The Four Tops

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American musical group Motown artist vocal quartet

The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet renowned for their string of soulful hit singles in the 1960s and 1970s, including classics like "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
Motown artist ⓘ
vocal quartet ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1953 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Four Tops ⓘ
surface form: Four Tops
associatedAct Holland–Dozier–Holland ⓘ
The Funk Brothers ⓘ
The Supremes ⓘ
The Temptations ⓘ
award Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedIn Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
genre Motown sound ⓘ
R&B ⓘ
pop ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1990 ⓘ
influencedGenre pop-soul ⓘ
soul ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
member Abdul "Duke" Fakir ⓘ
Lawrence Payton ⓘ
Levi Stubbs ⓘ
Renaldo "Obie" Benson ⓘ
notableAlbum Four Tops Second Album ⓘ
On Top ⓘ
Reach Out ⓘ
notableCharacteristic long-term stability of original lineup ⓘ
notableSongwriterCollaborator Brian Holland ⓘ
Eddie Holland ⓘ
Lamont Dozier ⓘ
notableWork Baby I Need Your Loving ⓘ
Bernadette ⓘ
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
It's the Same Old Song ⓘ
Reach Out I'll Be There ⓘ
Standing in the Shadows of Love ⓘ
Walk Away Renée ⓘ
peakEra 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
surface form: ABC-Dunhill Records

Arista Records ⓘ
Casablanca Records ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
Motown ⓘ
surface form: Tamla-Motown
signatureSong I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) ⓘ
Reach Out I'll Be There ⓘ
vocalStyle harmonized lead and background vocals ⓘ
vocalTypeOfMembers tenor and baritone male voices ⓘ

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Gordy Records → associatedWith → The Four Tops ⓘ
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Studio A → associatedWithArtist → The Four Tops ⓘ
Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → The Four Tops ⓘ
this entity surface form: Four Tops
Motown → launchedCareerOf → The Four Tops ⓘ