R.I.P.: Levi Stubbs

[David Paleg]

Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs dead at 72
Oct 17, 4:22 PM (ET)
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER

DETROIT (AP) - Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, whose dynamic and emotive voice drove such Motown classics as "Reach Out (I'll Be There)" and "Baby I Need Your Loving," died Friday at 72.

He had been ill recently and died in his sleep at the Detroit house he shared with his wife, said Dana Meah, the wife of a grandson. The Wayne County medical examiner's office also confirmed the death.

With Stubbs in the lead, the Four Tops sold millions of records and performed for more than four decades without a change in personnel.

Obit at Iwon/AP News.

[Scott Reppert]

How many rock and roll artists actually deserve a song that was written by another artist and has their name in the title?

Top of my head:

"Jackie Wilson Said"

"Levi Stubbs' Tears"

That's about it...