Levi Stubbs (born Levi Stubbles, June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008) was an American baritone singer. He was best known as the lead vocalist of the R&B group...
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"Levi Stubbs' Tears" is a song by Billy Bragg. It was the first single released from Bragg's 1986 album Talking with the Taxman about Poetry. The song's...
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doo-wop, jazz, and show tunes. Founded as the Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton remained...
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blue jeans Levi Stubbs, American singer Levi Twiggs, American officer Levi Stewart Udall (1891–1960), American lawyer and politician Levi Wallace (born...
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He first met fellow band member Levi Stubbs through neighborhood football games; at that time he was not aware Stubbs was a singer. Later, attending a...
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Obie Benson both attended a Northern High School in Detroit and met Levi Stubbs and Duke Fakir at a school birthday party. The four teenagers began singing...
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the younger brother of The Four Tops' lead Levi Stubbs. Joe Stubbs was born six years after his brother Levi. The two grew up together in Detroit, Michigan...
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Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, and the voice of Levi Stubbs. The film also features special appearances by Jim Belushi, John Candy...
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and a guitar. There were two singles released from the album. While "Levi Stubbs' Tears" peaked at No. 29 in the UK, the follow-up "Greetings to the New...
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Hallway Symphony. The Four Tops' hit version was led by longtime singer Levi Stubbs, and included special co-lead spots by the other Tops, Lawrence Payton...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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High School in Detroit, Michigan with Lawrence Payton. The pair met Levi Stubbs and Abdul "Duke" Fakir while singing at a friend's birthday party in...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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song is performed in the film by Audrey II (voiced by baritone singer Levi Stubbs), a sentient, carnivorous, alien plant that feeds on human blood. Ashman...
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singer Levi Stubbs then shouts "Bernadette!" and the song resumes, ending in a fade-out. Critic Maury Dean described the effectiveness of Stubb's shout...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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replaced by Joe Stubbs, brother of Four Tops lead singer Levi Stubbs. Stubbs soon quit the act and was replaced by Dennis Edwards. Stubbs would later go...
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British actress John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006), British poet and translator John Stubbs (disambiguation), multiple people Levi Stubbs (1936–2008), American...
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century, Levi Stubbs had become ill from cancer; Ronnie McNeir was recruited to fill the Lawrence Payton position and Theo Peoples stepped into Stubbs' shoes...
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it "Top notch wailing from the Detroit group." The song begins with Levi Stubbs doing a spoken recitation, which gets repeated twice with alterations...
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where she serves as the series' primary antagonist and is voiced by Levi Stubbs. Since her appearance in the original Metroid, Mother Brain has received...
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Tops and their vocalist Levi Stubbs, as well as Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong) in the lyrics of the song "Levi Stubbs' Tears" from the 1986 Billy...
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reaching No.10 in its early 1970 re-release. The song finds lead singer Levi Stubbs, assisted by the other three Tops and the Andantes, pleadingly professing...
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wanted Levi [Stubbs] to shout-sing the lyrics... as a shout-out to Dylan." For the recording, the writers and producers intentionally put Levi Stubbs at the...
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as Mr. Mushnik, Steve Martin as Orin Scrivello, DDS, and the voice of Levi Stubbs as Audrey II. Bill Murray played the small comic role of the masochist...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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Valli Four Tops Renaldo Benson, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs The Kinks Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies, Pete Quaife The Platters...
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from fellow label mates such as David Ruffin of The Temptations and Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops, whose grittier voices led to Gaye and his producer...
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film producer (Tom and Jerry, Rod Rocket), dies at age 85. October 17: Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (voice of Mother Brain in Captain N: The Game...
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