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August 1966 brought the release of the Four Tops' all-time biggest hit and one of the most popular Motown songs ever. "Reach Out I'll Be There" reached number 1 on the U.S. pop and R&B charts [4] and the UK chart and soon became the Tops' signature song. [3]
This is the discography of all the singles and albums released by Motown singing group the Four Tops.. Throughout their career, 24 of their singles reached the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 with seven of them reaching the top ten and two reaching number one on the chart.
Many artists covered the song, [41] including the Jaded Hearts Club cover as recently as 2020. [42] In 1998, the 1966 recording by the Four Tops on Motown Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [43] The Four Tops version was used in the main trailer for the second season of the Apple TV+ series Severance. [44]
The Beatles had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1966. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966. [1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 24, 1966, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 1 through December 10, 1966.
The Lovin' Spoonful scored a #1 hit with "Summer in the City" in 1966. The Four Tops scored a #1 hit with "Reach Out I'll Be There" in 1966. These are the Billboard magazine Hot 100 number one hits of 1966. That year, 16 acts achieved their first number one song, such as Simon & Garfunkel, Lou Christie, Nancy Sinatra, SSgt.
The Four Tops "Reach Out I'll Be There" Motown 1098: July 27, 1966: August 18, 1966: 10: 1.25: US Billboard 1966 #7, Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 170 points, Top Soul Singles 1966 #13, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 189 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 1998, National Recording Registry 2022, from Four Tops Reach Out ...
The vocals were recorded on October 13 1966 at Golden World. Further recording and dubbing took place with the song ready for release by November 7. It was finally released in the U.S. on November 28 1966. [3] In the UK the release was delayed until January 6 1967 just before the group were about to commence a twice-nightly, nine date tour. [3]
On Top is the third studio album recorded by the Four Tops. Issued by Motown Records on July 8, 1966, [3] it reached number 32 on the US Billboard Top LPs chart and number 9 in the UK. It contains two singles: "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" and "Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over)". The second half of the album consists of cover songs.