OMG...TWO YEARS!!!!! You're killing me, Jay, lol! The Four Tops - Bernadette, It's the Same Old Song, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do, I Wish It Would Rain, and my personal favorite jam, Can't Get Next To You The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New, Barry White - You My First, My Last, My Everything The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, Then Came You (Duet with Dionne Warwick) Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair, Thank You Rufus and Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel, Tell Me Something Good, Hollywood and Sweet Thing (Mary J Blige has a great cover of this) O'Jays - Backstabber and Use Ta Be My Girl James Ingram - How Do You Keep The Music Playing and Baby, Come to Me(both are duets with Patti Austin) Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops The Drifters - Some Kind of Wonderful, Save The Last Dance for Me, There Goes My Baby, Up On the Roof Lou Rawls - Lady Love
Amber and Jay (the AJays) have probably heard the OJays’ song, For The Love Of Money. But they were once looking for an intro song for this channel - no better choice than the OJays’ song, I Love Music. Another good one is Used To Be My Girl.
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The Four Tops were big in the Motown Sound. Through the 60's through the mid 90's they would appear with The Temptations a lot, but the line up of The Temptations was always changing. The Four Tops didn't have a line up change for 44 years. Saw them twice. "I Can't Help Myself", and "It's The Same Old Song" are two of their upbeat songs that will get you dancing!
awhh, music of my youth. The Tops stayed together over 50+ yrs, illness and death is what separated them, not greed to go solo careers. Levi was the plant voice in the Movie Little Shops of Horror's . My favorite Motown group.
Oh man, one of my very favorite groups. That is one of the advantages of being old and I think listening to the best music ever in the 60s and 70s, especially the Motown sound. The Spinners, the Four Tops, the Stylistics, the O’Jays the Temptations, and on and on. I can’t even imagine not listening to this music when I grew up.
I had the pleasure to see the Four Tops three times. Once was in Las Vegas, and they shared the stage with Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons. It was incredible.
Great band and a reaction. More tracks by 'The Four Tops': "Standing In The Shadows of Love", "I Can't Help Myself", "Reach Out I'll Be There", "Bernadette", "Baby I Need Your Loving", "Walk Away Renee", "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)", "7 Rooms of Gloom", "It's The Same Old Song", "If I Were a Carpenter", "A Simple Game", "Still Water (Love)", "Something About You", "I Got a Feeling", "It's All In the Game", "Are You Man Enough?". There are many other tracks but these are good ones to continue with.
It sounds like a Motown sound ,because the Four tops were a major Motown recording group . This song was recorded on one of the labels they recorded on post Motown . It was a toss up between the tops & the Temps as to who were the top male Motown vocal group they both had great lead & backing vocals & stage presence , plus a large recording catalogue of great songs .
Love the Four Tops! Their songs I Can't Help Myself(Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Baby I Need Your Loving, It's the Same Old Song, Bernadette and Standing In the Shadows of Love are all great!
There was a mountain of talent during this period of the Sixties and Seventies, but at the top of that mountain were The Four Tops, closely attached to The Temptations. Any track, by either band, is now legendary. ✌️
Grew up with the Four Tops and the Temptations, ALL OF THEM! There were so many great groups in the 50's and 60's. O'Jays, The Spinners, The Platters, Isley Brothers, The Stylistics, The Chilites...etc, there are so many great groups of the 60's and 70's.!
We grew up in the same time period. I'm 70 years old and I loved all of those groups that you just mentioned From the Four Tops I also loved Bernadette, 7 Rooms of Gloom, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Ask the Loney and so many others. The Four Top were part of Motion with The Temptations, Miracles, Supremes etc.
Ahhh... Levi Stubbs is one of my favorite male singers of any genre. His voice just drips with emotion. Can't Help Myself, Standing In The Shadows Of Love & Bernadette really showcase his voice. The Four Tops were the heart of Motown. The saying was, the Miracles have the outfits, the Temptations have the moves and the Tops have Levi 🙂
Levi stubbs was giving many opportunities to go solo in his career but he chose to stick with the guys in the group and I think l he gained alot of respect for it, on top of the fact that his voice is superb and the band is as well.
Even when he did the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, his billing was "Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops". He was totally loyal to his friends & bandmates. That was (and is) a *very* rare thing...
Being a huge Motown fan, The Four Tops was definitely a part of the Motown sound. My favorite Four Tops songs from 1965: "Ask the Lonely", and "Same Old Song" especially the video where they are dancing together. Good energy. Thanks, Jay & Amber. Stay warm. 😄
"Ain't No Woman" was The Four Tops final hit. After being a fixture at Motown in the 1960's, The Four Tops moved onto ABC Dunhill Records in 1972 and scored this one last hit.
They had a couple of other hits on ABC/Dunhill, not as big as this one, but still great songs: "Keeper of the Castle," and "Are You Man Enough," from the soundtrack of the film 'Shaft in Africa.' They also had a couple of hits in the early '80s: "When She Was My Girl," and the wedding favorite "I Believe in You and Me."
@@MrAZjoe1 It is true The Four Tops had success on the Billboard R & B charts, "Ain't No Woman" was The Four Tops' last Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The had success on the pop charts too, Ate You man Enough #15, Sweet Understanding Love #33, When She Was My Girl #11 Indestructible #35- all hits that made the top 40 ( some were even bigger on Cash Box & Record World) ye but last top 10 hit, but to say a 311 charter wasn't a big hit is not quite accurate.
Motown and the Funk Brothers (their house band) were great but, this song (1972 ABC-Dunhill records) was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter who had no association with Motown. The Four Tops took a 10 year break from Motown 1972-1982.
They are one of the best quartet bands that has the best harmony when they sing together. A few more good ones are "Reach out, Ill be there," "Baby, I need your lovin," "Bernadette," & "Can't help myself."
Four Tops were probably my favorite Mowtown band, esp. their 60s songs; for the real, raw power of the vocals of the incrediible Levi Stubbs, you Have To experience their big hits Bernadette and Standing In the Shadows of Love next!
The Four Tops - Just Ask The Lonely. Great back-up singers in this song. Lead singer, Levi Stubbs was considered the best Motown singer; he was pressured to become a solo act, but he refused to abandon the other three members of the Four Tops, loyalty you don't often find in the music industry.
Levi Stubbs has an unmistakable voice. Saw them live summer of 1989 and I'll never forget it. He also did the voice of the plant in the movie version of musical Little Shop of Horrors, and he KILLED it!
I sang this to my wife at karaoke on our honeymoon. I had the rest of the bar wanting to marry me too, lol. What a song. Hey, you ought to do a movie reaction to the documentary "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" on your other channel. It tells the story of the Motown house band, The Funk Brothers.
The session musicians on so many great songs: The Funk Brothers, The Wrecking Crew, The Memphis Horns, The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section(aka The Swampers) and Booker T. & The M.G.'s.
This was a monster hit in the spring of 1973! It was all over the radio back then. The two of you could react to another 10-12 songs by the Four Tops and would love every one of them. Other people have made good suggestions, so I will only add "Still Water Love" and "Are You Man Enough" (from the movie 'Shaft in Africa').
Thanks for getting back to these Motown legends continue to R.I.P to 3iut of 4 of the Four Tops. ❤ Here's a couple of suggestions for the Four Tops Baby I Nerd Your Lovin (1964) Without The One You Love Life Is Not Worthwhile (1964 Love Has Gone (1964) Ask The Lonely (1965) I Can't Help Myself (sugar pie honey Bunch 1964) It's The Same Old Song (1965) Shake Me Wake Me When It's Over (1966) I Got A Feeling (1967) Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (1968) Still Waters Run Deep (Love1970) It's The Way Nature Planned It(1972) When She Was My Girl (1981) Thanks again Jay and Amber 😊
Also another great song by them is Indestructible from the 1988 Summer Olympics Soundtrack. It has a really fun promo video ruclips.net/video/adsD503UmQc/видео.html
my favorite Four Tops song - Bernadette. I saw them in the late 80s at a Street party concert in Orlando. They KILLED it!! They had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Fabulous
Their earlier stuff is even better. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "Baby, I Need Your Loving", "It's the Same Old Song" and others are great. This is one of their later hits. 'Bout time you got back to some MOTOWN!! 😄
Levi Stubbs, the lead singer, has such a great voice. He is a very underrated singer from the era. If he had gone solo, he would've been an even bigger star.
I was blessed to see them in person in 1967, along with Sam and Dave, Roy Orbison, Stevie Wonder, BJ Thomas, Billy Joe Royal, and others at a music festival in Houston. It was awesome. I love that SMOOOOOOTH style. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
way to go,,,,,another great song with a great meaning,,,,,,,keep it going as you both always do,,,,i really liked this song when it first came out and still even better today,,,,,,,again my compliments to you both for playing all the music that you do and keep on searching,,,,,,,music has always and will always keep us together,,,,no matter what,,,,,you both do a great job,,,,,,,right on
Great pick Jay and Amber! The Four Tops (You have Four Seasons in the title here) were with Motown in the 60's but moved to a different label in the 70's and went with a more R & B sound. The first song you reacted to was in 1966 and this one was from 1973. React to "I Can't Help Myself", "Bernadette", and "Standing In The Shadow Of Love" from the 60's or "When She Was My Girl" or "Keeper Of The Castle" from their later years. Thanks. 😎
I'm glad you mentioned the violins. They are what make a love song great. They can be soft or they can soar. They fill in the background and are rich and warm in sound. Your music book/catalog should list all the Motown groups for you and give you the info that you need.
Thanks for giving Levi and "da Tops" their flowers. Levi Stubbs isn't given as much credit for being a top shelf R&B lead as he deserves. He definitely fit what the 4 Tops did well. For more, check out "Baby I Need Your Loving", "I Can't Help Myself", "Bernadette", "Standing In the Shadows of Love" and one of my faves "Still Water".
A great and very popular song in its time. The difference in sound you mentioned between 1967's "Reach Out" and this 1972 one is explained just by the difference in time periods. The 1967 song sounds more 1967 and the 1972 song sounds more 1972.
Criminal to wait two years between Four Tops tunes. Classic soul at its best. Gotta do I Can't Help Myself, It's the Same Old Song, and Baby I Need Your loving
This group was a staple on the radio when I was growing up. But this SOUND has been the backbone of the music scene for DECADES! Smooth harmonies, catchy base, great lyrics, and LOVE ♥️♥️♥️
The Four Tops is one of my fave soul groups of all time, but my 2 favorite soul songs are The Toys' "A Lover's Concerto", and Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do). PLEASE get around to checking those 2 songs out!! Less known than the big Motown, Chess, or Stax artists, but I'm sure you'll love them both!
You gotta do Bernadette!! It is a Killer R&B record and by far my favorite. You must do more FOUR TOPS PLEASE!!! They were part of that first big wave of Motown, these guys and the Temptations were neck and neck for the best R&B male group.
Motown is one of the biggest eras in 20th century music. You've barely scratched the surface, especially when it comes to the top 2 male groups; the 4 Tops and the Temptations and the top female group, the Supremes. The 4 Tops songs: Bernadette Just My Imagination I Can't Help Myself Baby I Need Your Loving You're My Everything The Temptations songs: I Wish it Would Rain Cloud Nine I Can't Get Next To You Ball of Confusion Since I Lost My Baby I Know I'm Losing You The Supremes songs: My World is Empty Without You I Hear a Symphony You Keep Me Hanging On Ain't No Mountain High Enough Never Can Say Goodbye Dionne Warwick is another powerhouse. Check out more of her music: ( most of her songs were written by Burt Bacharack who recently passed away) Say A Little Prayer San Jose Walk on By Don't Make Me Over Heartbreaker A House is Not a Home Theres always Something There to Remind Me
Between the Four Tops and the Temptations I could be happy all day with their four part harmonies. Two of the best Motown groups of all time. Check out:Baby I Need Your Loving, Reach Out( I’ll Be There), When She Was My Girl, Can’t Help Myself, Standing in the Shafows of Love, It’s the Same Old Song, Keeper of the Castle, I’ll Turn to Stone. So many more but that’s enough to start your rabbit hole lol.
There's a reason this sounds different than Reach Out. Reach Out was released in 1966 and this song was released in 1973 and music changed a lot in those seven years, not to mention recording technologies.
As you have pointed out, there was a time difference. Plus reach out was on the Motown label wow this song was not. There were different writers at Motown for their previous songs
So many great bands back in the day - I am happy that yall are getting to listen to what we did back in the day. The Four Tops were definitely one of my favorites - I call it Easy Listening songs.
Jay and Amber, this is one of the all time great songs, period. Definitely on my top 5 R&B list. There are both hand-drums (bongos or tom-toms) and a drum-kit playing in this track; the rhythms are beautiful together.
A little background on "The Tops". They had the same line-up for 44 years until Lawrence Payton died in 1997. Levi Stubb's was leader and lead vocalist but always put the group first. He was the singing voice of the plant in the "Little Shop" movie but split the money evenly with his band mates.
The late, great LEVI STUBBS ..... one of the great soul singers -- most of my friends gravitated toward the Temptations, but I was diggin' THE FOUR TOPS !
Great content. 4 tops, temptations, ojays, and others were the best at true love songs. The 60s and 70s are un matched when it comes to real love songs. Be it R&B, Rock, country, soft rock.
This pleasant-enough song is from 1973, after the Tops had left Motown and gone to another studio and after a couple of years without a big hit. From 1964 to "68 or "70, they had huge classic hits like Can't Help Myself (Sugarpie Honeybunch), Reach Out I'll Be There, Same Old Song, Bernadette, Baby I Need Your Lovin' (their first big hit), Just Ask the Lonely, and Seven Rooms of Gloom. With the Tops, it's best to stick with their Motown years in the "60's. You've heard Reach Out. Next I recommend Baby I Need Your Lovin', Ask the Lonely, and Sugarpie Honeybunch.
Love this song. Soul music is the first music I ever fell in love with. I would always listen to the black station in town and they would play gems like this.
J/A, these guys had a hit in 1981 "When She Was My Girl". Its my favourite. Lead Singer, Mr Levi Stubbs has just the best voice. I was devastated when he passed away, it still cuts now. 😢 Thank you so much for (finally) coming back to them. Please, please dont leave it 2 years for the next song ("When She Was My Girl!)😊❤🎼🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
This was just after they left Motown and began the second phase of their career….from the same time look for their tracks “I just can’t get you out of my mind” and “Keeper of the castle”
Are You man Enough was another huge Four Tops hit and keeper of the Castle from the 70s. One soul group being overlooked-The Intruders-Cowboys To Girls whose members would later form Tierra and have another hit in the 80s-Together.
They’re all genuinely best friends from high school. When they made their first big money they all bought houses on the same street. They had the same line up from 1953 until one died in 97. There is a legendary “battle” between the Temptations and The Four Tops that you really should see after you know more songs by both groups. They start off singing their hits, then each group starts singing the other groups songs. It’s one of those TV events you have to see. It was at the Apollo theater in 1985. You know you got the right one if Micheal Jackson introduced them. Have you listened to the Temptations yet? I think you have.
"I'll Be There" is 60's Motown, this is pure 70's! You can tell by all the strings and horns. The 4 Tops are legendary, they stayed together longer than most groups. Other bands from this time to hear are The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, and Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes!
OMG...TWO YEARS!!!!! You're killing me, Jay, lol!
The Four Tops - Bernadette, It's the Same Old Song, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do, I Wish It Would Rain, and my personal favorite jam, Can't Get Next To You
The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New,
Barry White - You My First, My Last, My Everything
The Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love, Then Came You (Duet with Dionne Warwick)
Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair, Thank You
Rufus and Chaka Khan - Do You Love What You Feel, Tell Me Something Good, Hollywood and Sweet Thing (Mary J Blige has a great cover of this)
O'Jays - Backstabber and Use Ta Be My Girl
James Ingram - How Do You Keep The Music Playing and Baby, Come to Me(both are duets with Patti Austin)
Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops
The Drifters - Some Kind of Wonderful, Save The Last Dance for Me, There Goes My Baby, Up On the Roof
Lou Rawls - Lady Love
They need to do more early Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons also!
Amber and Jay (the AJays) have probably heard the OJays’ song, For The Love Of Money. But they were once looking for an intro song for this channel - no better choice than the OJays’ song, I Love Music. Another good one is Used To Be My Girl.
Equals - Baby Come Back
No Little Anthony & the Imperials?
@@joanngraham355 oh heck yes but I was going through what I have on my iPod when I did this list, lol.
"When She Was My Girl" is a banger you should definitely check out.
Yes I Agree 👍 💯
Oh yes!!!!!
One of the Philadelphia soul groups did ‘She Used To Be My Girl’… that’s all I can think of 😉
The O’Jays!
@@4508bluesky - O'Jay's with "Use Ta Be My Girl" from 1978.
Levi Stubbs is one of the great voices of all time! Ask the Lonely and Bernadette really show off his vocal greatness.
"I Believe in You and Me" is another great song with Levi Stubbs singing lead.
Agree that Ask the Lonely is a great showcase of Levi's voice
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The Four Tops were big in the Motown Sound. Through the 60's through the mid 90's they would appear with The Temptations a lot, but the line up of The Temptations was always changing. The Four Tops didn't have a line up change for 44 years. Saw them twice. "I Can't Help Myself", and "It's The Same Old Song" are two of their upbeat songs that will get you dancing!
awhh, music of my youth. The Tops stayed together over 50+ yrs, illness and death is what separated them, not greed to go solo careers. Levi was the plant voice in the Movie Little Shops of Horror's . My favorite Motown group.
Oh man, one of my very favorite groups. That is one of the advantages of being old and I think listening to the best music ever in the 60s and 70s, especially the Motown sound. The Spinners, the Four Tops, the Stylistics, the O’Jays the Temptations, and on and on. I can’t even imagine not listening to this music when I grew up.
I had the pleasure to see the Four Tops three times. Once was in Las Vegas, and they shared the stage with Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons. It was incredible.
I saw them 2 times with The Temptations ❤
Great band and a reaction. More tracks by 'The Four Tops':
"Standing In The Shadows of Love",
"I Can't Help Myself",
"Reach Out I'll Be There",
"Bernadette",
"Baby I Need Your Loving",
"Walk Away Renee",
"Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)",
"7 Rooms of Gloom",
"It's The Same Old Song",
"If I Were a Carpenter",
"A Simple Game",
"Still Water (Love)",
"Something About You",
"I Got a Feeling",
"It's All In the Game",
"Are You Man Enough?".
There are many other tracks but these are good ones to continue with.
My gosh ALL these are fantastic!
Don’t forget “ Do What You Gotta do “ 👍
It sounds like a Motown sound ,because the Four tops were a major Motown recording group . This song was recorded on one of the labels they recorded on post Motown . It was a toss up between the tops & the Temps as to who were the top male Motown vocal group they both had great lead & backing vocals & stage presence , plus a large recording catalogue of great songs .
@@audreycumby1075 Thank you, I think so too, of course. 😊
@@maskedavenger2578 Yes, I knew that they were Motown, I had a lot of their stuff on the 'Tamla Motown' label.
When Levi sings you know exactly who it is.
"Can't Help Myself"(Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), Ask the Lonely, It's the Same Old Song and "Standing in the Shadows of Love" Were all top 60's hits
Love the Four Tops! Their songs I Can't Help Myself(Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), Baby I Need Your Loving, It's the Same Old Song, Bernadette and Standing In the Shadows of Love are all great!
There was a mountain of talent during this period of the Sixties and Seventies, but at the top of that mountain were The Four Tops, closely attached to The Temptations. Any track, by either band, is now legendary. ✌️
Grew up with the Four Tops and the Temptations, ALL OF THEM! There were so many great groups in the 50's and 60's. O'Jays, The Spinners, The Platters, Isley Brothers, The Stylistics, The Chilites...etc, there are so many great groups of the 60's and 70's.!
Me too! ❤
Yess 👍 Please check out *Family Reunion* by the O'Jays !!!!
@@juanitadiemer64and "Stairway to Heaven." 👍
We grew up in the same time period. I'm 70 years old and I loved all of those groups that you just mentioned From the Four Tops I also loved Bernadette, 7 Rooms of Gloom, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Ask the Loney and so many others. The Four Top were part of Motion with The Temptations, Miracles, Supremes etc.
@@loriannrichardson7644 👍They had so many GREAT songs !!
Ahhh... Levi Stubbs is one of my favorite male singers of any genre. His voice just drips with emotion. Can't Help Myself, Standing In The Shadows Of Love & Bernadette really showcase his voice. The Four Tops were the heart of Motown. The saying was, the Miracles have the outfits, the Temptations have the moves and the Tops have Levi 🙂
You truly have to hear Bernadette. The deep soul in that song moves you 🎶
Bernadette is fire!
Yes! Go with Bernadette!! 🔥🔥 🔥
yes Bernadette #1 on my 4 tops list. Got a whole 4top work out set in my headphones.
Indeed!
Levi stubbs was giving many opportunities to go solo in his career but he chose to stick with the guys in the group and I think l he gained alot of respect for it, on top of the fact that his voice is superb and the band is as well.
Even when he did the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors, his billing was "Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops". He was totally loyal to his friends & bandmates. That was (and is) a *very* rare thing...
Being a huge Motown fan, The Four Tops was definitely a part of the Motown sound. My favorite Four Tops songs from 1965: "Ask the Lonely", and "Same Old Song" especially the video where they are dancing together. Good energy. Thanks, Jay & Amber. Stay warm. 😄
One of the best of Motown!! 😍😍😍😍
"Ain't No Woman" was The Four Tops final hit. After being a fixture at Motown in the 1960's, The Four Tops moved onto ABC Dunhill Records in 1972 and scored this one last hit.
They had a couple of other hits on ABC/Dunhill, not as big as this one, but still great songs: "Keeper of the Castle," and "Are You Man Enough," from the soundtrack of the film 'Shaft in Africa.' They also had a couple of hits in the early '80s: "When She Was My Girl," and the wedding favorite "I Believe in You and Me."
It was far from their last hit, they hit the Top 40 6 more times into the 80s......including more top 10 hits!
@@MrAZjoe1 It is true The Four Tops had success on the Billboard R & B charts, "Ain't No Woman" was The Four Tops' last Top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The had success on the pop charts too, Ate You man Enough #15, Sweet Understanding Love #33, When She Was My Girl #11 Indestructible #35- all hits that made the top 40 ( some were even bigger on Cash Box & Record World) ye but last top 10 hit, but to say a 311 charter wasn't a big hit is not quite accurate.
Motown had some great writers for the groups in their solo singers. the lyrics were always on point and this is no exception😊
Motown and the Funk Brothers (their house band) were great but,
this song (1972 ABC-Dunhill records) was written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter who had no association with Motown.
The Four Tops took a 10 year break from Motown 1972-1982.
"It's the same old song" . "Bernadette". and "Baby, I need your lovin" are all great The Four Top's songs.
They are one of the best quartet bands that has the best harmony when they sing together. A few more good ones are "Reach out, Ill be there,"
"Baby, I need your lovin,"
"Bernadette," &
"Can't help myself."
Four Tops were probably my favorite Mowtown band, esp. their 60s songs; for the real, raw power of the vocals of the incrediible Levi Stubbs, you Have To experience their big hits Bernadette and Standing In the Shadows of Love next!
'STILL WATERS (Run Deep)!!!!-this is their EPIC song--an incredible LOVE SONG for ever!!!!!
Thanks for finally getting back to the Tops. Please do more Tops, Temptations, Spinners, Dramatics, Jackson 5
MAN! Can't believe this is Only the Second Four Tops song for You two! 70's Soul the Way it was SUPPOSED to be! Smooth! & Powerful! ✌️
The Four Tops - Just Ask The Lonely. Great back-up singers in this song. Lead singer, Levi Stubbs was considered the best Motown singer; he was pressured to become a solo act, but he refused to abandon the other three members of the Four Tops, loyalty you don't often find in the music industry.
My favorite song from the Four Tops.
Without a doubt, Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops is in the top three voices that Motown ever produced.
You have got to react to catfish Catfish.
And.. he was "Audrey 2" in the "Little Shop of Horrors" remake
Levi Stubbs has an unmistakable voice. Saw them live summer of 1989 and I'll never forget it. He also did the voice of the plant in the movie version of musical Little Shop of Horrors, and he KILLED it!
I sang this to my wife at karaoke on our honeymoon. I had the rest of the bar wanting to marry me too, lol. What a song. Hey, you ought to do a movie reaction to the documentary "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown" on your other channel. It tells the story of the Motown house band, The Funk Brothers.
The session musicians on so many great songs:
The Funk Brothers, The Wrecking Crew, The Memphis Horns,
The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section(aka The Swampers) and Booker T. & The M.G.'s.
That movie is awesome!
Hey, this! ^^^^^^^^^^^
Levi Stubbs Lead singer. They were a Motown band
not Motown 1972-1982. This song was 1972 on ABC-Dunhill records.
This was a monster hit in the spring of 1973! It was all over the radio back then. The two of you could react to another 10-12 songs by the Four Tops and would love every one of them. Other people have made good suggestions, so I will only add "Still Water Love" and "Are You Man Enough" (from the movie 'Shaft in Africa').
Thanks for getting back to these Motown legends continue to R.I.P to 3iut of 4 of the Four Tops. ❤ Here's a couple of suggestions for the Four Tops
Baby I Nerd Your Lovin (1964)
Without The One You Love Life Is Not Worthwhile (1964
Love Has Gone (1964)
Ask The Lonely (1965)
I Can't Help Myself (sugar pie honey Bunch 1964)
It's The Same Old Song (1965)
Shake Me Wake Me When It's Over (1966)
I Got A Feeling (1967)
Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me (1968)
Still Waters Run Deep (Love1970)
It's The Way Nature Planned It(1972)
When She Was My Girl (1981)
Thanks again Jay and Amber 😊
Also another great song by them is Indestructible from the 1988 Summer Olympics Soundtrack. It has a really fun promo video ruclips.net/video/adsD503UmQc/видео.html
Wow ! Remember that 😊
'It's The Same Old Song' is a good tune. The Motown Sound for sure. ☮❤🎶
The Four Tops had several great songs including "Still Water Love", "Keeper Of The Castle", "Are You Man Enough & "Ask The Lonely".
A fact you may not be aware of... Lead singer Levi Stubbs was the voice of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. Love his voice!
"Feed me Seymour"
my favorite Four Tops song - Bernadette. I saw them in the late 80s at a Street party concert in Orlando. They KILLED it!! They had the crowd in the palm of their hands. Fabulous
Temptations, Spinners, Isleys, Frankie Beverly and Maze....
And the Stylistics!👍✌️
One of the BEST grooves ever! Makes you wanna dance a little.
This is one of my favorite songs by the Four Tops! 💗💗
Their earlier stuff is even better. "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)", "Baby, I Need Your Loving", "It's the Same Old Song" and others are great. This is one of their later hits. 'Bout time you got back to some MOTOWN!! 😄
This was an iconic group that had a lot of nice songs...They were big in the 60`s and 70`s.
Levi Stubbs, the lead singer, has such a great voice. He is a very underrated singer from the era. If he had gone solo, he would've been an even bigger star.
My Uncle Bob's favorite song. It's a good song, but so great to hear because it reminds me of him. He had just a big personality. RIP Uncle Bob!
I was blessed to see them in person in 1967, along with Sam and Dave, Roy Orbison, Stevie Wonder, BJ Thomas, Billy Joe Royal, and others at a music festival in Houston. It was awesome. I love that SMOOOOOOTH style. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
way to go,,,,,another great song with a great meaning,,,,,,,keep it going as you both always do,,,,i really liked this song when it first came out and still even better today,,,,,,,again my compliments to you both for playing all the music that you do and keep on searching,,,,,,,music has always and will always keep us together,,,,no matter what,,,,,you both do a great job,,,,,,,right on
Love this song.
These guys were the best! Motown in the 60's and '70's. Keep looking for more.
So many great songs - Keeper Of The Castle, Walk Away Renee
Great pick Jay and Amber! The Four Tops (You have Four Seasons in the title here) were with Motown in the 60's but moved to a different label in the 70's and went with a more R & B sound. The first song you reacted to was in 1966 and this one was from 1973. React to "I Can't Help Myself", "Bernadette", and "Standing In The Shadow Of Love" from the 60's or "When She Was My Girl" or "Keeper Of The Castle" from their later years. Thanks. 😎
I'm glad you mentioned the violins. They are what make a love song great. They can be soft or they can soar. They fill in the background and are rich and warm in sound.
Your music book/catalog should list all the Motown groups for you and give you the info that you need.
Thanks for giving Levi and "da Tops" their flowers. Levi Stubbs isn't given as much credit for being a top shelf R&B lead as he deserves. He definitely fit what the 4 Tops did well. For more, check out "Baby I Need Your Loving", "I Can't Help Myself", "Bernadette", "Standing In the Shadows of Love" and one of my faves "Still Water".
With the music being put out today......thank God we have the music of the Four Tops and all the others of that era!
One of the best of the The Four Tops.
A great and very popular song in its time. The difference in sound you mentioned between 1967's "Reach Out" and this 1972 one is explained just by the difference in time periods. The 1967 song sounds more 1967 and the 1972 song sounds more 1972.
Criminal to wait two years between Four Tops tunes. Classic soul at its best. Gotta do I Can't Help Myself, It's the Same Old Song, and Baby I Need Your loving
Levi Stubbs-lead singer of the 4 tops- was the voice of the mean green mother from outer space in the 'Little Shop of Horrors'
Wow!! I had no idea!! That's awesome!!
Yes, the movie musical, not the original movie with Jack Nicholson. I think they reacted to musical.
Have they reacted to that on their movie channel?
Probably my favorite Motown group ... definitely need to hit them more often.
Loved this song! It was actually from 1973. Big hit that year. They went into the '70s and gave us these great '70s R&B tunes!
Love the sound of the Four Tops.
This group was a staple on the radio when I was growing up. But this SOUND has been the backbone of the music scene for DECADES!
Smooth harmonies, catchy base, great lyrics, and LOVE ♥️♥️♥️
Great band all around I’m a big fan of their 70s output.
O YA 70s were soooo goood .
4 TOPS were great!!! ❤😊This is still on my playlist!! Since the 70’s. 😊
The Four Tops is one of my fave soul groups of all time, but my 2 favorite soul songs are The Toys' "A Lover's Concerto", and Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do). PLEASE get around to checking those 2 songs out!! Less known than the big Motown, Chess, or Stax artists, but I'm sure you'll love them both!
"Baby I Need Your Lovin'" is a good one.
You gotta do Bernadette!! It is a Killer R&B record and by far my favorite. You must do more FOUR TOPS PLEASE!!! They were part of that first big wave of Motown, these guys and the Temptations were neck and neck for the best R&B male group.
Motown is one of the biggest eras in 20th century music. You've barely scratched the surface, especially when it comes to the top 2 male groups; the 4 Tops and the Temptations and the top female group, the Supremes.
The 4 Tops songs:
Bernadette
Just My Imagination
I Can't Help Myself
Baby I Need Your Loving
You're My Everything
The Temptations songs:
I Wish it Would Rain
Cloud Nine
I Can't Get Next To You
Ball of Confusion
Since I Lost My Baby
I Know I'm Losing You
The Supremes songs:
My World is Empty
Without You
I Hear a Symphony
You Keep Me Hanging On
Ain't No Mountain High
Enough
Never Can Say Goodbye
Dionne Warwick is another powerhouse. Check out more of her music: ( most of her songs were written by Burt Bacharack who recently passed away)
Say A Little Prayer
San Jose
Walk on By
Don't Make Me Over
Heartbreaker
A House is Not a Home
Theres always Something
There to Remind Me
They sang the theme song for the movie, “Shaft In Africa” titled “Are You Man Enough”......... 💯🔥🤙🏽😎
Shout out to whoever picked this song for you guys I love the line you know there's no better.
Between the Four Tops and the Temptations I could be happy all day with their four part harmonies. Two of the best Motown groups of all time. Check out:Baby I Need Your Loving, Reach Out( I’ll Be There), When She Was My Girl, Can’t Help Myself, Standing in the Shafows of Love, It’s the Same Old Song, Keeper of the Castle, I’ll Turn to Stone. So many more but that’s enough to start your rabbit hole lol.
When love songs were simply beautiful.
Spinners, O Jays and The 4 Tops toured together in the mid-70s. I got to see the at old McNichols in Denver 75 I think
There's a reason this sounds different than Reach Out. Reach Out was released in 1966 and this song was released in 1973 and music changed a lot in those seven years, not to mention recording technologies.
As you have pointed out, there was a time difference. Plus reach out was on the Motown label wow this song was not. There were different writers at Motown for their previous songs
The Four Tops made so many great recordings.
“Still Water” was always one of my favorites from them.
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So many great bands back in the day - I am happy that yall are getting to listen to what we did back in the day. The Four Tops were definitely one of my favorites - I call it Easy Listening songs.
Hey Guys, appreciate you! Check out the Four Tops “Walk Away Renee” Great harmonies, classic 60’s!!
"I Can't Help Myself" has such a great hook, one of the best in all the 60s.
Jay and Amber, this is one of the all time great songs, period. Definitely on my top 5 R&B list.
There are both hand-drums (bongos or tom-toms) and a drum-kit playing in this track; the rhythms are beautiful together.
"Bernadette" is a soul anthem! Also "Ask The Lonely" & "7 Rooms of Gloom" showcase Levi Stubb's incredible voice.
THIS was my childhood!
Funk Brothers best session band!!!
OH BOY Another Killer group and tune. Love it. Thank so much.
A little background on "The Tops". They had the same line-up for 44 years until Lawrence Payton died in 1997. Levi Stubb's was leader and lead vocalist but always put the group first. He was the singing voice of the plant in the "Little Shop" movie but split the money evenly with his band mates.
I miss growing up to this music always playing on the radio, life was so different in a great way😊
“Can’t Help Myself “ is my favorite song of theirs. Great pick!
Of all the Motown groups, the Four Tops are my absolute favorite!
The late, great LEVI STUBBS ..... one of the great soul singers -- most of my friends gravitated toward the Temptations, but I was diggin' THE FOUR TOPS !
One of my favorite 4 Tops songs, so smooth
Keeper of the Castle and Bernadette are 2 of my favorites- I got to see them in 2002 and shake their hands after a great concert
Great content. 4 tops, temptations, ojays, and others were the best at true love songs. The 60s and 70s are un matched when it comes to real love songs. Be it R&B, Rock, country, soft rock.
This pleasant-enough song is from 1973, after the Tops had left Motown and gone to another studio and after a couple of years without a big hit. From 1964 to "68 or "70, they had huge classic hits like Can't Help Myself (Sugarpie Honeybunch), Reach Out I'll Be There, Same Old Song, Bernadette, Baby I Need Your Lovin' (their first big hit), Just Ask the Lonely, and Seven Rooms of Gloom. With the Tops, it's best to stick with their Motown years in the "60's. You've heard Reach Out. Next I recommend Baby I Need Your Lovin', Ask the Lonely, and Sugarpie Honeybunch.
Love this song. Soul music is the first music I ever fell in love with. I would always listen to the black station in town and they would play gems like this.
J/A, these guys had a hit in 1981 "When She Was My Girl". Its my favourite. Lead Singer, Mr Levi Stubbs has just the best voice. I was devastated when he passed away, it still cuts now. 😢
Thank you so much for (finally) coming back to them. Please, please dont leave it 2 years for the next song ("When She Was My Girl!)😊❤🎼🎙️🎙️🎙️🎙️
Agreed! Another great 80's song they had was "Indestructible" from the 1988 Summer Olympics Soundtrack & I highly recommend this song as well 😄🎶
This was just after they left Motown and began the second phase of their career….from the same time look for their tracks “I just can’t get you out of my mind” and “Keeper of the castle”
They just don't make music like this anymore. Pure smooth soul melting like butter.
Are You man Enough was another huge Four Tops hit and keeper of the Castle from the 70s. One soul group being overlooked-The Intruders-Cowboys To Girls whose members would later form Tierra and have another hit in the 80s-Together.
They’re all genuinely best friends from high school. When they made their first big money they all bought houses on the same street. They had the same line up from 1953 until one died in 97.
There is a legendary “battle” between the Temptations and The Four Tops that you really should see after you know more songs by both groups. They start off singing their hits, then each group starts singing the other groups songs. It’s one of those TV events you have to see. It was at the Apollo theater in 1985. You know you got the right one if Micheal Jackson introduced them. Have you listened to the Temptations yet? I think you have.
"I'll Be There" is 60's Motown, this is pure 70's! You can tell by all the strings and horns. The 4 Tops are legendary, they stayed together longer than most groups. Other bands from this time to hear are The Stylistics, The Chi-Lites, and Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes!