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All the way from Detroit, destined for success – celebrating Duke Fakir’s I’ll Be There: My Life with The Four Tops
Picture the scene. It’s the second Sunday of November, 1966, barely three months after England’s World Cup triumph, The Four Tops riding high in the UK charts, their fourth hit on this side of the Atlantic rather fittingly retaining the … Continue reading
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Tagged Berry Gordy, Brian Epstein, Chess, Detroit, Duke Fakir, Four Tops, Holland Dozier Holland, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wilson, Motown, Obie Benson, Odyssey, Otis Williams, Paul McCartney, Reach Out I'll Be There, The Four Tops, The Temptations
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Lead us unto The Temptations – the Otis Williams interview
At the end of a month in which the world mourned for Muhammad Ali, it seems apt that I’m conducting an interview with the sole surviving original member of a band the revered US boxing legend and civil rights activist … Continue reading
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Tagged Aretha Franklin, Berry Gordy, David Ruffin, Eddie Kendrick, Gerri Hirshey, Melvin Franklin, Motown, Muhammad Ali, New Jersey, Otis Williams, Paul Williams, Richard Street, Ron Tyson, Smokey Robinson, Tavares, Texarcana, The Distants, The Four Tops, The Primes, The Temptations
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