Levi Stubbs

...the record label's 50th anniversary. The Detroit event on 21 November will also feature tributes to Michael Jackson and Four Tops star Levi Stubbs, who died last October. Wonder will perform a tribute to the label's founder Berry Gordy...

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...to recent losses in the soul music community, including: Michael Jackson, Barry White, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Wilson Pickett, and Levi Stubbs, "If no one preserved soul music, it would be lost," says Hyman. "If we don't remember them,...

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Levi Stubbles (June 6, 1936 - October 17, 2008), better known by the stage name Levi Stubbs, was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the Motown R&B group Four Tops. Born in Detroit in 1936, Levi Stubbs began his...

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...two huge days of gains -- a record 936-point jump the previous Monday and an increase of 401 points on Thursday. Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs died in Detroit at age 72. Today's Birthdays: Actress Marsha Hunt is 92. Actress Julie Adams is...

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Family and friends of Levi Stubbs gathered to pay tribute to the singer on Saturday, what would have been the singer's 73rd birthday. Stubbs, a founding member and lead singer of the Four Tops for some 50 years, died last October. The...

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...sure, but it was at the service of finger-snapping, hip-swaying joy. It was sexy, suave, sweetly spun soul. But when it came to Levi Stubbs, the lead singer of the Four Tops, the pain proved insoluble. Destiny's Children Dee Dee, in 1969,...

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...Jim Cheng, USA TODAY If I don't brag, if I don't brag or boast •Still Water (Love) The soul of Levi Stubbs ran deep, and you could hear it in every note he sang. In a Motown stable renowned for its smooth crooners, Levi's rich baritone...

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...cry and an anguish and a pain," Ritz said. "He's going to live forever in the annals of American pop music." He was born Levi Stubbles on June 6, 1936, into a large family in Detroit and grew up poor. His father was a foundry worker.

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...Scotsman site. To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Four Tops' Levi Stubbs dies at 72 FOUR Tops frontman Levi Stubbs died yesterday morning at his home in Detroit. He was 72. The lead singer fronted the...

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Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs dies Levi Stubbs was longtime lead singer of Four Tops Stubbs' forceful voice was heard on "Reach Out, I'll Be There," many other hits Four Tops were one of Motown's top groups DETROIT, Michigan (AP)...

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