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THE FOUR TOPS
Detroit, Michigan, USA
* 1956

Line-Up (2012):

Harold "Spike" Bonhart - voc
Ronnie McNeir - voc
Abdul Fakir - voc
Lawrence "Roquel" Payton Jr. - voc

Former Members:

Obie Benson (voc, 1956-cca 9/75); Lawrence Payton (voc, 1956-cca 9/75); Levi Stubbs (voc, 1956-cca 1/82, cca 6/05); Theo Peoples (voc, cca 6/05-cca 8/07)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	The Four Tops	2/1965	Tamla Motown			63
2.	The Four Tops' Second Album	13.11.1965	Tamla Motown			20
3.	The Four Boys On Top (in the UK 4.11.1966)	8/1966	Tamla Motown		9	32
4.	Live!	12/1966	Tamla Motown		4	17
5.	On Broadway	4/1967	Tamla Motown			79
6.	Reach Out	8/1967	Tamla Motown		4	11
7.	Four Tops Greatest Hits	9/1967	Tamla Motown		1	4
8.	Yesterday's Dream	9/1968	Tamla Motown		37	91
9.	Four Tops Now!	7/1969	Tamla Motown			74
10.	Soul Spin	12/1969	Tamla Motown
11.	Still Waters Run Deep	4/1970	Tamla Motown		29	21
12.	Changing Times	10/1970	Tamla Motown
13.	Magnificent Seven & The Supremes	11/1970	Tamla Motown		6
14.	Return Of The Magnificent Seven & The Supremes	6/1971	Tamla Motown
15.	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	9/1971	Tamla Motown		25
16.	Dynamite & The Supremes	1/1972	Tamla Motown
17.	Nature Planned It	5/1972	Tamla Motown			50
18.	Best Of The Four Tops	1972
19.	Keeper Of The Castle	08.12.1972	Probe			24
20.	Main Street People	9/1973	Dunhill			66
21.	The Four Tops Story 1964-1972 (2LP)	10/1973	Tamla Motown		35
22.	Shaft In Africa	10/1973	RCA
23.	Meeting Of The Minds	4/1974	Dunhill
24.	Anthology	9/1974	Tamla Motown
25.	Live And In Concert	10/1974	Anchor			92
26.	Night Lights Harmony	7/1975	ABC
27.	Catfish	9/1976	Anchor
28.	Smash Hits	12/1976	Tamla Motown
29.	Milestones	1977
30.	Motown Special	1977
31.	The Show Must Go On	11/1977	ABC
32.	At The Top	11/1978	ABC
33.	It's All In The Game	1/1979	M.F.P.
34.	20 Golden Greats	6/1980	EMI-TV
35.	Tonight!	9/1981	Casablanca			37
36.	The Best Of The Four Tops	1/1982	Tamla Motown		13
37.	Greatest Hits	4/1982	ABC
38.	The Fabulous Four Tops	6/1982	Pickwick/Motown
39.	One More Mountain	8/1982	Casablanca
40.	Hits Of Gold	10/1982	Pickwick/Motown
41.	Back Where I Belong	21.11.1983	Motown
42.	Compact Command Performance	10/1984	Tamla Motown
43.	Magic	6/1985	Motown			140
44.	Hot Nights	10/1986	Motown
45.	Indestructible	9/1988	Arista			149
46.	Their Greatest Hits	11/1990	Telstar		47
47.	Heart And Soul	7/1991	Knight
48.	The Collection	7/1992	Castle
49.	Shake Me Wake Me: 25 Greatest Hits 1964-1973	7/1992	Raven/Topic
50.	The Singles Collection	9/1992	PolyGram TV		11
51.	The Look Of Love	5/1993	Spectrum
52.	With Love	10/1993	Spectrum
53.	Motown's Greatest Hits	4/1995	Motown
54.	Their Greatest Love Songs	23.03.1999
55.	Breaking Through	28.09.1999	Motown
56.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Four Tops	23.11.1999	Chronicles
57.	Live: For The Last Time	18.07.2000	Fuel 2000
58.	Four Tops	16.09.2003	St. Clair
59.	Fourever	25.09.2001	Chronicles
60.	50th Anniversary Anthology	13.01.2004	Hip-O
61.	Greatest Collection & Diana Ross And The Supremes & Martha Reeves And Vandellas	07.12.2004	Platinum Disc
62.	Motown Legends: Baby I Need Your Loving	07.12.2004	Collectables
63.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection	22.03.2005	Motown
64.	Four Tops Collection	16.08.2005	Prism Platinum
65.	Gold	05.09.2005	Motown
66.	20th Century Masters - Christmas Collection	13.09.2005	Motown
67.	Legends	31.01.2006	Universal International
68.	From the Heart	18.04.2006	DPTV Media
69.	Soul Legends	25.07.2006	Universal International
70.	Superstar Series	28.11.2006	Pel
71.	Collection	27.03.2007	Madacy
72.	Platinum Collection	27.03.2007	Platinum Prime
73.	Definitive Collection	23.09.2008	Motown
74.	Colour Collection	15.10.2007	Spectrum
75.	Magnificent: The Complete Studio Duets & The Supremes (2CD)	29.09.2009	Hip-O Select
76.	S.O.U.L.	22.02.2011	Sony/BMG
77.	Icon	01.03.2011	Motown
78.	Greatest Hits In Concert	19.04.2011	Fuel 2000
79.	I Can't Help Myself: The Collection	26.05.2012	Spectrum
80.	50th Anniversary / The Singles Collection 1964-1972 (3CD)	02.04.2013	Motown
81.	Legenden des Soul	30.05.2014	Universal
82.	Soul Alive! Greatest Hits in Concert & The Temptations	09.06.2015	Aitline
83.	Four Tops on Top	14.08.2015

Ronnie McNeir:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Down In The Neighbourhood	24.11.1997	Expansion/Rough Trade
2.	Best of Ronnie McNeir	21.03.2006	Expansion
3.	Ronnie McNeir (reissue)	15.12.2008	BMG
4.	Love's Comin' Down	12.11.2010	Expansion

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Kiss Me Baby / Could It Be You	7/1956	Chess
2.	Ain't That Love / Lonely Summer	10/1960	Columbia
3.	Where Are You? / Pennies From Heaven	1962	Riverside
4.	Baby I Need Your Loving / Call On Me	8/1964	Tamla Motown		11
5.	Without The One You Love (Life's Not Worth While) / Love Has Gone	11/1964	Tamla Motown		43
6.	Ask The Lonely / Where Did You Go?	1/1965	Tamla Motown		24
7.	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / Sad Souvenirs	5/1965	Tamla Motown	23	1
8.	It's The Same Old Song / Your Love Is Amazing	7/1965	Tamla Motown	34	5
9.	Ain't That Love / Lonely Summer (reissue)	7/1965	Columbia		93
10.	Where Are You? / Pennies From Heaven (reissue)	7/1965	Columbia
11.	Something About You / Darling I Hum Our Song	11/1965	Tamla Motown		19
12.	The Four Tops EP (I Can't Help Myself / Ask The Lonely / Something About You)	2/1966	Tamla Motown
13.	Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) / Just As Long As You Needed Me	2/1966	Tamla Motown		18
14.	Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever / I Like Everything About You (v GB 1.7.66)	5/1966	Tamla Motown	21	45
15.	Reach Out I'll Be There / Until You Love Someone	8/1966	Tamla Motown	1	1
16.	Standing In The Shadows Of Love / Since You've Been Gone	12/1966	Tamla Motown	6	6
17.	Bernadette / I Got A Feeling	3/1967	Tamla Motown	8	4
18.	Four Tops Hits EP (Reach Out I'll Be There / Bernadette / Standing In The Shadows Of Love / If I Were A Carpenter)	3/1967	Tamla Motown
19.	Seven Rooms Of Gloom / I'll Turn To Stone	5/1967	Tamla Motown	12	14
20.	You Keep Running Away / If You Don't Want My Love	8/1967	Tamla Motown	26	19
21.	Walk Away Renee / Your Love Is Wonderful	11/1967	Tamla Motown		14
22.	Walk Away Renee / Mame	12/1967	Tamla Motown	3
23.	If I Were A Carpenter / Wonderful Baby	2/1968	Tamla Motown		20
24.	If I Were A Carpenter / Your Love Is Wonderful	3/1968	Tamla Motown	7
25.	Yesterday's Dreams / For Once In My Life	7/1968	Tamla Motown	23	49
26.	I'm In A Different World / Remember When	9/1968	Tamla Motown	27	51
27.	What Is A Man? / Don't Bring Back Memories	4/1969	Tamla Motown	16	53
28.	Do What You Gotta Do / Can't Seem To Get You Out Of My Mind	9/1969	Tamla Motown	11
29.	Don't Let Him Take Your Love From Me / The Key	9/1969	Tamla Motown		45
30.	I Can't Help Myself / Baby I Need Your Loving	3/1970	Tamla Motown	10
31.	It's All In The Game / Love Is The Answer	4/1970	Tamla Motown	3	24
32.	Still Water (Love) / Still Water (Peace)	8/1970	Tamla Motown	9	11
33.	River Deep - Mountain High / It's Got To Be A Miracle & The Supremes, (v GB 6/71)	11/1970	Tamla Motown	11	14
34.	Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life) / I Wish I Were Your Mirror (v GB 9.4.71)	1/1971	Tamla Motown	36	40
35.	You Gotta Have Love In Your Heart / I'm Glad About It & The Supremes, (v GB 11/71)	5/1971	Tamla Motown	25	55
36.	In These Changing Times / Right Before My Eyes	6/1971	Tamla Motown		70
37.	McArthur Park (part II) / McArthur Park (part I)	8/1971	Tamla Motown		38
38.	Simple Game / You Stole My Love	9/1971	Tamla Motown	3
39.	Simple Game / L.A. My Town	10/1971	Tamla Motown		90
40.	Bernadette / I Got A Feeling / It's The Same Old Song	3/1972	Tamla Motown	23
41.	Without The One You Love / Let's Make Love Now & The Supremes	5/1972	Tamla Motown
42.	I Can't Quit Your Love / Happy (Is A Bumpy Road) (v USA)	5/1972	Tamla Motown
43.	Walk With Me, Talk With Me Darling / L.A. (My Town)	7/1972	Tamla Motown	32
44.	(It's The Way) Nature Planned It / I'll Never Change	9/1972	Tamla Motown		53
45.	I'll Turn To Stone / Love Feels Like Fire	15.09.1972	Tamla Motown
46.	Keeper Of The Castle / Jubilee With Soul	17.11.1972	Probe	17	10
47.	Reach Out And Touch (Somebody's Hand) / Where Would I Be Without You Baby & The Supremes	12/1972	Tamla Motown
48.	(I Think I Must Be) Dreaming / The Good Lord Knows	16.01.1973	Probe
49.	Ain't No Woman (Like The One I've Got) / The Good Lord Knows	1/1973	Dunhill		1
50.	So Deep Within You / Happy (Is A Bumpy Road)	30.03.1973	Tamla Motown
51.	I Can't Quit Your Love / I Am Your Man	6/1973	Tamla Motown
52.	Are You Man Enough? / Peace Of Mind (v GB 27.7.73)	6/1973	Dunhill		14
53.	Sweet Understanding Love / Main Street People	12.10.1973	Probe	29	33
54.	Am I My Brother's Keeper / I Just Can't Keep You Out Of My Mind	1/1974	Dunhill		62
55.	One Chain Don't Make No Prison / Turn On The Light Of Your Love	4/1974	Dunhill		41
56.	Midnight Flower / All My Love	7/1974	Dunhill		55
57.	The Well Is Dry / Midnight Flower	10/1974	Dunhill
58.	Seven Lonely Nights / I Can't Hold On Much Longer	5/1975	ABC		71
59.	Walk Away Renee / You Keep Running Away	10/1975	Tamla Motown
60.	We All Gotta Stick Together / (It Would Almost) Drive Me Out Of My Mind	11/1975	ABC		97
61.	Mama You're All Right With Me / I'm Glad You Walked Into My Life produced by: Steve Barri/Lawrence Payton	12/1975	ABC		107
62.	Reach Out I'll Be There / Standing In The Shadows Of Love	03.09.1976	Tamla Motown
63.	Catfish / Look At Me Baby	08.10.1976	ABC		71
64.	Feel Free / I Know You Like It (v USA)	11/1976	ABC
65.	Strung Out For Your Love / You Can't Hold Back On Love (v USA)	2/1977	ABC
66.	For Your Love / You'll Never A Better Man produced by: Mike Hurst	25.11.1977	ABC
67.	The Show Must Go On / Runnin' From Your Love	1/1978	ABC
68.	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) / It's The Same Old Song	29.09.1978	Tamla Motown
69.	H.E.L.P. / Inside A Broken Hearted Man (v USA)	10/1978	ABC
70.	Put It On The News / Wings (v GB)	10/1978	ABC
71.	Just In Time / This House (v USA)	1/1979	ABC
72.	I'm Here Again / I'm Here Again (instrumental) (v USA)	1980	ABC
73.	If I Were A Carpenter / 7 Rooms Of Gloom	9/1980	Tamla Motown
74.	Bernadette / It's All In The Game	9/1980	Tamla Motown
75.	Still Water (Love) / Simple Game	9/1980	Tamla Motown
76.	When She Was My Girl / Something To Remember	8/1981	Casablanca	3	10
77.	Let Me Set You Free / From A Distance (v USA)	11/1981	Casablanca
78.	Don't Walk Away / I'll Never Ever Leave Again	12/1981	Casablanca	16
79.	Tonight I'm Gonna I Love You All Over / I'll Never Ever Leave Again (v USA)	1/1982	Casablanca
80.	Tonight I'm Gonna I Love You All Over / From A Distance	12.02.1982	Casablanca	27
81.	Sad Hearts / I Believe In You And Me	4/1982	Casablanca		84
82.	Baby I Need Your Loving / Yesterday's Dream	4/1982	Tamla Motown
83.	Back To School Again (Grease II OST)	5/1982	RSO	62	71
84.	Flip Hits EP (It's All In The Game / Bernadette / Standing In The Shadows Of Love / If I Were A Carpenter)	6/1983	Tamla Motown
85.	I Just Can't Walk Away / Hang	10/1983	Motown	95	71
86.	Medley Of Hits / Papa Was A Rollin' Stone & The Temptations	10/1983	Tamla Motown
87.	Make Yourself Right At Home / Sing A Song Of Yesterday (v USA)	1/1984	Motown
88.	Your Song / I'm Here Again	6/1984	Calibre
89.	When She Was My Girl / Something To Remember (reissue)	10/1984	Casablanca
90.	Bernadette / If I Were A Carpenter	4/1985	Tamla Motown
91.	Sexy Ways / Body And Soul (v USA)	6/1985	Motown
92.	I'm Ready For Love / Don't Tell Me That It's Over (v USA)	10/1985	Motown
93.	Hot Nights / Again (v USA)	9/1986	Motown
94.	Reach Out I'll Be There / Standing In The Shadows Of Love	5/1988	Tamla Motown	6
95.	Indestructible / Are You With Me & Smokey Robinson	8/1988	Arista	30	35
96.	Loco In Acapulco / Change Of Heart (v USA)	10/1988	Arista
97.	Loco In Acapulco / The Four Of Us	11/1988	Arista	4
98.	If Ever A Love There Was / Let's Jam & Aretha Franklin, (v USA)	2/1989	Arista
99.	The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Ben Liebrand mix) / Loco In Acapulco	7/1989	Arista	84
100.	I Can't Help Myself / Walk Away Renee (reissue)	06.09.2004	Motown
101.	East Coast, West Coast	7/2007	Jenny Jenny
102.	Something About You / Get Ready & The Temptations	12.03.2009	Motown
103.	Reach Out I'll Be There / I Can't Help Myself	16.10.2009	Pathe
104.	Love Enough To Care	30.07.2010	Soul Intention

Lawrence Payton:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	A Woman's Man	7/1974	ABC
2.	Tell Me You Love Me (Love Sounds)	08.10.1974	ABC Dunhill

Ronnie McNeir:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Wendy Is Gone	25.07.1975	London
2.	The Good Side Of Your Love / A Different Kind Of Love	13.10.2008	Expansion

Videos:

1. Reach Out Definitive Performances 1965-1973 - 15.12.2008, UMC

Movies:

1. Shaft In Africa (10/1973, soundtrack)

Awards:

1998 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Reach Out I'll Be There", 1966)
1999 Vocal Group Hall Of Fame
2008 Grammy Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 Grammy Hall Of Fame (SP "I Can't Help Myself", 1965)

Various:

1953-56 Four Aims
since 1956 Four Tops

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	10.04.1971	14	New Pop Singles	single review
1972	0	30.12.1972	16	Albums	album review
1973	9	03.03.1973	20	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	13	31.03.1973	22	New Pop Singles	single review
1974	30	27.07.1974	38	Albums	album review
1974	44	02.11.1974	72	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	48	30.11.1974	16	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	30	26.07.1975	33	Albums	album review
1975	37	13.09.1975	28	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	46	15.11.1975	75	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	43	23.10.1976	44	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	48	27.11.1976	31	Soul Albums	album review
1977	23	04.06.1977	46	Caught In The Act	gig review
1978	2	14.01.1978	23	Soul/Reggae Albums	album review
1978	39	07.10.1978	17	Singles	single review
1980	13	29.03.1980	42	Albums	album review
1982	5	30.01.1982	10		interview
1982	12	20.03.1982	34	Caught In The Act	gig review
1982	42	16.10.1982	21	Albums	album review
1982	45	06.11.1982	31	Caught In The Act	gig review
1996	17	27.04.1996	54		single review
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1966	0	18.03.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	21.10.1966	15	NMExclusive
1973	0	18.08.1973	30	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1974	0	08.06.1974	21	Albums	album review
1974	0	27.07.1974	14	Albums	album review
1974	0	30.11.1974	46	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	02.08.1975	19	Platters	album review
1976	0	09.10.1976	20	Singles	single review
1976	0	18.12.1976	26	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1994	15	02.08.1994	7	Galerie