By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 11:50 am:

Since this is Levi's Birthday, how about we list our top three favorite songs as a tribute to Levi on his day !!!!!!!

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 11:53 am:

1. Just Ask The Lonely

2. MacArthur Park

3. I Believe In You and Me


Just can't help myself!!!(SMILE)!!!

By Common (209.2.55.168) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 11:57 am:

Hello SS,

My top three are:

I Wish I Were Your Mirror

Got To Get You Into My Life(love that big band sound behind Levi & the guys + Andantes!)

When She Was My Girl


Peace!

By STUBASS (152.163.252.68) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:07 pm:

"REACH OUT"
"ASK THE LONELY"
"SEVEN ROOMS OF GLOOM"

By Michael/cleoharvey (160.79.83.208) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:14 pm:

Bernadette
Just Ask the Lonely
Standing In the Shadows of Love

By RD (63.188.48.63) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:17 pm:

Ask the Lonely
Feels Like Fire (Lawrence Payton lead)
Ain't No Woman Like the One I Got
The Way Nature Planned It

By Handsome (170.118.157.134) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

Without The One You Love
Reach Out, I'll be There
River Deep, Mountain High w/The Supremes

By John Lester (62.49.61.57) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:26 pm:

Without The One You Love (Life Is Not Worthwhile)
What Else Is There To Do (But Sit And Think About You)
Walk With Me Talk With Me Darling

By Marv (152.163.252.68) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:29 pm:

Baby I Need Your Loving

Just Ask The Lonely

Sexy Ways

By soulboy (80.0.250.49) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:31 pm:

ask the lonely
cherish
walk away renee
Bernadette
Reach out
and just about all the others!

By John Barry Sheffield (195.92.168.164) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:39 pm:

Only Three !!!!


Ask The Lonely

Without The One You Love

Helpless


John

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 12:48 pm:

Sorry, I must add:

I Wish I Were A Mirror and the fabulous I'm Falling For You !!! Whew...its so gooood both versions esp. the LIVE version at the Apollo with Mr. B (Billy Eckstein)!!!!!!!

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.54) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:19 pm:

Soulsister,
I could never ever list a top 3 as there is so much great stuff.
But a 4 Tops track that I play a lot is the un-issued "sweeter as the days go by"
Levi and the Tops at there best(andthensome)
The Lyrics just blow me away.
Regards
mel.

By Vonnie (152.163.252.68) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:24 pm:

Bernadette
MacArthur Park
Just Ask The Lonely

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC!

Vonnie

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:32 pm:

Mel: Hmmn...Sweeter As The Days Go By, wish I could hear it! Never have but it sounds interesting, I'm sure its fabulous! S.S.

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.74) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:46 pm:

Soulsister,
dig it out,
this track is, as all there tracks,
O-U-T-A-S-I-T-E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mel.

By Davie Gordon (193.122.21.42) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 01:53 pm:

"Baby I Need Your Loving"

"I'm In A Different World"

"I Just Can't Walk Away"

Ask me tomorrow and I'll probably think of a different three ...

By rovereab (195.92.67.70) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 02:07 pm:

"Just A Little Love"

"Something About You"

"Since You've Been Gone"

By john dixon (205.188.209.109) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 02:30 pm:

Ask The Lonely
In A Different World
Shake Me Wake Me

subject to change any given day!

By Steve Litos (209.100.86.4) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 02:53 pm:

Yesterday's Dreams

Reach Out

Ain't No Woman Like The One I Got

By Kdubya (206.126.224.7) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:09 pm:

Baby I need your loving

Sad Souvenirs

Aint No Woman like the one I got


Everyone else listed my other favorites....:-)

Kdubya

By Jonel (137.113.28.183) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:13 pm:

My top 3:

"I Wanna Be With You"
"Body and Soul"
"Bernadette"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY (((((((LEVI))))))))!

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:20 pm:

Davie:
You just reminded me Just Can't Walk Away was one of my most favorites too!!! I don't know how that one slipped my mind(?) I used to wear it out! Thanks for the reminder, S.S.

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:23 pm:

Kdubya; Thats ok, its YOUR favorites you list, don't matter what anyone else lists before you. S.S.

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:32 pm:

Mel said it - how to list three out of such a vault of pure gold? But - I'll have a try:


No - I can't - far too many. Love 'em all :o)

By Vickie (198.81.26.231) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:53 pm:

Too many to pick just 3..
so here goes!

Keeper Of The Castle

Bernadette

Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, I Can't Help Myself (not sure if that's the name)

I Can't Quit Your Love

By KevGo (64.115.26.80) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 03:57 pm:

Damn, Soul Sister - ONLY three?

Well, okay.....

1) Ask The Lonely
2) In These Changing Times
3) Are You Man Enough

Kevin Goins - KevGo

By Wonder B (80.14.145.197) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 04:20 pm:

Are You Man Enough from SHAFT In AFRICA
Bernadette
Reach Out I'll be there...

too tough... three only is too little... LOL

So I'll add three more for tomorrow's pick

Ain't no Woman Like The One I got
Ask The Lonely
Baby I Need YOur Loving

Wonder B

By Soul Sister (65.43.150.250) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 04:54 pm:

Ritchie; Ok ok list as many as you like ALL your favorites! S.S.

By Lamont (208.63.192.51) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 05:43 pm:

I Like Everything About You
Back Where I Belong
Strung Out For Your Love

By Sly fan (67.119.52.199) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 05:55 pm:

This is gonna be a hard one...there are so many!!

Here goes:

The Good Lord Knows
Shake Me, Wake Me (When Its Over)
Still Water


Happy Birthday Mr. STUBBS!!

PS: Boogie On Catfish!!

By stephanie (64.63.221.243) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 06:04 pm:

This is too hard!!!
Seven Rooms of Gloom
ShakeMe Wake Me and Barbara's Boy..
Stephanie

Happy Bday Levi you are the TOPS!!!

By Ritchie (62.254.0.9) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 06:07 pm:

Hey, only kidding - most of my favourites are listed already. Just let me add a couple of neglected goodies:

I Got A Feeling
Until You Love Someone
What Is A Man
Simple Game

- all UK favourites, I might add :o)

By Marv (152.163.252.68) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 07:09 pm:

I know I listed 3 of my Top favorites by the Tops LOL. But I can't let it go at that being that they are one of my all - time favorite groups, so here goes and wishing "Bub" Mr. Levi Stubbs a very Happy Birthday!

"Still Waters Run Deep"
"Standing In The Shadows of Love"
"Midnight Flower"

Dang, I probably have a dozen more favorites by the Four Tops. Oh well.

By Kenners (141.157.65.142) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 07:26 pm:

It's tough to distill my faves to three songs and I can see I'm not alone. Let's give these a spin:

I'll Turn To Stone

A Simple Game

I Just Can't Get You Out Of My Mind

By 1Wicked (24.126.64.120) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 11:28 pm:

"Catfish" (helluva arrangement !!)
"Are You Man Enough"
"Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)"
{tied with}
"Still Water"

By Scratcher (65.238.172.241) on Monday, June 09, 2003 - 11:33 pm:

"Catfish"
"Make It With You" w/Aretha Franklin
"Seclusion"

All the above are tied with:

"Ask the Lonely"
"I Got A Feeling"
"Is There Anything That I Can Do"

By R&B (138.238.41.215) on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 12:19 pm:

SHAKE ME,WAKE ME..MCARTHUR PARK..BODY AND SOUL.

By Margie (67.126.160.94) on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 03:22 pm:

They are ALL my favorite, so just to limit to 3 is hard...but here are some not so well known ones to add to the collections:

If My Heart Could Sing

The Four of Us

Climb Every Mountain

Plus so many more.....

By stephanie (64.63.221.31) on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 05:01 pm:

As much as I love the Supremes there were some songs they put out that I thought were junk some of the album filler but when it comes to the Four Tops I cant think of too many clunkers!!! I have so much respect for these guys its hard for me to say I DONT like anything..I wasnt that crazy about the Soul Spin album but they sing so well I forgot about it..
Stephanie

By TD (68.70.126.246) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 09:26 pm:

Ask The Lonely
Reach Out
I can't Help Myself

Happy Birthday to the greatest singer of all time

TD

By Greg C. (207.103.134.231) on Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 09:45 pm:

Without The One You Love (1964)
Hey Man/We Gotta Get You A Woman (1972)
Catfish (1976)

By JSmith (212.39.231.20) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 01:52 am:

As "Ask The Lonely" has been nomimated so many times above, I thought I would share this with you....
doing the rounds in the UK at present is yet another CD-R of unissued Motown 60's cuts. One of the cuts on this CD is "Ask The Lonely" by Billy Ekstine. Not a bad version at all but on hearing of it for the 1st time, one Detroit music fan just said..."Why would anyone think of doing a cover of a song Levi has already cut, surely it's a pointless task, no ones gonna better the original". I have to say in most every case, I have to agree.
Who else, apart from say David Ruffin and Marvin Junior (perhaps Eddie Levert, Teddy P) is it likely a similar attitude would be adopted for ??

By Margie (69.3.116.61) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 03:12 am:

I kinda think Levi would be proud that Mr. B would record a cover of "Ask the Lonely". Before the Tops signed with Motown, they toured with Billy Ekstine, and I think he is one of the singers who most influenced Levi.

Maybe Deborah could shed some light on this.

By Davie Gordon (212.159.94.2) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 06:31 am:

Soul Sister,

I'm pleased my mentioning "Just Can't Walk Away"
jogged your memory - I picked it for exactly that
reason, to draw people's attention to one of their
gemns that's too little known.

Davie

By stranger56 (165.155.160.122) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:39 am:

I Just Can't Walk Away is one of the Tops' great "unknown" songs.
Others include Back Where I Belong, Easier Said Than Done, I'll Never Leave Again, Who's Right, Who's Wrong?, and Whatever It Is.
Anyone familiar with these?

Stranger56

By MEL&THEN SOME (217.14.178.22) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 08:46 am:

Its all in the game.

Baby,I need your Loving.

Teahouse in China-Town.

mel.

By Soul Sister (68.73.167.246) on Friday, June 13, 2003 - 09:45 am:

All In The Game-A good one Mel! I don't know Teahouse In China-sounds interesting. S.S.