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  Levi Stubbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles on June 6, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan) is most famous as the lead singer of Motown group The Four Tops from 1953 until 2000.
Although Stubbs is a natural baritone, most of the Four Tops' hits were written in a tenor range to give the lead vocals a sense of urgency.
Levi Stubbs and his wife Clineice have been married since 1960 and have had five children.
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 Levi Stubbs and fellow four tops celebrate 50th anniversary in Detroit - Celebrities - Brief Article Jet - Find Articles
Levi Stubbs, lead singer of the legendary Motown group the Four Tops, was recently honored on the group's 50th anniversary in music with an all-star salute in Detroit.
Stubbs has not performed with the group since 2000 after he suffered a stroke and mild heart attack.
Stubbs and three of his friends, Obie "Renaldo" Benson, Lawrence Payton and Abdul "Duke" Fakir, started singing together in high school in the early 1950s before they signed with Motown in the '60s.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_11_105/ai_114286677   (358 words)

  
 The Ultimate Collection - zonExplorer
Combining the writers' pop melodies, a gentle Motown groove, and Levi Stubbs' earthy lead vocals, the group landed 11 Top 40 singles by 1967, all of which are included on this compilation.
Lead singer Levi Stubbs rocketing vocal delivery was capable of such impressive, immense power and volume and were one of Motowns best male acts during the companys heyday in the swinging sixties.
Levi Stubbs puts in another phenomenal, breathtaking performance with his grittily earthy, soulful delivery seamlessly surfboarding along the tidal wave of musical arrangements that consists of flutes, oboes and tambourines.
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 Levi Stubbs - AOL Music
As an actor, credited as Levi Stubbs, Jr., he played the voice of the...
Levi Stubbs and his wife Clineice have been married since 1960 and have had five...
Levi Stubbs Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles on June 6, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan) is most famous as the lead singer of Motown group The Four Tops.
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 The Dead Pool: Levi Stubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I'll be honest here: I picked Levi Stubbs because he was one of the survivors of Hal Horn's roster last year.
The Four Tops, which I have never heard a song from even though they are in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, were started in 1950s, and still exist today with one of the four original members.
I have a solo shot on Stubbs, who was born at the start of FDR's second-term, way back in 1936.
deadpool.isfullofcrap.com /oldcrap/2006/03/levi_stubbs.html   (169 words)

  
 Levi Dog Pasternak
Levi was abandoned in a nice neighborhood near Tyson's Corner, Virginia, a few days before this photo was taken.
Levi learned quickly and lapsed in his skills only when he had to choose between staying and bolting for a piece of fallen food.
Levi was always a gentle dog, very attuned to his people and appropriately protective.
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 Behind The Hits: Specials: Motown Honors Four Tops and Levi Stubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Levi Stubbs, the incomparable vocalist of Motown Records' legendary supergroup, the Four Tops, is being honored by his friends, family, fans, and supporters, during a very special celebration entitled It's All the Way Live with Levi - 50 Years and Still Going, featuring the Four Tops.
Levi has not been performing with the group since 2000.
Levi needs the prayers and support of his Motown Family, friends, and supporters so you're invited to come out and party "live" with Levi.
www.bobshannon.com /specials/levi.html   (482 words)

  
 MILESAGO - Groups & Solo Artists - Levi Smeith's Clefs
Levi Smith's Clefs initially earned a reputation on the disco/club circuit as a gutsy R&B band in the vein of Max Merritt and The Meteors, and it was a training ground for many prominent musicians of Australia's progressive scene in the late 60s and early 70s.
The Clefs' manager Peter Raphael suggested the band be renamed Levi Smith's Clefs (which in a roundabout way had been inspired by the name of the Four Tops' lead singer Levi Stubbs).
As a five-piece, Levi Smith's Clefs moved to Melbourne and then to Sydney where they took up an 18-month residency at the Whisky A Go Go club.
www.milesago.com /artists/levismithsclefs.htm   (959 words)

  
 The Four Tops
While the Temptations' main attraction was their smooth tenor singers, the Tops' lead singer is rough-voiced bass Levi Stubbs, who recorded many of the label's most impassioned vocals ("Standing In The Shadows Of Love," "Reach Out I'll Be There").
Levi Stubbs, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, Adbul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton.
Throughout, Levi Stubbs' gritty vocals - so beloved by HDH - are minimized in favor of smooth group harmonies.
www.warr.org /fourtops.html   (2234 words)

  
 Levi Stubbs Tears - Billy Bragg Forums
I have to write an essay about braggs Levi stubb' tears and whether it is succesful in dealing with an important but comparitively hidden issue.
I suspect the questioner is asking about the significance and influence of 1970's U.S. cop shows particularly Starsky and Hutch had on Billy Braggs writing during the 'Stubbs' period.
"Levi Stubbs tears" is clearly the untold story of the pregnant woman the crooked D.A. had assassinated.
www.billybragg.co.uk /forums/index.php?showtopic=1132   (1126 words)

  
 The Four Tops
One of Motown's most consistent hitmakers and its longest lived lineup (40 years), the Four Tops were the most stable and consistent vocal groups to emerge from Motown Records in the '60s, charting with scores of upbeat love songs featuring Levi Stubbs' rough hewn lead vocals.
Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir sang together in a group while attending Pershing High School.
Over the next eight years The Four Tops appeared on the charts almost thirty times, and Levi Stubbs became an international star and became an influence on singers from the Sixties to the present time.
www.history-of-rock.com /four_tops.htm   (707 words)

  
 Levi Stubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Levi Stubbs
Was Stubbs held by his feet out of a window?
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 Levi Stubbs' Tears Lyrics - by BILLY BRAGG : Lyrics And Songs
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The Lyrics above are to Levi Stubbs' Tears and are (Mostly correct, Yet...
The Lyrics seem to be the lyrics to Levi Stubbs' Tears But they are (Wrong)
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 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.
Levi also decides to shorten his last name from Stubbles to Stubbs.
In July UK singer "Billy Braggs" releases a tribute single to Levi titled "Levi Stubbs' Tears" and it peaks at #29 in the UK.
www.epinions.com /content_4159611012   (6826 words)

  
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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 22:14:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: RE: Levi Stubbs On Tue, 17 Oct 1995, Caliban wrote: > Uhm, I'm afraid that 'Walk Away Renee' was originally done by the Left Banke.
> To the Levi Stubbs question: he is a member of the Four Tops, the >legendary Motown Quartet that BB is sucha fan of.
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 19:23:23 -0500 (EST) Subject: RE: Levi Stubbs Tears I cannot understand why some people have to cop an attitude just because someone wants to learn something they may not know.
www.things.org /music/billy_bragg/digest_archives/v01.n192   (599 words)

  
 Guitar Resources: Tablature: B: Bragg, Billy: Levi Stubbs Tears
G A Bm F#m Levis Stubbs tears roll down his face
Bm A D D/C# She ran away from home in her mother's best coat A G Bm Bm A She was married before she was even entitled to vote
G A Bm Bm A Levis Stubbs tears
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 Levi Stubbs Trivia -- notstarring.com
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 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Music | Four Tops' Benson dies of cancer
Benson, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Lawrence Payton
The Four Tops sold 50 million records and had hits including Reach Out (I'll be There) and I Can't Help Myself.
The only surviving original members are Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/music/4643815.stm   (194 words)

  
 Search The 80's Movies Rewind
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Levi Stubbs appeared in the following 1 80's movies on the 80s Rewind.
Levi Stubbs, the voice of Audrey II, is better known as the lead singer of motown group The Four Tops.
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 Amazon.ca: Little Shop of Horrors (Widescreen): DVD: Frank Oz,Rick Moranis,Ellen Greene,Vincent Gardenia,Steve ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Although the character would be nothing without Levi Stubbs so wonderfully providing his voice.
Wisely it was decided to change the ending from the stage shows bleak (and, frankly, poor) conclusion to a more up-beat and 'Hollywood-style' finale.
Mushnik and the voice of Levi Stubbs as the people-eating, mean green mother from outer-space, Audrey II.
www.amazon.ca /Little-Shop-Horrors-Widescreen-Frank/dp/B00004RF8J   (2728 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Little Shop Horrors: Video: Frank Oz,Rick Moranis,Ellen Greene,Vincent Gardenia,Steve Martin,Tichina ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
For the uninitiated, this is a musical about a man-eating plant (voiced by Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops).
When the plant eats Seymour's boss, things get out-of-hand, and the final battle between the two is hilarious also - Levi Stubbs offers his amazing pipes, declaring "I'm a mean, green mutha from outer space!" - one of my favorite movie quotes.
Not only that, it can talk and sing (vocals by Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops) and it is very persuasive.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6300271285?v=glance   (2242 words)

  
 The Four Tops Tribute Website, Levi Stubbs, Abdul Duke Fakir, Renaldo Obie Benson, Lawrence Payton, Theo Peoples, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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).
www.fourtopsforever.com /index2.htm   (137 words)

  
 Stubbs Family Webring
Whether you are a famous Stubbs or a humble Stubbs, if you have a website then you are welcome to join.
Famous Stubbs Family members include actresses Imogen Stubbs and Una Stubbs, footballer Ray Stubbs, artist George Stubbs, Motown singer Levi Stubbs, etc.
The webmaster is Tim Stubbs from the UK.
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 eBay - billy bragg 7, Records, Music items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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 Levi Stubbs MovieEye.com Levi Stubbs Address Celebrity Contact Write Actor Actress Movie Posters, Film, Celebrities ...
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 Levi Sheet Music!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Digital Levi Sheet Music is downloadable and printable now!
Si Levi Dal Pensier RV665 Crit Ed Cantata
Classical, Si Levi Dal Pensier RV665 Crit Ed Cantata Sheet Music by Hal Leonard.
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 Levi Stubbs' Tears   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When the world falls apart somethings stay in place
Levis Stubbs tears roll down his faceCHORUS (omit F#m)
G D F# Are here to make right everything that's wrong
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 THE FOUR TOPS
Please let me know of any problems or changes you think it may need and I will take a look.
Readers recommend: Songs about crying In his 1986 song Levi Stubbs' Tears, Billy Bragg nailed the power music h...
Theo Peoples RELPACED Payton but took over for Stubbs in Lead
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 Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Visitors' Book
See if you can find them from the sources mentioned above or direct from the company.
'Levi Stubbs' Tears', a chilling classic as interpreted by the dynamic duo.
More music please, we are all anxious for something good in the vast wasteland of today's music.
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