Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Abdul Kareem "Duke" Fakir (December 26, 1935 – July 22, 2024) was an American singer. He co-founded the Motown quartet the Four Tops and performed in an ensemble ...
Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir of the Four Tops in the UK on 9 September 1976 (Getty) Fakir, born to immigrant parents of Ethiopian and Bangladeshi descent, grew up in Detroit, in a particularly rough ...
The first follow-up single, "Without the One You Love (Life's Not Worth While)" ... Abdul "Duke" Fakir – first tenor vocals (1953–2024; retired, died 2024)
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, a founding member of the Motown group the Four Tops, has died, according to his family. He was 88. Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, of Motown group the Four Tops, dead at 88
Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of Motown legends the Four Tops, died on Monday at his home in Detroit, his family confirmed to the New York Times. The cause was heart ...
Stubbs attended Detroit Pershing High School, where he met Abdul "Duke" Fakir. [3] He began his professional singing career with friends Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton, forming a singing group called the Four Aims in 1954. [4] Two years later, after signing with Chess Records, the group changed their name to the Four Tops.
The Four Tops -- Lawrence Payton, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Renaldo Obie Benson -- pose for a portrait circa 1965 in New York City, New York.
Duke Fakir of the Four Tops in front of the Motown Museum in Detroit on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008. ... Born Abdul Kareem Fakir, he grew up in a religious family and was enchanted by music early in ...