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
Levi Stubbs
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Levi Stubbs was an American baritone singer, widely known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, that released a variety of Motown hit records during the 1960s and 1970s. He was noted fo
Lawrence Payton
…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 began singing in 1953 as The Four Aims but later changed their name to the Four Tops to…
Stubbs performing in 1967
Stubbs performing at New Rochelle High School in 1966