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THE FOUR TOPS-i'm your man

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The Four Tops were formed, under that name, in 1956 in Detroit, Michigan, although two years prior to that they had sang at a party together in the town. All of the group members attended Detroit-area high schools. Levi Stubbs and Abdul 'Duke' Fakir attended Pershing, and met Northern students Renaldo 'Obie' Benson and Lawrence Payton at a friend's birthday party. It was at this party where the quartet first sang together. Levi Stubbs had sung with the 4 Falcons (a group including Jackie Wilson), whilst Lawrence Payton was part of a group called The Thrillers. In those preceding years they called themselves the Four Aims, as early as 1953, changing their name in 1956 to the Four Tops. As the Four Aims, they sang Jazz Standards, converting to an R & B sound with the name change. They changed their name to the Four Tops to avoid confusion with the group the Ames Brothers

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THE FOUR TOPS-i'm your man

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