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- Category: Recording
- Unveiled: 01 May 1997
- Star rank: 1978
- Address:
7056 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101417, -118.343709
The Four Tops
Biography
The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes. Founded in Detroit, Michigan as The Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, a cousin of Jackie Wilson and brother of The Falcons’ Joe Stubbs), and groupmates Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four decades, having gone from 1953 until 1997 without a single change in personnel.
Fact file
- Also known as: Four Tops, The Four Aims, The Tops
- Origin: Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Genres: R&B/pop/soul
- Years active: 1953 – present
- Labels: Red Top Riverside Columbia Motown ABC Casablanca Arista
Read more about The Four Tops at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Marshfield and Sycamore
Nearby you will also find Antonio Aguilar, Alabama, Juan Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, and many others.