Posted on 07/05/2012 5:58:35 PM PDT by beachn4fun
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Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.
Thanks, unique, for the pastries.
Coffee is always on........
How about a donut?
Cookies?
Veggies?
Sandwich?
Good night.
((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?
((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?
BTTT
((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?
Good morning, EG ((HUGS))
Not much happening at the moment. Have to leave in a little while to take grand-doggy to get a bath and nail clipping.
Whatz up out your way?
MORE FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
The band initially continued as a three-piece under the name The Tops, before Theo Peoples (formerly of The Temptations) was recruited as the new fourth member. Peoples eventually took over the role of lead singer when Stubbs suffered a stroke in 2000 with his position assumed by Ronnie McNeir. On July 1, 2005, Benson died of lung cancer with Payton’s son Roquel Payton replacing him. Levi Stubbs died on October 17, 2008. Fakir, McNeir, Payton, and Harold “Spike” Bonhart, who replaced Peoples in 2011, are still performing together as the Four Tops. Fakir is now the only surviving founding member of the original group.
(source: Wikipedia)
No problemo, Connie. Thank you for all you do for the Canteen and the Troops.
Good night and sweet dreams, Ma ((HUGS))
Can’t stay this morning. Got to run the roads first half. Wish I could go to pool but afraid of sunburn since we going back to 100 again. Worse tomorrow. But fingers crossed better next week.
MORE FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
All four members of the group began their careers together while they were high school students in Detroit. At the insistence of their friends, Pershing High students Levi Stubbs and Abdul “Duke” Fakir performed with Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton from Northern High at a local birthday party. The quartet decided to remain together, and christened themselves The Four Aims. With the help of Payton’s songwriter cousin Roquel Davis, The Aims signed to Chess Records in 1956, changing their name to Four Tops to avoid confusion with The Ames Brothers.
(source: Wikipedia)
FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
During their early Motown years, the Four Tops recorded jazz standards for the company’s Workshop label. In addition, they filled in time by singing backup on Motown singles such as The Supremes’ “Run, Run, Run.” The Tops also did backing vocals for the group who is known as the equivalent to The Four Tops (Like The Supremes are known as the equivalent to The Temptations), Martha Reeves & The Vandellas on their 1966 hit “My Baby Loves Me”.
(source: Wikipedia)
FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
In 1964, Motown’s main songwriting/production team of Holland-Dozier-Holland created a complete instrumental track without any idea of what to do with it. They decided to craft the song as a more mainstream pop song for the Four Tops, and proceeded to create “Baby I Need Your Loving” from the lyric-less instrumental track. Upon its mid-1964 release, “Baby I Need Your Loving” made it to #11 on the United States Billboard pop charts. However, the song proved to be much more popular on trend-setting radio stations in key U.S. markets; Baby I Need Your Loving was a strong top 10 hit on both WMCA in New York, and WKNR in Detroitstations watched by radio people all over the country because these stations broke new artists and songs. After the single’s success The Tops were pulled away from their jazz material and began recording more material in the vein of “Baby I Need Your Loving.”
(source: Wikipedia)
FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
After scoring their first #1 hit, the often-recorded and revived “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)” in June 1965, the Four Tops began a long series of successful hit singles. Among the first wave of these hits were the Top 10 “It’s the Same Old Song”, “Something About You”, “Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over)”, and “Loving You is Sweeter Than Ever”. Four Tops records often represented the epitome of the Motown Sound: simple distinctive melodies and rhymes, call-and-response lyrics, and the musical contributions of The Funk Brothers.
(source: Wikipedia)
FOUR TOPS HISTORY:
August 1966 brought the release of the Four Tops’ all-time biggest hit, and one of the most popular Motown songs ever: “Reach Out I’ll Be There”, which hit #1 on the U.S. pop charts[2] and soon became The Tops’ signature song. It was almost immediately followed by the similar sounding “Standing in the Shadows of Love”; its depictions of heartbreak reflected the polar opposite of the optimism expressed in “Reach Out”. It was another Top 10 hit for the Tops.
(source: Wikipedia)
Good morning, dear ((HUGS))
Gotta run this morning but wanted to say hello before I went.
Hope you have a good day and weekend.
Good morning,Pro ((HUGS))
Gotta run the roads some this morning but wanted to say hello before I went.
Hope you have a grand day and summerlicious weekend.
Yes, Ma that makes me feel better at the moment...until I walk out the door. LOL
Good morning, night owl ((HUGS))
Gotta run. Saw your flag flying high, congrats!
Have a great day.
Bye Y’all. Have a great FRiday and enjoy the music.
See on Monday.
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