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Sunday, September 23, 2007

Soul's Best Lead Singers: Levi Stubbs

Back in the mid-`70's Motown issued a box set called "The Motown Story," which mixed a lot of singles, with the artists' recollections. Levi's were the best! Anyway, at one point, he said, "I'm not much of a singer, I'm more of a stylist if you will," and a spectacular stylist he was. Some critics didn't dig the "histrionics." It's a shame they didn't get what everybody else got, but the Four Tops have always been a little underrated, in truth they were second only to the Temptations as a soul singing group. Check em out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX-1IJRHQEw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl-v5bKyQQ4

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