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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.
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]
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 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 ...
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]
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.
Domestically, Four Tops Live! was a hit, topping the R&B charts that year [2] and ranking third in Billboard ' s Top R&B LP's of 1967. [3] In the United Kingdom, the record had even more sustaining popularity, reaching fourth place on the charts, [ 2 ] staying in the top 10 for three months, [ 1 ] and spending 72 total weeks charting.
The Four Tops Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by the Four Tops, released in August 1967. It peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart in the United States, remaining on the chart for 73 weeks, and is the first Motown album to reach No. 1 in Britain. It spent one week at the top of the UK Albums Chart in 1968.