The Four Tops - Reach Out, I'll Be There

Live '05 Letterman... Renaldo "Obie" Benson last live performance

[@jaylene.turner6524]

R.I.P. Abdul “Duke” Fakir (December 26th,1935- July 22nd,2024) The Four Tops will remain as one of the greatest groups of all time!

[@adamweishaupt81]

Hard to believe that Renaldo Benson died only about two months after this performance. RIP

[@thefamecameranshow8250]

I know right. Today actually marks the eleventh anniversary of Renaldo "Obie" Benson's death. Today also marks the eleventh anniversary of Luther Vandross' death, since they died on the same day.

[@christopherbryant366]

It's sad but he looked sick and lost weight

[@ProTechSecurityInc]

Also known for writing Marvin Gaye's made famous "What's Goin' On"

[@AlbertaLC1]

I loved them all but I believe he was my favorite. His smile was always so bright, he sung with joy every time.

[@daffyduckfan4478]

@@ProTechSecurityInc I wish he would’ve gotten broader credit for that

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

In VERY loving memory of Mr. Renaldo Benson (1936 - 2005 R.I.P // Gone but NOT forgotten).

[@Ebd1990]

I miss Obie. His smile was everything ❤️😃

[@Britboy2877]

Real music, real voices, has to be one of the best motown songs

[@mikeking3507]

Motown was the best... too bad there will never be another one.

[@jaylene.turner6524]

This was bass singer and founding member Renaldo “Obie” Benson’s last televised performance before he passed away later that year on July 1st,2005, the same day as hit singer Luther Vandross. He’s on the right side of the lead singer Theo Peoples in this performance.

[@Ebd1990]

RIP to my Obie. He is truly missed.

[@mitchelslaton191]

"Reach Out, I'll be There", my life's theme song!

[@anthonykilgannon8870]

How many times have they sang this classic live and look at the smiles on there faces still.simply amazing ,soul at its best rip Levi x.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Hell yes!! Good song!!

[@jaylene.turner6524]

And R.I.P. to Lawrence Payton and Obie Benson. This clip was Obie’s last performance before his death. He’s the bass singer that was on the right side of Theo Peoples.

[@Ebd1990]

@@jaylene.turner6524 I could still hear his base in his performance, but he was sick. He always had a smile on his face. He was my favorite on stage. I truly miss him.❤️

[@sjm5482]

The Four Tops, The Temptations, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - the kids today have no idea what real talent sounds like.

[@noraparker4137]

God Bless The Four Tops I'm thankful that they got a proclamation from the city of Pittsburgh Allegheny County PA. Love you forever sister Nora Parker❤❤❤❤

[@JD-gx3ms]

Theo peoples is an amazing singer

[@darrylchambers7801]

That tambourine we've all been hearing from all those Motown hits, comes from the hands of that very man you see on stage performing with the Tops...(Funk Brother) Mr. Jack Ashford.

[@fredericmaupin]

Thanks for that one, respect due to this guy without whom the Motown sound wouldn't have been the same

[@mendozaartstudiollc1354]

I wish there were more moving and positive songs like this nowdays. Respect to The Funk Brothersm Hitsville U.S.A. The Motown sound. The fire that lit the match.

[@bbliss4122]

There is a brief close-up of the tambourine player, it's Jack Ashford. One of the Funk Brothers that originally played on this track. Wonderful that he was in on this appearance.

[@janewolfe890]

On 7/1/2005 Obie passed on. Obie you are missed and will not be forgotten. So glad to have this video of Obie's last live performance. RIP Obie.

[@jackanthony976]

Their voices must have aged since they felt the need to add three additional singers in the background.

[@jaylene.turner6524]

@@jackanthony976 If you heard the original recording, the Andantes sang additional background vocals with the Four Tops because the guys were too low. That’s why the three females were up there. The guys were still singing. There’s plenty of videos of them singing this song without the girls,but you’ll see why the girls were added.

[@fredgrier8869]

Great Job Four Tops!!! Theo Peoples owned this song. The great Levi Stubbs could sing this song like no other person but Theo's rendition of this song is very, very good.

[@angjenettestrozier98]

Levi Stubbs was better!

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

They sound and look amazing! Even though Levi wasn’t on the main vocals, He did a great job. Rest in heaven to the tops we lost and keep on Duke

[@gototcm]

No one had the voice of Levi Stubbs - RIP.

[@hillaryt3202]

Mr Benson was my favorite.. True Entertainer!!!

[@Ebd1990]

My favorite and I truly miss seeing his smile. Always smiling.😃😃😃

[@QuietlyCurious]

God Bless 'em. Such a timeless song. I love how classic and modern it sounds at the same time.. it's hard to date.

[@stretch54]

Will Lee doing a hell of a job with that James Jamerson bass part. I'm not surprised. One of the best parts about being old is I grew up (12 yrs. old in 1966) when all the best music was made. I think we all took it for granted that it would just go on like that.

[@janewolfe890]

RIP Obie we miss that beautiful smile

[@Ebd1990]

😀he was such a Happy performer and you can tell he loved to perform. I’m still sad that Obie , Lawrence and Levi are no longer here. I wish Duke would let them do a Four Top movie, like Otis did the Temptations movie. I wish Duke would do it, because nobody else would be able to tell the story the way Duke could.

[@kellycray5599]

This song has some special meaning for me. Someone should always be there for you! Put your head up. From Co.

[@filegoniocastro452]

Beuatifhul comment

[@TheItsmegp46]

Fantastic performance! I still own their 45 rpm record of this song.

[@christopherbryant366]

Theo killed it. Awesome performance

[@Frnk_3]

Obie‘s last recorded performance 🥺💔

[@Ebd1990]

RIP Renaldo Dorian Benson aka Obie

[@1273angelica]

Madre mía , cuanta elegancia hay en esta presentación , espectacular , me encanta desde siempre está canción ❤️

[@shaunaprenga3364]

One of my favourite bands that this world ever produced. Amazing Singers 🙏🙏

[@David-ow9bc]

Perfect performance. This song is the epitome of Motown. The rhythm fantastic

[@VictorKaiser]

They sounded awesome back in the day, and still did in 2005.

[@jackanthony976]

If they were still awesome in 2005 why did they need to add three additional singers singing over the voices of the Four Tops? Pretty strange thing to do. I never saw this done on any other live performance of the Four Tops.

[@nycres]

@@jackanthony976 I should be capable of being a grownup and not saying anything unkind about this performance. But seeing a group of men getting praise for work that was actually done by three anonymous women tucked behind them sticks in my craw.

[@yazdan541]

even in 2022

[@jaylene.turner6524]

@@jackanthony976 Because if you heard the original recording a female session group called the Andantes sang with them on this song. They were just about on every Four Tops’ hit while they were at Motown. Because the guys were too low. So that’s why the girls are up there. Here’s a performance of them without the female backing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmGlYX6sbM2chNEsi=wh1f8wVM49Y4sBsa

[@Ebd1990]

@@jaylene.turner6524 thanks 🙏🏿 for telling them. They definately not 100% Four tops fans or they would have known why the women were singing on this song.

[@dickbuelow8968]

Nice to hear great performers again,,even from the past,,no special lights flashing, no smoke etc,,just great singing and talent,,thanks David

[@TonyEnglandUK]

Classy, timeless, full of hope. The Masters of Soul.

[@BobsArtGallery]

Great song...great memories !!

[@trubrit5036]

Oh my goodness! Obi is doing his best to keep up. Kudos for being on the stage, when he was obviously suffering. Did he know, I wonder, if this was his last performance? I am sure Levi was watching this performance and wishing he were up there with his brothers. My heart goes out to the original four. Bless them all - and bless 'Duke', may he live for many more years. Edit: Just pre-ordered Duke's book 'I'll be There. My Life with The Four Tops'. Release date, May 5th.

[@timothelambert5147]

Especially this was after or shortly before he had his leg removed.

[@Ebd1990]

😥😥, I miss him

[@jaylene.turner6524]

This was Obie’s last televised performance.

[@jaylene.turner6524]

@@timothelambert5147 This was before his leg was amputated.

[@Ebd1990]

@@jaylene.turner6524 😢😭

[@yvetteleerdam1148]

I love these guys and their songs so much, thank you for the music ! Xxy

[@mariajosepereira5739]

A música boa e de qualidade transcende gerações .Ouvindo em 2021.

[@edineidesantiago366]

Verdade!Desde criança ouvia e qd adulta procurei e não achava essa música.Meu pai amava ouvir.Aprendi com ele a gostar 👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@lex1945]

my god, how much i love this music!

[@deyaniraburgamoreno15]

Oh This hit has feeling, It comands us to think in the others

[@margaritabustos2370]

Son Increibles y con esa canción Formidables👏👏👏👏👏👏👍❤

[@ThePizzaPoPo]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY OBIE!!!

[@marianthelibrarianboutet2924]

These guys alll continued to perform for as long as it was physically possible. They just loved singing together.

[@pamelacisternasmunizaga8853]

LUPIN 💃💃💃👏👏👏👏

[@so-silly-rabbit]

Just pure talent

[@TexasTrojanPony]

Best. Song. Ever.

[@j.frankc.c.2065]

Great songs get bigger with the passage of time. As if it were yesterday the first time I heard it in 1966. And I'll always be there listening to them.

[@negodito]

Como amo essa banda!

[@lizvalentine9223]

LOVE THIS SONG

[@Sensation710]

What a beatiful music.Great performance ! I’ll allways remember.Greetings from turkey !

[@Rasslinwithracism]

Theo peoples is an amazing talent.

[@Sunvio]

This song is an anthem. I play it when we I need to pick myself up.

[@VictorHLopez33]

YESSSSS

[@meattyBeaty]

Mesmerizing

[@MsZippoz]

BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!

[@KingKong_75]

I was in the audience for this. Such a cool experience to be able to see one of the last performances from all 4 original members.

[@JD-gx3ms]

Only original here weee duke and Obie. Obie died a few months after this. Theo peoples sung in place of Levi Stubbs.

[@reynaldosanchezvazquez9347]

Calidad y elegancia , The four tops...!!!

[@lisajohnson9982]

Beautiful song

[@maryphillips6222]

Soul shifting music

[@daniloreyesherrera4641]

MY MUSIC EVERY GOOD, NICE MY LOVE TIMES HAVE THEY SANG THIS CLASSIC LIVE

[@izellkinney2720]

That was a awsome live performances.

[@dinn-vo7ws]

love it.....greetings from Malaysia!

[@darrylchambers7801]

That tambourine we've all been hearing in all them Motown hits comes from rhe hands of that very man you see performing with the Tops (Funk Brother) Mr. Jack Ashford.

[@redricgabriel7039]

That tamborine is so soulfull!!!!

[@javiervarelarodrigue]

The great ones

[@waltinhounderground6468]

Numa época que no mundo inteiro se preocupavam com voz , letras , principalmente o instrumental .

[@dianahyland7896]

excellent

[@Rasslinwithracism]

2024 Duke fakir still representing.

[@lomoo1378]

Best ever

[@negodito]

Shooooowwwww!!!! 😁👍🏾

[@giuseppebonica6148]

Great stuff.

[@Jany1954]

Love it :)

[@JosephKarsch-ym6cl]

Sad fact: This was the last performance ever to feature more than one original member of The Four Tops.

[@docindomito3468]

Damn, this one cooks

[@josefinaruiz7130]

Grandes que sois muy grandes 😽💞🇪🇦

[@TheKudoLocks]

these brothers looked good considering how modern day talent ages like milk

[@sexitreatz]

This song is the intro for a really sad black movie where a kid is riding his bike threw town only to be hit by a car yet I can't remember the name😢 someone please help me... It's a really old film 📽️ 😭😭😭

[@GSGExtreme44]

The Four Pimps! Dudes are bad ass!

[@luis93842]

gracias a mi papá estoy aqui ;3

[@joannemartin6152]

Benson was a plum

[@Ebd1990]

My favorite was Obie❤️

[@jhonnyfarfan2432]

Este tema es de la serie lupin 2 excelente tema

[@mayrajaimes1211]

❤️❤️❤️✨

[@kennygates1192]

Great performance no doubt, but it's just not Four Tops without Stubbs.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Nope! Agreed!

[@Ebd1990]

Or now with out Lawrence , Obie, and especially Levi. It’s just never will be the same. Hats off to Duke for keeping The Four Tops group , but nobody can replace that original 4. They were awesome.

[@timothelambert5147]

Tneo peoples couldn't hold Levi stubbs mic let alone replace him.

[@Ebd1990]

Right

[@MsGio59]

ooookkkki!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Alexandre4942]

Puta queopariu

[@jonnygti]

Who was the lead singer on this song/video? Great song and great band😁

[@ggaines1085]

Theo Peoples great singer.

[@allymccafferty3186]

why is there only 49 likes for this?!?

[@AllDavidLetterman]

There were more but my first Letterman channel got blown up...

[@Miha.71]

+Ally Mccafferty Unfortunately are three that gave unlike!

[@roberts1924]

Because this is hardly the original group. It's not even the lead singer. So it sounds completely different.

[@jackanthony976]

ALLYMCCAFFERTY: I hit dislike for the simple reason that I did not tune in to hear and see three additional singers in the background drowning out the voices of the Four Tops.

[@DARCIOSILVESTRESABBADIN]

Mecier lupim

[@medicwaffles]

Tbh I prefer Theo peoples over the new singer

[@MrRayplumer]

Awesome voices, and perfect replacement for levi, rip

[@Ebd1990]

He alright , but nobody can replace Levi. He did do a good job but Levi was the shi…,

[@ironhead108]

11 people have no taste, but also no soul.

[@jackanthony976]

I hit dislike because they added three unknown singers in the background who drowned out the voices of the Four Tops. Also how can you call this the Four Tops without Levi Stubbs?

[@tyronerobinson9239]

X

[@mrupert22]

I don’t think that’s Levi is it?

[@Ebd1990]

Most definitely NOT

[@Supercat128]

Where’s Levi stubs

[@Ebd1990]

Deceased as well as the older gentle on the right side of Theo Peoples ( the temporary lead singer)

[@jaylene.turner6524]

He was very ill, and had already left the group in 2000. This was in 2005,and was bass singer Obie Benson’s final televised performance. Levi died on October 17th,2008.

[@jackanthony976]

What the hell are those three other singers doing behind the Four Tops? They are drowning out the Four Tops voices. I did not tune in to hear and see those other three unknown people. Bad enough that we had to hear the Andantes voices on some of the recordings of the Four Tops.

[@mangrove]

"Music used to be clean, not dirty! Blah blah blah..." You know Jelly Roll Morton, from the 1920s-on? Look up what "jelly roll" means.

[@pacz8114]

Nice seeing this -- but, good grief, that "hey-hey-hey-hey" stuff is just wrong-wrong-wrong-wrong...

[@turiservice]

Pucha solo tiene voz el negro que canta los demás ni para el coro, hacen solo el amague......

[@nycres]

I love the original Four Tops. But this iteration is disappointing. I can see why they need women behind them for vocal support. Look at the male singer on the lead's right. Is he even doing anything?

[@chriscianciolo5823]

I mean he’s almost dead here… I give him credit for still being out onstage

[@Ebd1990]

He was sick. He is an original bass for them. He is the one created all the four tops dance steps. Look at old footage and you can see he actually moves and dances the best out of the original 4. He has stage 4 cancer and months later his leg was amputated and he died this same year of this performance. So he is doing the best he can to keep up