RIP Abdul "Duke" Fakir (The Four Tops)

[Servant King]

The last surviving (original) member leaves us at 88.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

 

[bullet08]

RIP.

 

[Merton]

Wonderful music. Levi Stubbs had one of the great voices of the 1960's. "Bernadette" is great , so many others and their version of "Walk away Renee" made, along with the Left Banke, for two great recordings of that beautiful song.
RIP

 

[yanoJL]

I got a chance to see them live in Las Vegas back in the 80s. I'm so happy I did.
Still to this day, I keep a Spotify playlist of Four Tops songs and a few other Motown classics.
RIP Duke

 

[kcghost]

It is sad to see musician pass from the scene and barely lamented. RIP Duke.

 

[Servant King]

It is sad to see musician pass from the scene and barely lamented. RIP Duke.

Agreed. I feel like the media offers more airtime/printspace to some doofus social media "influencer" in their late teens that doesn't know a turd from a G&H rope who dies in a 170 mph muscle car accident than it does to a legit musical artist from a bygone era before any of that garbage even existed.

Ugh, when did I become a 39 year old codger?

 

[krizzose]

BERNADETTE!!

 

[keith929]

The Four Tops were a part of the soundtrack of my childhood.
RIP Duke.