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Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, Last Surviving Four Tops Member, Dies at 88
Abdul 'Duke' Fakir, the last surviving original member of Motown legends the Four Tops, died on Monday. He was 88.
After leaving Motown in 1972 — remaining in their hometown of Detroit even though the label and many of its artists moved to Los Angeles — the hits continued with songs lke “Keeper of the Castle” and “Ain’t No Woman (Like the One I Got”). The group — whose original members also included Levi Stubbs, whose deep voice powered many of their songs, Obie Benson and Lawrence Payton — was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. He played sports in high school and met Stubbs at a neighborhood football game; before long they had formed a group with Benson and Payton called the Four Aims and signed with the legendary blues/R&B label Chess Records in 1956, changing their name to the Four Tops shortly afterward.
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