Do Elemental’s budget Motown reissues deliver? A clear-eyed review of Four Tops and Supremes albums from the late ’60s and early ’70s. Elemental Music’s affordable reissue series brings classic Motown ...
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving member of legendary Motown Records group The Four Tops, who racked up 17 Top 20 singles from 1964-73 including the chart-topping classics “I Can’t Help Myself” ...
Before his death Monday at 88, Duke Fakir wasn’t just the conservator and proponent of the Four Tops’ legacy. He was one of Motown’s most prominent homegrown ambassadors. Through the decades — and ...
He sang tenor on hits like “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).” By Jim Farber Abdul Fakir, who was known as Duke, the last ...