THE FOUR TOPS - ASK THE LONELY (LIVE PARIS FRANCE 1967)

[@michaelduggan1890]

Levi Stubbs is the man . Never sold out but stood by his friends . That says it all !

[@ABCABC-tj4dg]

Yes the name The Four Tops stayed.

[@morrisparrish76]

I’ve seen what fate befell lots of groups whose lead singer left! Thank God this gruesome stuff was not put on fakar-benson & Payton!

[@sierria64]

GORDY TRIED TO SEPARATE THEM. FRIENDSHIP MEANS MORE PEICE OF MIND . HE STOOD BY HIS BOYS. THE DUKES BIO,, GORDY WAS A POS

[@robbeadle9487]

Oh my god this lifeless classic never to be repeated again

[@lindsayrogers6690]

An excellent comment, Michael. Levi was offered untold rewards to go solo but wouldn’t leave unless the same was offered to his band mates. Respect, Levi, a real man.

[@raiderdanCA]

Hands down, the greatest Lead Soul Singer of our Lifetime ... RIP Sir !

[@archangelvvv]

TRIPLE AMEN! Levi's voice was WAY under rated. The man has a sensational Opera Voice!

[@ByronMathews-sf9gw]

He'll yeah one of the best 😊

[@jjs490]

Man oh man Levi Stubbs in my humble opinion was the greatest Motown lead singer... this song really touched me especially this version. He had a Voice that only comes along once in a lifetime ... Amen .

[@yarygork2334]

exactly and well said!

[@clarencedouglas1333]

@@yarygork2334 Completely agree.

[@Atlantis93]

Maybe David Ruffin of The Temptations was better.

[@stephenlee3495]

@@Atlantis93 love Levi but David is the correct answer.

[@deirdremudge6802]

Well said is so right, Levi had a voice of an Angel, he was a world class act..... David Ruffin had a voice, but my opinion Levi was the better, for sure.....he will be so missed....Dee

[@1969presley]

What a great human being putting his friends and his principles first before further fame

[@johnvaughn7945]

My Grand-Father-In-Law, Levi, and The Tops....The best to ever do it.

[@ggaines1085]

John Vaughn you and your wife was so blessed to have Levi in your lives wishing your families a Merry Christmas stay safe and be blessed.

[@peterturley1331]

💜💜💜

[@sharonhaywood2818]

The Four Tops are truly missed! I am 63 years old every one of their records was a hit to me there is not one that I don't like I twist and turn Bob my head and pop my fingers to all their Cuts long live The Four Tops🕴🕴🕴🕴 🌹🌹🌹

[@SJDunham]

Your grandfather in law sir, if someone could have a perfect voice it would be him God rest his soul as well as Lawrence and Obie. Duke is still alive and am wanting to meet him so badly.

[@selias5803]

I am in awe of Levi’s voice and the fact that he and his friends maintained their close personal relationship for so many years. God Bless them

[@oldbuzzard76]

What a voice ! The range , power , control and richness . I hope this mans voice is never forgotten .

[@archangelvvv]

TRIPLE AMEN! I said the EXACT same thing years ago on a different KZbin video featuring this track!

[@efesgirl999]

I was a teenager during the Motown era. Some of the best music ever made. My heart broke when Levi Stubbs died.

[@julesmonroe864]

Mine still aches that he's gone !!!

[@maryruggiero2884]

I hate that he's gone, also. that's why the music and the videos are so important to me. love them!!

[@Katy-ye1zr]

No matter how rotten life can treat ya, must say I cannot complain about the music of the 50s- to the 80s; and how lucky we were to have lived it. God bless America.

[@efesgirl999]

I was also 14. I can't stand the "music" I hear today. What crap. All sound-a-likes. Ridiculous lyrics. Nobody has any STYLE at all.

[@sidneybarbaradorsey694]

I was 15 in 1967, 2 years before graduating from High School in W Philly! This song.......My Goodness!!

[@selias5803]

Rarely does someone’s voice make me cry. Levi Stubbs voice was Truly God given. I wish I have had the good fortune to have seen the Four Tops in person. You Tube and some wonderful recordings will keep their talent alive. Perhaps someday soon the world can feel the love I have in my heart for this man and his lifelong friends.

[@gillnash2119]

The best singer ever ..

[@MountainStreamLives]

Lets hope so. It doesnt look so good at the moment.

[@brendareeves631]

With this junk that they singing 🎶 these days keep dreaming

[@ashleystewart994]

It's make's me Cry also.😢❤❤❤❤❤

[@GENOBURRITO1]

Levi could croon!

[@rayharvey123]

This has to be one of Levi Stubbs best ever performances. raw talent

[@donnahall104]

It's a gift you can't learn that one .😂💕

[@41750902]

Spectacular performance by one of the greatest singers ever to hold a mike! WOW.

[@alanwilliams1139]

WOW...JUST CAN'T STOP CRYING...LEVI NO ONE LIKE HIM EVER..RIP

[@efesgirl999]

Typing with a lump in my throat....and I can almost see the screen. Levi was my heart. So many superb artists came out of Motown.

[@gototcm]

the best music of my lifetime came from the 60s. So many great Motown and other artists. Somehow, we have lost our way in the culture.

[@jackanthony976]

So refreshing to see a lead singer who does not let it go to his head ...are you listening Miss Ross?

[@curtispeters4725]

Levi does that to any human with a heart. He sang from the depths of his soul to the depths of the souls of his listeners. His singing made the Four Tops an epic group.

[@eleanorlean9130]

😰😰so miss them my very first Motown love ..... but I’ve always got their music into my old age...... RIP guys 😪😪

[@Jo.885]

One of the most beautiful voices in music history.

[@michaelg3074]

The 4 tops never phoned it in. Every song. Every lyric. Every line, had a history, a purpose, a history, and was fro the heart.

[@mikevallen999]

The Four Tops were always a class act and Levi Stubbs had an extraordinary soulful voice and truly outdid himself when he recorded "Ask The Lonely " .

[@donnarowe1890]

So true!

[@hawkeye1836]

this is one of the best versions !!

[@jimthigpen333]

Look up "When she was my girl ". A masterpiece !

[@31Alden]

No autotune. Just raw talent. Mr. Levi Stubbs: a man of immense vocal gifts and character. Motown’s finest.

[@Branner]

Any of us who had the fortune of seeing Levi and the Tops live know that he had one of the greatest voices ever recorded.

[@kareemjohnson8059]

The tops were truly detroit. Born n raised. From the place I call home...U can hear the story of the great city of Detroit just listening to the great Levi Stubbs..it encompasses all we've endured past n present. Some day it will be restored I pray im alive to see it.

[@davidtrail691]

The greatest voice i ever heard... Levi Stubbs great great performance! Sure miss this kind of music. I grew up listening to Motown!! Fantasic. Thank you so much for this clip and that great voice and the 4Tops!!

[@SPRITEPAL]

This is one of my favorite songs of the Four Tops ! I don't know of another singer who can put more feeling and emotion in a song than Levi Stubbs.

[@eileenmendez7454]

I never get tired of watching these videos of the Four Tops! I Love The Awesome voice of Levi, Lawrence, Obie, And the Duke. So much Fun!!!

[@curtispeters4725]

Levi Stubbs was an incredible singer and this live performance proves that he was one of the most underappreciated singers of the Motown era. He defined some of the most powerful and emotional and meaningful songs of the 1960s. Classy and nuanced and unparalleled in popular music.

[@yarygork2334]

He wasnt underappreciated at all. He was loved.

[@deirdremudge6802]

I couldn't have said better myself, well said, he was a world class act, I loved him so much & miss him, ❤❤❤❤👍Dee

[@curtispeters4725]

@@yarygork2334 The truth is, there are other artists in the Motown stable who had longer and more enduring success and are more readily remembered than Levi Stubbs. The Four Tops did not have many hits after their string of hits in the 60s. Other Motown figures and groups went on to continued success: Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye, among others. The Tops kept performing, but they didn't have huge hits in the 70s and 80s like the other acts did. This is why I say Levi Stubbs was and is underappreciated. He was influential in ways many may not consider. Listen to young Michael Jackson with the Jackson 5, for example. His soulful emphasis echos Stubbs own Gospel influenced declaration; at times, he sounded like a mini Levi. Many never noticed that because Jackson was so associated with Diana Ross and even James Brown.

[@NathanAHogan]

@@curtispeters4725 What songs in your opinion does Michael sounds like a young Levi??? That's a good analysis to consider.

[@jerrismith1357]

I’m spent! Levi! dam! He was working for every note…a beautiful sight to see and hear! RIP BEAUTIFUL MAN!

[@williambevis30]

Absolutely, positively beautiful. A masterpiece!

[@chrisdavis5413]

Fabulous four tops the best Motown group by far

[@ericvanjames8395]

👍👍👍👍 🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@lindalyte354]

A hauntingly beautiful song!!

[@MikeBlitzMag]

Absolute, utter, jaw dropping perfection.

[@MegaPatron1]

The Voice. Nothing else to add.

[@seacowexists]

This has always been one of my favorite Tops songs, but WOW. I have no words for how incredible this performance is.

[@timelessly1]

So beautiful! These guys were incredible!

[@julesmonroe864]

The Best !!!!

[@JBlingBling03]

Levi Stubbs, The GOAT!!!!!! Sooo handsome here too. The Four Tops!! Wow! what would Motown have been without them??

[@stevediggle4364]

Levi Stubbs, giving and living the song. Always be with us while we still have this. Thank you.

[@brewsterrooster2306]

Levi, the best voice in Motown!! His range was unbelievable especially on " Just ask the Lonely " live from Paris. It still brings tears to my eyes every time I listen to him sing that song. Some folk day Ruffin had the best voice, but for me it will always be Levi Stubbs!!!!

[@johnanders571]

Him Ruffin and Ollie Woodson were the voices. If your preference is either one of the three. I aint mad.at you!

[@alsue4752]

Once , and only once in a lifetime does this special kind of talent come along !! That gorgeous voice, plus Heart and Soul !!!

[@lotuselise140]

God Bless the Four Tops, was lucky enough to see them at Winter Gardens Bournemouth. Best night of my life.

[@jacobfinder7476]

My favorite music 🙏. Motown, born in the early 50’s. I was so fortunate to live through the best music.

[@Bronxlady1]

He could sing and he was fine! The group was amazing. I could watch them all day. I think there's only one original Top still with us. Incredible talent.

[@lydiaboyd7629]

Yes!!!!

[@stevefornier7829]

​@@lydiaboyd7629No, not now, just read that the last living member passed away Monday July 23. The end of an era.

[@Wildcat5181]

Thank you Lord for Mr. Stubbs and all the many whose Your given talents I've been blessed to experience.

[@lindalyte354]

George Rivera / Amen

[@brodocbetty4856]

OMG Just think this was live, What talent, And they made it look so easy.

[@nancygreen8186]

No one can sing like Levi. No one.. He is one of a kind.

[@twine3410]

April 2023, been watching a lot of my favorite MoTown music, remembering the days we didn't hate one another because of skin color.

[@NadalHector]

Oh....that was a one and only voice ever.

[@suzanneblows1472]

I've got the shivers as always with this song, and Levi's amazing voice.

[@Connie-B]

Levi Stubbs..one of a kind and boy is he and his beautiful voice and music missed. I was a teen growing up listening to Motown and loving every second of it.This man could really tear at your heart with his music.

[@wintermoon1939]

my all time favorite Motown tune and the best performance I've seen.Levi's always great but he's just soaring here, the man!

[@monicanewell7784]

Beautiful beautiful song. Wonderful voice … so touching 😔😔

[@samuelkiser4151]

when i worked at CKLW i had the pleausre of meeting Levi. He was not only a great singer but a wonderful human being. Just Ask The Lonely

[@Barmargroup]

Such an underrated Motown song-Levi, once gain made all a believer of the song.

[@charliearnold4706]

Fantastic song and group, Levi Stubbs, thanks for the memories.

[@bobhawxwell1606]

Saw them live in early 80s . So I can say I witnessed one of the greatest vocalists of the last century

[@donnacullen4098]

Omg levi stubbs has the greatest voice love the four tops bigtime🙏😢💙💙💙💙

[@archangelvvv]

ABSOLUTELY SENSATIONAL & AMAZING! This man has an incredible Baritone Opera Voice that's defined as a "deep, rich, and powerful male voice that falls between bass & tenor range." That's exactly what Levi has to the letter!

[@bahamiantv]

Levi, was one of greatest vocalists of all time!

[@craftybet]

Levi stubbs a fantastic singer

[@brucelocker6633]

The Four Tops…….simply the best!

[@jimmcmahon4451]

you feel everything when levi sings the voice is amazing

[@ckeeling12]

Levi such a beautiful voice...never get tired of listening much love always ❤

[@paulhackettmusic1739]

First time hearing this live version. It was so beautiful, nearly had me in tears. What a moving performance!

[@filejw862]

And truly live no tracks or lip-sink here. Beautiful voice!

[@1katsan2]

Excellent🎼🎶🎶, One of my favorite song's~

[@ppehsy1]

DAAAM LEVI You SANG the BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS OUT of THAT JOINT!!!!

[@cookieowl1371]

best group ever. saw them at Hershey park. when all still alive. great show

[@curtispeters4725]

Listen to the amazing control that Levi displays so effortlessly here! He is completely in command of his exceptional voice and offers such powerful emotion in his delivery. Just incredible!

[@markwilliams352]

Love it. What passion, soul, and artistry. No one can do justice to this beautiful majestic song but Levi and the Tops. No one.

[@palacerevolution2000]

Always incredible. Levi sang the pants off that song every time. Watching that sweat run down his face...wow

[@michaelpontecorvo6183]

ALL OF THE FOUR TOPS ARE SINGING THIS BEAUTIFUL WITH SUCH INTENSE EMOTIONS. YOU CAN CLEARLYSEE IT ON THEIR FACES VERY NICE VIDEO TO WATCH. SO SERENE😌😌 Lisa

[@mryellowcrown]

This song I leave this earth with .. My Man Levi Stubbs ..

[@TheNorma56]

so sorry

[@nancysomebody5681]

Thank you, listening to this over and over and over today

[@markdezii]

Beautiful beyond words. Levi WAS MOTOWN!!

[@nixonpresley2111]

That is so timeless Americas Best viva four tops !

[@nixonpresley2111]

America circa 1960 !

[@nixonpresley2111]

For the Ages

[@deirdremudge6802]

Levi Stubbs was not only the greatest lead singer, he was the best, & when you have the best you can't get any better than that, he had the voice of an Angel.... I loved him & the rest of members, they were world class gentlemen, loved them❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏Dee

[@jtusmc19]

Oh My God one of the best voices of all time Rest in Peace Levi Stubbs.

[@sewingintrifocals-alisonde7778]

So much emotion expressed in this song, and a wonderful vocal arrangement

[@Muziekgenot]

What a greatness, what a class, what an incredible group they were! It is a cliché and therefore absolutely true in every sense: they don't make music like this anymore in these harsh en shredded times. (Four years later, 2023) the brilliance of this vocal group is as dazzling as ever. Their music, despite the sometimes gloomy lyrics, gives comfort and hope. That there are also people who create true art and beauty is a thought that brings light.

[@altinkum03]

no other mowtown band ever came close apart from the temptations , best music ever

[@ericvanjames8395]

I don't think The Temptations are that close!! The Four Tops are a "10." The Temptations are, at best, "8.5" on the same scale. ~

[@altinkum03]

okay

[@brucecronin6396]

Classic !! What a performance !!

[@peterturley1331]

Magnificent. If I had been in the audience I would have saluted them with a standing ovation. Truly Memorable and Majestic. 💜😪💔

[@reneeramsey9500]

This Song make me think about My mom Dad and brother Larry M clain Miss them so much.. Thanks

[@john1genius]

Probably the most romantic voices to lay down a track - loved them then- love them now - and I'm a hard bitten cynic! 😍

[@SPRITEPAL]

Thanks for uploading a great video of this performance !!

[@elizajaneedgar8871]

Amazing x best song they ever sang - Levi Stubbs was never given the full credit that he deserved for an incredible voice, along with Abdul, Renaldo and Lawrence - loved it in 1960s growing up still love it today!

[@newfoundationsrecovery3526]

565 likes, not one single dislike! Levi was a heaven send

[@kdapson1452]

Describe the late, great Levi Stubbs in four words... ...that man could SANG!

[@kat71580]

The Four Tops...what can I say..they took me through my teenage years..marvellous, thank you., im now 63 and still smiling and crying as I listen to their lovely voices., bless you Mr. Stubbs., R.I.P., bless you all. love kat❤❤❤

[@michaeltrimmer8899]

Mr Levi Stubbs at his most magnificent, no one else could match him in my opinion, a once in a lifetime gift from nature

[@rogerwinters9856]

NOW THIS A STORY TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE, THE FOUR TOPS, YES

[@robertorr2167]

Love you!. Where I grew up ( Torrance Glasgow) we didn’t show discrimination maybe bigotry but bigotory just through ignorance. I loved the soul music back then and still do.

[@danieljones9392]

This should have been a No one hit for the tops was great to listen to then and even better now,thanks for posting.

[@edbaby9762]

If you are looking for the best 60s Motown live footage, this is it.

[@drwhatson]

This brings the tears to my eyes - EVERY TIME. My all-time favourite song by the 'Tops.

[@asthecrowflies737]

I'm back...and about to cry...oh how I miss him...

[@junebarker3936]

Beautiful voices ,get shivers down my spine with this song,

[@ckeeling12]

He put his whole self into this...love it!!

[@waynekellett8465]

🙏👏🏁 So SO WISH I COULD SEE THIS GREAT GREAT GROUP ONE MORE TIME ❤️👏🙏🏁

[@Finsandchrome100]

Brilliant clip of this great group. xcellent picture quality for a 50 year old, shows the superiority of the European TV system

[@SouthSideRalph1]

2020 still my favorite group! SALUTE Levi!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheNorma56]

me too

[@deirdremudge6802]

And me too as well, God bless Levi..... Dee

[@renebob53]

Seen 4 tops live at Hammersmith Odeon 1971.totally epic!!!!! One of the best groups ever.

[@susanhenshaw1271]

I also had the privilege of seeing them in Manchester ar that time. Totally awesome x

[@liz8crtravis670]

Levi Stubbs had an anointed voice. This sing and Still Water brings me to tears. I love it; it is moving and heart warming.

[@michaelpontecorvo6183]

LEVI STUBBS AND THE FOUR TOPS ARE SINGING THIS SONG WITH HEARTFELT EMOTION. THEIR FACES SHOW IT!!!!!! SINGING LIKE THEY DO WITH SUCH INTENSE EMOTIONS MAKES THEM EXTORDINARY SINGERS😉😉😉😉😉 FROM LISA VOLTS 🎆💝🐱

[@michellehannahs8555]

Wow! Levi Stubbs was such a great performer!

[@michaelburrows4722]

I'm 41 this year. Always behind my time. In the 90's and 00's I was listening to 70's, now it's the 20's and I'm listening to 50's and 60's. I LOVE the 4 Tops, their sound strikes me deeply. Just beautiful music.

[@ivorcurtis3586]

SIMPLY MAGNIFICENT!