Four Tops

Formed 1953, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Label: Tamla Motown
TME 2012 Four Tops EP 8 Oct 1966 11-xx-9-5-3-2-2-2-4-5-5-5-6 Pts: 50
    14 Jan 1967 6-5-4-3-2-4-5-5-5-5-4-5-5-7-6-8-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-8-6-7-4-5-6-7-5-5-5-3-3-2-8-4-3-4-3 Pts: 278
Musicians: Levi Stubbs [=Levi Stubbles] (ld vcls); Renaldo 'Obie' Benson (vcls); Lawrence Payton (vcls); Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (vcls)
Producers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier
Writers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
TMG 579 Reach Out I'll Be There 8 Oct 1966 19-2-1-1-1-3-4-7-13-18-22-42-20 Pts: 477
    sales: 250000; from the album Four Tops Reach Out (10/1967)  
    14 Jan 1967 34-46 Pts: 14
    16 Jul 1988 36-15-12-11-11-13-31-44-58 Pts: 130
TML 11037 Four Tops On Top LP 5 Nov 1966 22-15-12-12-9-12-15-19-17 Pts: 49
    14 Jan 1967 17-15-13-11-16-21-21-23-23-25-26-35-39 Pts: 57
Producers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier
Writers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
TMG 589 Standing In The Shadows Of Love 14 Jan 1967 10-6-8-13-22-33-40-38 Pts: 136
    from the album Four Tops Reach Out (10/1967)  
STML 11041 Four Tops Live LP 28 Jan 1967 26-20-9-8-6-5-7-6-4-5-7-9-7-12-9-14-16-17-17-21-30-28-37-25-22-19-21-23-18-29-23-26-24-38-30-27-31-36-27-32-28-35-38-37-27-24-25-21-28 Pts: 259
    13 Jan 1968 23-24-22-18-24-22-23-27-21-24-22-25-28-25-28-35-28-31-30-39-35-32 Pts: 84
TME 2018 Four Tops' Hits EP 4 Mar 1967 2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-5-2-5-2-3-2-2-1-2-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2 Pts: 408
Musicians: Levi Stubbs [=Levi Stubbles] (ld vcls); Renaldo 'Obie' Benson (vcls); Lawrence Payton (vcls); Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (vcls)
Producers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier
Writers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
TMG 601 Bernadette 25 Mar 1967 33-25-13-8-10-12-18-24-34-40 Pts: 152
    from the album Four Tops Reach Out (10/1967)  
    4 Mar 1972 46-41-31-40-23-35-39 Pts: 56
TMG 612 Seven Rooms Of Gloom 10 Jun 1967 38-21-17-15-18-12-19-28-34 Pts: 122
STML 11056 Reach Out LP 11 Nov 1967 23-12-22-16-9-10-7-6 Pts: 51
    13 Jan 1968 4-7-6-9-9-9-8-14-13-15-20-19-17-14-24-20-23-35-32-33-38-34-38-40-36 Pts: 132
Writers: Mike Brown/Tony Sansone/Bob Calilli
TMG 634 Walk Away Renee 9 Dec 1967 25-16-10-5 Pts: 85
    from the album Four Tops Reach Out (10/1967)  
    13 Jan 1968 5-7-13-20-26-32 Pts: 116
STML 11061 Four Tops' Greatest Hits LP 13 Jan 1968 12-4-1-2-3-3-4-3-4-3-5-4-2-4-3-5-3-10-13-16-13-16-11-21-11-12-20-13-26-25-20-24-20-22-22-23-20-27-21-23-33-21-21-24-17-17-25-26-34-22-18 Pts: 395
    11 Jan 1969 9-24-21-21 Pts: 19
    10 Jan 1970 53-xx-51-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-40-41-xx-xx-xx-57-54-xx-57-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-53-xx-54-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-61-17 Pts: 26
Writers: Tim Hardin
TMG 647 If I Were A Carpenter 9 Mar 1968 30-13-10-7-9-11-17-25-34-41-50 Pts: 174
    Original: Tim Hardin (LP, 1966); from the album Four Tops Reach Out (10/1967)  
Producers: Ivy Hunter
Writers: I. Hunter/V. Bullock/J. Goga/Pam Sawyer
TMG 665 Yesterday's Dream 17 Aug 1968 41-38-20-29-27-23-29-32-36-47-43-47-39-38-46 Pts: 126
Producers: Johnny Bristol
Writers: Johnny Bristol/D. McNeil
TMG 698 What Is A Man 24 May 1969 43-38-27-29-16-24-17-32-21-45-43 Pts: 113
Producers: Four Tops
Writers: Jimmy Webb
TMG 710 Do What You Gotta Do 20 Sep 1969 41-27-19-17-11-14-16-22-29-44-42 Pts: 142
    Original: Johnny Rivers (LP, 1968)  
Producers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier
Writers: Brian Holland/Lamont Dozier/Eddie Holland
TMG 732 I Can't Help Myself 14 Mar 1970 47-22-17-12-10-11-17-21-29-48-46 Pts: 151
    Original: Four Tops (Aug 1965); from the album The Four Tops' Second Album (3/1966)  
Producers: Frank Wilson
Writers: Charles Dawes/Carl Sigman
TMG 736 It's All In The Game 23 May 1970 40-31-24-17-13-8-5-5-6-7-9-14-30-26-38-48-49 Pts: 298
    Original: Tommy Edwards (1951); from the album Still Waters Run Deep (6/1970)  
  Still Waters Run Deep LP 13 Jun 1970 39-xx-72-xx-58-xx-57-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-63-51-29-xx-30 Pts: 18
Label: Tamla Motown
Musicians: Levi Stubbs [=Levi Stubbles] (ld vcls); Renaldo 'Obie' Benson (vcls); Lawrence Payton (vcls); Abdul 'Duke' Fakir (vcls)
Producers: Frank Wilson
Writers: William 'Smokey' Robinson/Frank Wilson
TMG 752 Still Waters 26 Sep 1970 50-27-20-13-10-11-15-18-43-46-xx-44 Pts: 146
    from the album Still Waters Run Deep (6/1970)  
Writers: Mike Pinder
TMG 785 Simple Game 18 Sep 1971 49-24-18-12-5-4-3-5-12-20-34 Pts: 246
Label: Casablanca
Producers: David Wolfert/Charles Koppelman
Writers: Marc Blatt/Larry Gottlieb
CAN 1005 When She Was My Girl 10 Oct 1981 42-29-14-5-3-6-13-22-45-71 Pts: 185
    from the album Tonight! (11/1981)  
Label: Arista
Producers: Phil Collins/Lamont Dozier
Writers: Phil Collins/Lamont Dozier
111850 Loco In Acapulco 26 Nov 1988 46-30-23-15-9-7 Pts: 98
    from the album Indestructable (9/1988)  
    14 Jan 1989 14-22-34-46-71-71 Pts: 48

Supremes & Four Tops

Label: Tamla Motown
Producers: Nick Ashford/Valerie Simpson
STML 11179 The Magnificent Seven LP 15 May 1971 37-35-20-xx-xx-15-6-8-8-16-28-24-xx-32 Pts: 57

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