The group’s dramatic delivery and the peerlessly plaintive lead vocals of Levi Stubbs became their most famous calling card.Motown 1098 may not sound like a particularly significant catalog number, but the track it denoted remains one of the defining moments of the company’s collective brilliance. The classic in question is the Four Tops’ “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” released on August 18, 1966. It was a US pop No.1 on October 15, and repeated the feat two weeks later in the UK. Written by Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier and produced by Brian and Lamont, the song came...