Lawrence Payton
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Lawrence Albert Payton Sr. was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops.
Payton performing in 1967
Four Tops
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The Four Tops are an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1953 as the Four Aims. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped pro
Lawrence Payton
…March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops. Payton and Obie Benson both attended Northern High School in Detroit and met Levi Stubbs and Duke Fakir at a school birthday party. The four teenagers…
Four Tops performing in 1968. From left: Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, and Lawrence Payton
Performing at New Rochelle (New York) High School, c. 1967
Four Tops in 2022, left to right: Alexander Morris, Lawrence Payton Jr., Ronnie McNeir and Duke Fakir