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The lead singer of the Four Tops, Levi Stubbs has passed away at the age of 72. The Four Tops is my favorite oldie band and this is sad news. I’m not sure which is my favorite song by the Four Tops but it’s probably between “Reach Out..,” “Shake Me, Wake Me” and “Baby I Need Your Loving.” Levi Stubbs also was the voice of the plant in Little Shop of Horror and Mother Brain in the Captain N animated series. I think it’s time to go put on my Four Tops Ultimate Collection album.

From AP:
DETROIT Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs, who possessed one of the most dynamic and emotive voices of all the Motown singers, died Friday at 72.

He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner’s office also confirmed the death.

With Stubbs in the lead, the Four Tops sold millions of records, including such hits as “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “Reach Out (I’ll Be There)” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).”

The group performed for more than four decades without a change in personnel. Stubbs’ death leaves one surviving member of the original group: Abdul “Duke” Fakir.

Read the full article news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_en_mu/obit_stubbshere.