennedy (lead vocal). The Four Tops are an American musical group, who helped define the Motown sound of the 1960's.