6/22/2014 Soulful Sunday another chance to hear the origins of sound and music that came before many of you..Voice of Memphis Music - Cotton Row Music & Records The Year 1964 The Four Tops and the Tune “Baby I Need Your Loving “ Voice of Memphis Music.. Cotton Row Music & Records..Baby I Need Your Loving is a 1964 hit single recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motowns main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, the song was the groups first Motown single and their first pop Top 20 hit, making it to number eleven on the Billboard Hot 100 in the fall of 1964. It was also their first million-selling hit single. The Four Tops were one of soul music’s most popular and long-lived vocal groups. This quartet from Detroit endured for more than 40 years without a single change in personnel. Moreover, they charted hits at every stage in their lengthy career. Although they’re best remembered for the records they made at Motown in the Sixties, the Four Tops also had substantial success at such labels as ABC, Casablanca and Arista in subsequent decades. They even returned twice to Motown later in their career. All the while they remained a solid draw on the touring circuit, performing 100 shows per year. The Four Tops consisted of lead singer Levi Stubbs, first tenor Abdul “Duke” Fakir, second tenor Lawrence Payton, and baritone Renaldo “Obie” Benson. Working closely with the in-house songwriting and production team of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland, the Four Tops cut some of Motown’s most memorable singles during the label’s mid-Sixties zenith. The list of classics recorded by the Four Tops during this fruitful period includes “Baby I Need Your Loving,” “I Can’t Help Myself,” “It’s the Same Old Song,” “Reach Out I’ll Be There,” “Standing in the Shadows of Love” and “Bernadette.” Between 1964 and 1988, the Four Tops made Billboard’s Hot 100 chart 45 times and its R&B chart 52 times. Twenty-four of their singles made the Top 40, and seven of those entered the Top 10. Wikipedia, IMDB, ASK, Goggle, Voice Of Memphis Music, Rock & Roll hall of Fame, Cotton Row Music & Records, br toad, blsfilm LLC, )O( Barry Shankman youtu.be/joqjBAJx4ZA
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