The Temptations/Four Tops touring package is the kind of show (January 28, 2025, Saenger) that always goes on, even if the group members don’t. I first saw this double bill two decades ago, and when ...
He sang tenor on hits like “Standing in the Shadows of Love,” “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch).” By Jim Farber Abdul Fakir, who was known as Duke, the last ...
Detroit — The Motown family bid a final farewell on Friday to Abdul "Duke" Fakir, one of the record label's biggest stars, remembering him as a loyal, generous and humble performer who "shared love ...
Abdul 'Duke', the last remaining member of the Four Tops, died at his home in Detroit on July 22 at the age of 88 due to heart failure. Abdul "Duke" Fakir, the last founding member of the Four Tops, ...
NEW YORK — Abdul “Duke” Fakir, the last surviving original member of the beloved Motown group the Four Tops that was known for such hits as “Reach Out, I’ll Be There” and “Standing in the Shadows of ...
When Alexander Morris, a member of the Motown group The Four Tops, visited a Detroit-area Ascension hospital with chest pain and trouble breathing, he said the staff assumed he was mentally ill after ...
Duke Fakir, the stylish and genteel singer who nurtured the Four Tops’ legacy for seven decades, died at his home in Detroit on Monday morning from heart failure. He was 88. Fakir, a lifelong Detroit ...