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		Buy this DVD if you want to see some original footage of one of the In 1997 Lawrence Payton passed away due to cancer of the liver which proved to be the only thing that could break up the Four Tops.
		Lawrence Payton : The Four Tops: 03/02/1938: 06/20/1997 : Liver Cancer: Eugene Pearson : The Drifters The Cleftones The Rivileers : 09/15/1935: 04/06/2000 : Lung Cancer The fourth original Top Lawrence Payton died of center liver cancer in 1997.
		In 2002 it clinic was reported that Levi Stubbs was Sadly in June of 1997 one of the Tops Lawrence Payton died of liver cancer.
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	Lawrence Payton - AOL Music
		Payton was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA and eventually had nine...
		Levi Stubbs and Abdul 'Duke' Fakir attended Pershing, and met Northern students Renaldo 'Obie' Benson and Lawrence Payton at a friend's birthday party.
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	The Four Tops - Music Downloads - Online
		Payton's cousin Roquel Davis, a budding songwriter who sometimes sang with the group during its early days, helped them get an audition with Chess Records in 1956.
		The Four Tops next caught on with Arista, where in 1988 they scored their last Top 40 pop hit, the aptly titled "Indestructible." The Four Tops were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, and continued to tour the oldies circuit.
		In 1997, Lawrence Payton passed away due to cancer of the liver, which proved to be the only thing that could break up the Four Tops.
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	LawrencePayton
		Payton's cousin Billy Davis, a gifted songwriter, sent a demo tape of his songwriting (and their singing) to Chicago-based Chess Records in hopes of helping them land a contract.
		Although Chess was more interested in Davis' songwriting they reluctantly agreed to sign the Aims but insisted on a name change to avoid conflict with the Ames Brothers.
		From our childhood Motown memories throughout the disco era and to our modern lives Lawrence and his three childhood pals have remained a constant.
	www.discomuseum.com /LawrencePayton.html (887 words)

	Marketplace for Entrepreneurs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		High school friends from Detroit's North End, Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Lawrence Payton started playing parties as the Four Aims, as they were aiming for the top.
		After catching the ear and eye of singer Billy Eckstine, they changed their name to The Four Tops, so as not to be confused with the Ames Brothers.
		In June of 1997, Lawrence Payton died of liver cancer.
	www.marketplaceofideas.org /2006MFEinformation/four_tops.asp (509 words)

	Lawrence Payton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence Albert Payton (March 2, 1938 - June 20, 1997) was an American tenor singer, songwriter, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, The Four Tops.
		Payton was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA and eventually had nine children with the former Elizabeth Hughes.
		He died from a heart attack in 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lawrence_Payton (107 words)

	ICM - International Creative Management, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Lawrence and Duke served as producers on other music projects, Obie co-wrote "What's Going On?" with Marvin Gaye and Levi was the voice of the man-eating plant, Audrey II in the movie, "Little Shop of Horrors".
		But through it all, the group stayed together for 43 years, something that is unmatched by any other group ever.
		The group decided to continue on and worked for almost 2 years with just the 3 remaining members, with no signs of slowing down, dedicating every show to the memory of Lawrence Payton.
	www.icmtalent.com /musperf/profiles/70187.html (578 words)

	Obie Benson
		Born in Detroit, Benson attended Northern High School with Lawrence Payton; in 1953, they met Pershing High students Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir at a birthday party.
		Until the 1997 death of Lawrence Payton, the Four Tops were Motown's longest lasting group with all their original members.
		Remaining member Fakir has announced that he is to keep the Four Tops alive with Theo Peoples, former Motown solo artist Ronnie McNeir and, rumour has it, Lawrence "Roquel" Payton Jr., the son of Lawrence Payton.
	www.spectropop.com /remembers/ROBobit.htm (817 words)

	The Four Tops
		Lawrence Payton died of liver cancer on 20 June, 1997.
		Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Adbul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton.
		With the death of Payton, this one ends up having been the last album the original group ever recorded.
	www.warr.org /fourtops.html (2234 words)

	The Four Tops Bio - Mars Talent
		Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton spent 43 years together, constantly producing songs about love, happiness, and romantic heartbreak in the quintessential Detroit sound/Motown tradition.
		Levi, Duke, Obie, and Lawrence were teenage school friends in their native Detroit when they joined together in a singing group called the Aims in the mid 50s.
		There is always a sense, as The Four Tops go through their early hits as well as new material, that the social unity which politics consistently fails to achieve, is a foregone conclusion in the atmosphere of this happy music.
	www.marstalent.com /bio_four_tops.htm (770 words)

	Lawrence Payton - Four Tops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		With a technical background in music, Lawrence Payton created many of the Tops' complex harmonies and vocal arrangements.
		As a composer, Lawrence co-wrote, songs for The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye under pen name Len Perry.
		Sadly, Lawrence lost his battle with liver cancer in 1997.
	fourtopsforever.com /Lawrence.htm (92 words)

	Padres-Braves box score \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		2B–Loretta (8), Payton (5), JEstrada (9), Hessman (3).
		Payton homered to right on a 2-0 count.
		Payton grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman Garcia to shortstop DeRosa, Loretta scored, Giles to third, Nevin out.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040507/news_1s7padbox-a.html (256 words)

	The Four Tops Biography - Bowing to the Indestructible Four Tops
		A birthday party brought four students from two high schools together: Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, and Levi Stubbs.
		The whistling tenor-tenor-baritone of Fakir, Payton, and Benson and the stirring cries of Stubbs overwhelmed pop and R&B with a grander, more earthshaking vocal mix.
		In 1997, Lawrence Payton's death from liver cancer finally forced a change.
	www.soullyoldies.com /the-four-tops.html (723 words)

	Simone Records - Goin' Home 'Round Midnight review by Jim Donahue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As much success as they've enjoyed in the Pop and R and B fields, their voices were made to sing these songs, and it shows in their effortless background vocals on songs such as My Funny Valentine, Night and Day, The Best Is Yet To Come and My One And Only Love, among others.
		Payton, his contributions as a vocal arranger on this CD provide the Tops with their tightest sounding harmonies since Lawrence's passing in 1997.
		With a dedication, not only to their two departed brothers, Payton and Benson, but also to their ailing captain, Stubbs, remaining founding member Abdul “Duke” Fakir, along with Peoples, Payton Jr.
	www.simonerecords.com /audio_review.html (694 words)

	The Four Tops Biography : Oldies.com
		The Four Tops retained a constant line-up from their inception up until Payton's death in June 1997.
		The group's immaculate choreography and harmonies ensured them ongoing success as a live act, notably in the UK and Europe, where they have always been held in higher regard than in their homeland.
		Benson succumbed to lung cancer in July 2005 and was replaced by Roquel Payton, the son of Lawrence Payton.
	www.oldies.com /artist-biography/The-Four-Tops.html (774 words)

	The Four Tops (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton were boyhood friends and attended Northern High together in Detroit who.
		It was while singing at a friends birthday party in 1954 they found they were good at it.
		Roquel "Billy" Davis who was Larry Payton's cousin, sometimes sang with the group as the fifth Aim and was later to be Berry Gordy's songwriting partner sent a demo tape to Chess Records in Chicago.
	www.history-of-rock.com /four_tops.htm (707 words)

	The Four Tops: Book The Four Tops For Concerts and Events Worldwide - Entertainment Booking Agency.
		The Four Tops: Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton have been together for 43 years, constantly producing songs about love, happiness, and romantic heartbreak in the quintessential Detroit sound/Motown tradition.
		The Four Tops’ Levi, Duke, Obie, and Lawrence were teenage school friends in their native Detroit when they joined together in a singing group called the Aims.
		It was the mid-1950's and their early career was spent largely in jazz and RandB circles.
	www.bookingentertainment.com /artists/r_b/booking-the-fourtops.php (966 words)

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		Ghosty / The Pomonas :: After touring hard the last two months on both coasts, Ghosty returns home with a new EP, on sale in Lawrence for the first time.
		This show also marks the last show for the Pomonas in the near future...
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	The Four Tops -- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee
		In 1956 they changed their name to the Four Tops.
		The members were: lead vocalist Levi Stubbs, first tenor Abdul "Duke" Fakir, second tenor Lawrence Payton and baritone Renaldo "Obie" Benson.
		After Lawrence Payton died in 1997, the remaining members have continued to perform as the Tops.
	www.michiganhistorymagazine.com /extra/rockroll/fourtops.html (197 words)

	Epinions.com - LEVI STUBBLES, RENALDO OBIE BENSON, ABDUL DUKE FAKIR & LAWRENCE PAYTON - THE FOUR TOPS
		In 1953 "Levi Stubbs" and close friend "Abdul Duke Fakir" who attended Pershing High School in Detroit and having previously sung together in an R&B quartet are asked to sing with "Renaldo Benson" and "Lawrence Payton" for a friend at their Birthday party.
		Leonard is the President of "Chess" records and agrees to sign the group to a contract on the condition that Davis becomes a company staff writer.
		On 20 June after falling ill during their Australia tour in January Payton dies of liver cancer at his home in Southfield at the age of 59.
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	fourtops
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		(after this release Charles Wright and Lawrence Payton leave the group and are replaced by Charles Lee and Crathman "C. P." Spencer.
		Lawrence Payton joins The Four Aims who later become The Four Tops)
	members.tripod.com /SoulfulKindaMusic/fourtops.htm (1359 words)

	Rolling Stone : Four Tops' Benson Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in Detroit in 1936, bass vocalist Benson teamed with Levi Stubbs, Abdul (Duke) Fakir and Lawrence Payton in 1954 to form the Four Tops.
		The lineup remained intact for forty-three years, until Payton's death in 1997.
		The combination of Levi, Obie Benson, Duke Fakir and Lawrence Payton was truly awesome."
	www.rollingstone.com /news/story/7467854/four_tops_benson_dies (410 words)

	The Four Tops - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clockwise from top: Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs, and Renaldo "Obie" Benson.
		As of September 11, 2006, Fakir, McNair, Payton and Peoples still perform together as the Four Tops.
		On June 20, 1997, 59-year-old Laurence Payton died as a result of liver cancer, after singing for forty-four years with the Four Tops, who, unlike many Motown groups, never had a single lineup change until then.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Four_Tops (2197 words)

	Caller.com: Live Music
		Once again, Motown's The Four Tops have proven their strength by overcoming hardship - the loss of original member Renaldo "Obie" Benson in July to lung cancer.
		"We always dedicate all our shows to Obie and Lawrence," said Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last remaining original member of The Four Tops.
		Joining Fakir in the band are Theo Peoples and Ronnie McNair, who have been with the Tops since 1999, and Lawrence Payton Jr., son of former Top Lawrence Payton, who was added a month before Benson's death.
	www.caller.com /ccct/live_music/article/0,1641,CCCT_849_4030014,00.html (442 words)

	FOUR TOPS booking - R&B Artists, Vocalists - Corporate Entertainment Booking
		Sadly, in June of 1997, one of the Tops, Lawrence Payton, died of liver cancer.
		So once again, there are Four Tops, still true to the soul, memory and performance of Payton.
		The Four Tops have been marveling audiences with their unique blend of pure vocal power and unparalleled harmonies since 1954.
	delafo.securesites.net /music_acts/Four-Tops.htm (686 words)

	The Four Tops Tribute Website, Levi Stubbs, Abdul Duke Fakir, Renaldo Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton, Theo Peoples, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Four Tops have spent over a half-century of entertaining the world through song.
		The Four Tops continue to perform for fans around the globe with the same sense of style, class, and genius as they exuded in 1954.
		Consistency has been the main ingredient in the recipe of success for the Tops (Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Lawrence Payton, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Levi Stubbs 43 years together - standing record for any pop group).
	fourtopsforever.com /index2.htm (137 words)

	Collins' Oldies Website: The Four Tops
		The group had the same four members--Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, and lead singer Levi Stubbs--until Lawrence's death of liver cancer in 1997.
		After Lawrence's death, Theo Peoples became the fourth Top.
		Baby I Need Your Loving (2:45) - The narrator has felt lonely and lost sleep due to his girlfriend being gone; he begs her to come back and give him all her loving.
	www.srv.net /~roxtar/four_tops.html (1257 words)

	Lawrence Payton: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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