The four Tops live vocal - Just ask the lonely 1960s hit

[@thomashodgson22]

What a fantastic voice, I never tire hearing him. From my teenage years it’s always been there and the music brings back all the memories of the past.

[@archangelvvv]

SENSATIONAL!!! Best male vocalist EVER!

[@Mikem-rl4jd]

What a rare video of the best vocal group ever I was eleven years old in 1965 now 70 their music was played all the time in my house while growing up so many memories

[@howardford9311]

The first time I heard this song I was in Vietnam and I cried because I was lonely

[@lindathompson4]

Thank you Howard for your service.

[@Speakup117]

❤

[@bobbrogley1033]

My all-time favorite Four Tops song. What a voice this man has!

[@stevemaconi3348]

also my favorite song by this great group. it doesn't get any better than this.

[@donaldmcfadden578]

The very, very, best! And a genuinely nice man !

[@donaldmcfadden578]

A role model to admire, especially for today’s young men, lost and lonely in these confusing times!

[@hectorvasquez8493]

Levi Stubbs LIVES FOREVER!!!! 🤟🏼 ❤️🌅❤️🌅❤️🌅❤️🌅❤️🌅❤️

[@cleorasile2502]

Levi's vocals were killer and Know, Duke and Lawrence harmonies together make the Four Tops a legendary group for the ages.

[@patriciamissie8763]

One of my favorite songs 🎵 ❤️ 💕 💛 💙 😍 I can listen to it over and over again 🎶 ♥️

[@richardkeam8055]

This is the voice of Motown that pulled me in for life.

[@johnmorgan9219]

Love those lyrics they wrote real song back then

[@thomassperduti4500]

Levi Stubbs was the LION of Motown.

[@francismcaskill3629]

The VOICE is simply unbelievable!

[@jeffreyconyers7120]

Levi, best vocal brilliance ever done. His delivery ranks high within the many singers of Motown and strange William Stevenson is highly talked about in this label legacy.

[@chuckgray7219]

❤ “A VOICE…A LOVE AMONG THEMSELVES….A GROUP THAT WILL LIVE FOREVER!🎤✊🏾

[@JamesBrown-pf8tf]

Just a great song and voice !

[@stuartriley1166]

The best baritone ever, pure heaven !

[@johnanders6234]

Now thats a statment. We have Jerry Butler, Chuck Jackson, Paul Williams, the best voice ever Mr.Roy Hamilton. Plus Walter Jackson Nat king Cole,Arthur Prysock and the lead singer of The Dells Marvin Junior. We have had some great baritones.If you said anyone of those guys. I couldnt be mad at you.

[@frankpatterson767]

The Great Levi Stubbs legendary

[@canpat719]

Yes, he was without doubt one of the greats, and a voice to match!!!

[@vetivera]

beautiful song! Levi - what a voice!!!!

[@lanoralowry2280]

My favorite group of all times they can sing ❤ 2024

[@lindsaygook5550]

Levi Stubbs what a voice!

[@simonontong7539]

Amazing this song gives me goosebumps

[@Savadorason1]

-Damn that song had heart. They're looking serious as hell there, gotta convey the hurt of losing someone you really love. Like they said, "the young & foolish laugh".

[@lanoralowry2280]

Levi gives me chills when he sing love him so much ❤ 2024

[@ashleystewart994]

What a beautiful song/ it feel just what I feel everyday. Mrs . Charles Edward William's❤😢

[@ashleystewart994]

My husband passed away/so sad.

[@trevorwalker1730]

Absolutely fantastic, wish you were still around Levi!

[@peterostash]

What a voice. Miss you Levi.

[@juliecrabb977]

What a voice. Love this 🎵 what a voice Levi Stubbs ❤❤

[@larrylund5967]

Larry Lund what a awesome song four tops were the best I could listen to them old songs forever

[@bennyadler5882]

Love you ms louvain, Jackie and Marlene.

[@bennyadler8048]

perfect record. listen to the vocal perfection of the Ándantes loud and clear on the backgrounds.

[@jesincere8589]

Can one just imagine what The Andantes were feeling while recording this in studio "A", superb pairing, perfect material, perfect record. The Magnificent 7 forever.

[@SouLoveReal]

More often than not, the Tops' backups, the Andantes' backups, and Levi's leads were all recorded at different times. Usually, Levi and Co would to their thing, and then the Andantes would be added on as (what was later to be termed) "vocal coloring." The Andantes vocal-colored the songs on probably all of the Motown artists whenever an arranger/producer required it, in order to give a song a fuller sound. Great example: One of my absolute all-time favorites is the Temptations' "It's Growing" ... Oh, not to mention the Four Tops' "Still Waters."

[@legendarymcdinis3391]

I’m told all 7 were standing shoulder to shoulder in studio A per Ivy Hunters insistence. No embellishing was needed when these 7 recorded. Notice the Andante leads then 3 Tops responses before all 6 combine to give it that powerful vocal effect as Levi takes commanding emotive leads.

[@michsportslegends]

Genius

[@canpat719]

Yes, he sure was one of the greats!!! Why is it always the great ones who leave us?!?

[@frederickjackson7724]

Levi is one in the best in the world

[@hermanhall6520]

One of the greatest singer of all time rest in peace great one love

[@patforward726]

Love this song, all my life, can't stop listening.

[@clay1883]

Just Motown Gold! Beautiful and deep. I was 14 when this hit came out. Just discovering about girls and love and life. I miss this era so much. This has to be the all time great Motown for me.

[@gianni216]

Io avevo 2anni nel 1960 quando é uscita questa canzone

[@JamesBrown-pf8tf]

My favorite !

[@charlesgandy4846]

Greatest voice ever.

[@deitricellis7811]

He KILLED on this when I was 16. Still killing it!

[@shaunwakefield9793]

Levi and Tom Jones.

[@MauriceGriffiths-ys3tv]

Sheer brilliance enough said

[@acquanellaogbemudia9930]

Love it I'm 2024❤❤

[@iluvrachellef]

Hard to believe that voice was only 28/29 when he recorded this MASTERPIECE,Sheesh.

[@jkeithray8368]

A symphony of Emotion and melodic truth

[@jadezee6316]

a great song...their best....i hope no one else ever identifies with it...like i am tonight......

[@chazmann108]

Levi Stubbs was such a fine singer and is marred by this bulls&it choreography which is completely in the way of this great performance.

[@tempusfugit007]

Such heart and soul

[@fullplate100]

Mr. Levi Stubbs is a talent to be remembered. Thank Goodness he'll be remembered as the voice of the man-eating plant from the play, "Little Shop Of Horrors,, "Sydney" "!

[@theresalally1620]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️this song👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@stefankorrinz]

wonderful !!!!!

[@davidriggs1470]

Wonderful Tops

[@yvonnesanders6988]

Love this song!

[@jadezee6316]

The Great Levi Stubbs

[@AnitaPruden-yw5gn]

Beautiful voice reminds me of the style of Matthias beautiful band

[@jamesbarclay8805]

Honestly just the best so how good 👍 perfection man

[@jameswilliams8568]

What a great song.

[@royreed3659]

Great recording Levi’s vocals raw and soulful

[@elliothagen9874]

A great Motown song

[@RickS-c6i]

Might be their best song ever. Levi rocks it.

[@MichaelCrooke-m6l]

The one and only ❤

[@jeffreyconyers8735]

This more than any HDH song is their greatest recording. Written by others one which was the great William Stevenson.

[@larrylund2152]

Larry Lund this is my favorite song The four tops are the best love this group

[@ytube-3398]

When you feel that need To make it all alone, Remember no one is thinking of, Going alone Just ask the lonely... They know the hurt and pain, Of losing a love, you can never regain Background: Just ask the lonely Levi: Just ask the lonely Levi: The young and foolish laugh at love Four Tops: Woo-hoo Levi: So they run away... Four Tops: Woo-hoo hoo hoo Levi: Confident and sure that fate Four Tops: Woo-hoo Levi: Will bring another love their way Background: Aaah Levi: But ask the lonely... Background: Aaah How vainly a heart can yearn, Background: Aaah Levi: For losing a love that will never return Background: Just ask the lonely Levi: Just ask the lonely... They'll tell you Background: Ooooh, Woo-hoo hoo-hoo Ooooooh Background: Aaah Levi: They'll tell you a story of sadness, Background: Aaah A story too hard to believe... Background: Aaah Levi: They'll tell you the loneliest one is me

[@derricksutton266]

great group.

[@Johanna-xy9py]

Just ask the lonely💔 When you feel that need To make it all alone, Remember no one is thinking of, Going alone✨️✨️✨️ Just ask the lonely They know the hurt and pain, Of losing a love, you can never regain💔💔 Just ask the lonely Just ask the lonely The young and foolish laugh at love (Woo hoo) So they run away (Woo hoo hoo hoo) Confident and sure that fate (Woo hoo) Will bring another love their way But ask the lonely (Ah) How vainly a heart can yearn, (Ah) For losing a love that will never return💔💔 Just ask the lonely Just ask the lonely They'll tell you Ooh, Woo hoo hoo hoo ooh They'll tell you a story of sadness, (Ah) A story too hard to believe Ah, they'll tell you the loneliest one is me Just ask the lonely Just ask the lonely Ask me💔🥺 I'm the loneliest one you'll see Just ask the lonely💔

[@lynneforsyth8231]

God bless Levi xx

[@jeffreyconyers7120]

This song reminds you the Spinners recordings on Atlantic's in terms that the males background hardly heard.

[@ronkolacek5138]

Hang in there Mike. More to life than you think.

[@danenglehardt2430]

That song is a. Healing song For us, are you kidding,,, I'm not, America is the best thing that ever happened to this world

[@vickimingus9281]

great band

[@iluvrachellef]

Better without the dancers. Such a tear jerker shouldn't have dancers. Ok I can stop tearing up now 😪🙄

[@johnanders6234]

They just took away from the performance. Who in the hell want to see them. When you got the Four Tops. Even when they are lip synching.Its better than some go go dancers.

[@elliothagen9874]

Great song & group. The video must be from NBC's hula boo.

[@Centervillejim]

No, it's "Hollywood A Go Go".

[@rsands9]

That’s not a live vocal. This is the single version

[@mychalsimmons4177]

This is a much clearer version..... you can hear the big vx clearer.... nice

[@wasdfromb]

RIP Duke Fakir

[@legendarymcdinis3391]

If you listen closely, you can segregate Louvain Demps’ voice on backgrounds from outset taking a short leap over Jackie Hicks’ soprano. The call and response between Andantes , Duke, Obie and Lawrence’s voices, then combining all 6 behind Levi’s leads just genius production. This a true Masterpiece of pop music approaching opera quality in its effervescent quality.

[@tommyjohnson3294]

Music is out of sinc with Levi's mouth.

[@cw5451]

I don’t think this vocal is live. But, of course, it sounds fabulous!

[@justincredible9556]

Captain obvious

[@petestride7732]

Just sublime but what are those women up to? 😮

[@loiscrawl4599]

This song was and still is a jam. However, the dancers can go.

[@jackieclark2004]

I wish the dancers would move out the way.

[@Ronald-x4e]

Levi put him there why should they move

[@sylviahorton8396]

THOSE DANCERS R THROWING ME OFF...LOL!!! I ONLY WANT TO HEAR LEVI STUBBS MIRACULOUS VOICE.. BUT THY HAVE ME DISTRACTED....LOL!!!! WISH THY WOULD HAVE JUST SAT DOWN!!!!!!!

[@cleorasile2502]

One of my favorite songs and great performance but those dancers were really annoying!

[@lucioelias7840]

Pena que nao mostrou o coral!!

[@jkeithray8368]

And every video needs a few crazy twirling white chicks doing the dance of the naked swan lol

[@yvonnebenson1713]

Absolutely! It says a lot about that era. Naked racism. Wouldn’t be like that now

[@lanoralowry2280]

Move those girls please

[@sharonhaywood2818]

Great Four Tops! But the go go girls can kind of go, I know in that era that was the thing but you know 🤷

[@yvonnebenson1713]

They’re always white as well! And terrible dancers! Never seen proper black dancers on an old Motown video. Took them a long time to get it. It would have bugged me , as a black performer. But that’s how things were in those days. They just about tolerated the black artists. Unbelievable.

[@bugsz08]

18 and full of bumps in harlem looking for girls

[@SouthSideRalph1]

Ok Amy Winehouse please GET OUT OF THE WAY! lol

[@Vincent50]

Get those TIRED dancers out the way, gee.

[@davidavi]

There's nothing live about this.

[@Bronxlady1]

It was a "live" show meaning it wasn't pre-recorded, but they were lip syncing.

[@stephaniewilson7718]

This they tried their best to make this a shabby performance; if they would take those two bobbleheads out of the picture entirely.. like anybody is going to remember them.. and leave while they can even give them dance lessons..!!! What an insult to a class act..!!!!!

[@AngieR82]

I'd rather be watching the back-up female singers than these ladies spinning around in half circles like they don't know which direction to go...so distracting!!! 🙄🙄🙄

[@patriciamissie8763]

They invite the 4 Tops on there show but they showed the dancers more. They dancing all in front of them. SO RUDE

[@veronicahislop8363]

The dancers are annoying and distract from a great song

[@lynneforsyth8231]

Omg those annoying dancers...

[@hollygab8188]

This is not live vocals. He is lip synching to the record.

[@oldschoolsinger]

Levi never could lip-sync very well...hahaha He was as bad as Eddie Levert.