Lawrence Payton

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human member of musical group music arranger singer songwriter

Lawrence Payton was an American singer, songwriter, and arranger best known as a founding member of the Motown vocal group the Four Tops.

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Lawrence Payton canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
member of musical group ⓘ
music arranger ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1997 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1953 ⓘ
associatedAct The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (with the Four Tops)
birthDate 1938-03-02 ⓘ
birthPlace Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1997-06-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Southfield, Michigan, United States ⓘ
education Detroit Public Schools Community District ⓘ
surface form: Detroit public schools
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Payton ⓘ
formedGroupWith Abdul "Duke" Fakir ⓘ
Levi Stubbs ⓘ
Renaldo "Obie" Benson ⓘ
genre Motown ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
pop music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Lawrence ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame (with the Four Tops) ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (with the Four Tops)

Vocal Group Hall of Fame ⓘ
surface form: Vocal Group Hall of Fame (with the Four Tops)
instrument vocals ⓘ
memberOf The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
name Lawrence Payton self-link ⓘ
notableRole founding member of the Four Tops ⓘ
notableSongContribution arrangements for Four Tops recordings ⓘ
notableWork Baby I Need Your Loving ⓘ
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
surface form: I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)

Reach Out I'll Be There ⓘ
surface form: Reach Out I’ll Be There

Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation music arranger ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
Casablanca Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
residence Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
spouse Mary Payton ⓘ
vocalType tenor ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Four Tops → member → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Baby I Need Your Loving → featuresBackingVocalsBy → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Standing in the Shadows of Love → vocalist → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
It's the Same Old Song → backingVocalsBy → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Renaldo "Obie" Benson → collaboratedWith → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Reach Out → backingVocalist → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
On Top → performer → Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Lawrence Payton → name → Lawrence Payton self-link ⓘ