The Four Tops

The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. He became a member of the group again in 1998. In 1988, "Indestructible" became their last charting single. After their innovative and versatole debut album One For All (1990) - covering areas from reggae-influenced rap to new jack swing - Puba left the group and embarked on a solo career. Unusually, the Four Tops enjoyed a renaissance in 1981, with "When She Was My Girl". Their album Dynamite (1988) was hailed by the critics, but probably due to lack of sales the group soon disbanded, and Puba emerged as the lead rapper of a new crew called Brand Nubian. 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). He debuted with the group Masters of Ceremony in 1998.

Perhaps their most well-remembered song is 1966's "Reach Out, I'll Be There". Maxwell Dixon, better known as Grand Puba (born March 4, 1966) is a rapper from New York. 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". 2001 Understand This. Later that year their follow-up record, "Without The One You Love," barely made the charts. 1995 2000. In 1964, The Four Tops released their first hit, "Baby I Need Your Loving," a top ten record. 1992 Reel to Reel.

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

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