Levi Stubbs achieved great success with Four Tops. Levi Stubbs Photo Gallery | Motown: Recent Memorials Photo 19 of 21 Levi Stubbs Levi Stubbs Photo (AP News) Guest Book Highlights View All 733 Entries April 13, 2022 " I loved. If advances were rejected, we would get all mushy and say, Come on, sugar pie, honey bunch, I cant help myself. But shed say, Dont even try it, because its DETROIT Levi Stubbs, the gravelly-voiced, imploring lead singer of the Motown group the Four Tops, who stood out in 1960s pop classics like "Reach Out, I'll Be There," and "Bernadette," died. Older brother John Plillip (Fats) Stubbs theatre actor. without him, but we know that his spirit lives on in each and every one of us. After 1978, the group took a small break and returned in 1981 with Casablanca Records, releasing an album titled Tonight! However, by that time, their charm had faded away and they struggled to remain relevant through the 1980s and the 1990s. Singer Levi Stubbs of The Four Tops and his wife Clineice Townsend are surrounded by family during 'It's All The Way Live With Levi: 50 Years And Still Going', a tribute to Levi Stubbs Of The Four Tops at the Roostertail Nightclub in Detroit, Michigan on February 25, 2004. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1995, and later, after a stroke, he was no longer able to tour with the group. The Four Tops were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 7060 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. CAPITOL Clineice Stubbs, wife of Four Tops member, Levi Stubbs; Four Tops member Abdul Fakir; Levi Stubbs; Yone Payton, wife of deceased member Lawrence Payton and Four Tops member, Renaldo Benson; from left, display the Michigan Senate Resolution that declared, Four Tops Day in the State of Michigan, in the Senate Chambers of the State Capitol 10/27/2008. Readmore, Security-camera footage obtained by a rights group appears to show the fatal shooting of two young Palestinians during a demonstration in Beitunia, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Readmore, Abdul Fakir, right, known as Duke, the last surviving original member of the Four Tops, greeted guests at the funeral for Levi Stubbs at the Greater Grace Temple in Detroit on Monday. (Carlos Osorio/Associated Press), Family of Detained Egyptian Journalist Says Leaked Images of Him Were Staged, Iranians Detained for Happy Video Are Released on Bail, Young Iranians Arrested for Being Too Happy in Tehran, Video Shows Killing of Palestinians on Nakba Day, Institute for War & Peace Reporting/ Iran. You have learned how to be a good person, friend, mother, wife, and sister from two amazing people. He was . He also was the voice of Mother Brain in the animated TV series Captain N: The Game Master (1989). All of us who were young boys in the 1960s and the early 1970s finally had somebody who Stubbs is interred at Detroit's historic Woodlawn Cemetery. Levi was a phenomenal celebrity influencer. by smokey Robinson he had one of the greatest voices in the world! Levi Stubbs's full name is Levi Stubbs and his nickname is Levi Stubbs. FF: You are now a proud parent of4 children. Much like sports; the entertainers of the 60s and 70s werent millionaires so we had a rather normal middle-calss existence. It is not easy living Take Down The Union Jack (Band Version) - Billy Bragg, The Blokes. While Mrs. Do NOT follow this link or you will be banned from the site. I believe in you and me was played at our Readers are encouraged to take part in the blogging by using the comments threads to suggest links to relevant material elsewhere on the Web or by submitting eyewitness accounts, photographs or video of news events. Login from Levi Stubbs was born on June 6, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Levi Stubbs is American by birth. To dance with my father again (Luther Vandross). England, Half English - Billy Bragg, The Blokes. Beautifully done, Damon and Kelly. His net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Levi Stubbs and his wife Clineice were married (for 48 years) from 1960 until his . [10], Stubbs features in Billy Bragg's 1986 song "Levi Stubbs' Tears", about a woman whose Four Tops cassette brings her comfort through difficult times. Mccoy Stubbs 19 1910 Fed Census Levi Stubbs 70 Dola Stubbs 54 (Delila A. Browney, 2nd wife) Eva L Brownie 17 Step daughter Lee x, so sad so sorry but levi will live forever in my mind and heart as long as i am here.so will everybody at tamla motown .god bless them all.posted by alex c glasgow scotland. They eventually moved on to performing at local bars and clubs. The Four Tops were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Levi Stubbs (Stubbles), singer, born April 6 1936; died . My dad was my idol,hero, my everything. Daisy was born on May 31 1908, in Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA. He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife of 48 years, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 - October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group the Four Tops, a group known for a variety of Motown hit records and other songs created in the 1960s and 1970s. Growing up I dont remember seeing too much of Uncle Levi but I can honestly say that your wisdom and beautiful personality is a reflection of your parents. You are amazing and that is a testiment to your mom and dad. for any other kid you went to school with or hung out with. Levi was diagnosed with cancer in 1995 and had a stroke in 2000. could give us the words we could not think of to say, he said. was not Sugar Pie Honey Bunch., God bless Levi Stubbs.. His wife is Clineice Townsend (1960 - 17 October2008)( his death)( 5 children). The Harlem Renaissance Series: Zora Neale Hurston, 13. //
