This song was originally a jump blues written and recorded by B.B. King in 1953. B.B.'s version featured a prominent horn section. The Four Tops' version has a very ingenious arrangement which replaces the horns with vocal harmonies. I'm surprised Chess records didn't release the Tops version at the time.

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Cha

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25. Aww.. Thank you for The Four Tops, Celerity!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:13 PM

Mar 2020

Brings back memories.

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Celerity

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34. I love old jump swing. That record is so unlike what they did later on. It was recorded a year after

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:32 PM

Mar 2020

they left high school, and before they changed their name from the Four Aims to the Four Tops in 1956.

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FailureToCommunicate

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2. I agree that's great! I can't help myself!

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Mar 2020

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nini

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20. Sugar Pie Honey bunch

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:54 PM

Mar 2020

Now I need to go find my Four Tops CDs

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Goodheart

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30. Easily one of the top 10 songs of all time!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:24 PM

Mar 2020

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FailureToCommunicate

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36. Thanks! Baby, we need ...Joe Biden!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:38 PM

Mar 2020

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George II

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4. Now THAT is an endorsement!

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Mar 2020

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William769

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6. Kick & recommended.

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:14 PM

Mar 2020

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ismnotwasm

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7. Aww

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:15 PM

Mar 2020

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Scurrilous

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9. Biden reached out, they were there.

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Mar 2020

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Fiendish Thingy

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11. Only one is an original member nt

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:18 PM

Mar 2020

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Scurrilous

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15. That's one more than Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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Mar 2020

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Harker

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43. Last I heard...

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:11 PM

Mar 2020

Gary Rossington was hanging in there.

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45. Yeah, you're right.

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:19 PM

Mar 2020

He wasn't with them when my brother saw them at a casino, but he still does shows...so tie!

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46. Fair enough.

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:47 PM

Mar 2020

I saw them play three times before the Oct. '77 crash.

They sure knew what guitars were for.

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Scurrilous

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49. i saw them in '73 w/ Ozark Mtn. Daredevils and Doobie Bros.

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Great concert.

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Harker

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50. Oh... nice! n/t

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Mar 2020

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BootinUp

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16. K&R

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:27 PM

Mar 2020

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NYMinute

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17. K&R nt

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:28 PM

Mar 2020

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ancianita

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18. Go, Joe!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:36 PM

Mar 2020

I'll be there!

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tavernier

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21. Hands down the best group I saw in college in the 60's

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:00 PM

Mar 2020

(and I saw MANY), and then many years later in my fourties in West Palm Beach, they had me dancing on a picnic table!
They are the very best!!!

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ailsagirl

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23. Love those guys!!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:07 PM

Mar 2020

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still_one

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26. Used to listen to the four tops and temptations all the time. They sound great

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Goodheart

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31. What? No Supremes, too?

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Mar 2020

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still_one

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32. Absolutely, the whole Motown genre. 8 trak tapes

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:30 PM

Mar 2020

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cp

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27. Beautiful!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:21 PM

Mar 2020

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Goodheart

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28. I can't help myself, I love Joe and nobody else!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:23 PM

Mar 2020

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samnsara

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33. Im so wanting him to choose Val Demings for veep.....

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:31 PM

Mar 2020

...Joe n Val!

update...now i think its Kamala.. especially after his remark about Presidential Debate experience being important ..and almost admitting he wanted a woman of color. OK I can live with that!!

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FailureToCommunicate

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39. Yes, but then Joe widened the statement, and said "...Or had been tested in

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:50 PM

Mar 2020

other ways, like a Governor, or Representative ..."

So maybe Kamala Harris
or maybe Val Demings,
or Governor Grisham,
or Senator Masto,
or...
or...

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samnsara

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29. omg hes so on top of it tonight on Last Word...what am i missing about this...

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:24 PM

Mar 2020

...stuttering dementia stuff? Sheesh hes so friggen smart!

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emmaverybo

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35. Much underestimated!

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:37 PM

Mar 2020

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2naSalit

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37. WHAT!??

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 10:39 PM

Mar 2020

Now that's cool!

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emmaverybo

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38. Oh super!

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Talitha

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40. Super!!!

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Mar 2020

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LakeArenal

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41. Thanks Tops!!

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Mar 2020

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oasis

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44. The Four Tops will help turn Motown into Joetown.

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Mar 2020

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MustLoveBeagles

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47. Cool

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Mon Mar 9, 2020, 11:49 PM

Mar 2020

Let's go Joe!

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Turbineguy

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48. I'll be there....

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Mar 2020

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whistler162

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51. But who do the 4 Dreidel's endorse?

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Mar 2020

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sprinkleeninow

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52. Oh you... 😄

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