These two super groups were paired for three albums (The Magnificent 7, The Return of the Magnificent Seven, and Dynamite), and this best-of collection compiles the cream of the three. The Supremes on these releases were Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong; the Four Tops were Levi Stubbs, Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir, and Renaldo Benson. This was an excellent pairing, as Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs' voices were explosive together. The Magnificent 7 was the first and most successful of the pairings due to the Top ...
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These two super groups were paired for three albums (The Magnificent 7, The Return of the Magnificent Seven, and Dynamite), and this best-of collection compiles the cream of the three. The Supremes on these releases were Jean Terrell, Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong; the Four Tops were Levi Stubbs, Lawrence Payton, Abdul Fakir, and Renaldo Benson. This was an excellent pairing, as Jean Terrell and Levi Stubbs' voices were explosive together. The Magnificent 7 was the first and most successful of the pairings due to the Top 20 charting of "River Deep Mountain High," the old Ike & Tina Turner recording. The following two, though chock-full of good sounds, failed to make it past the 154th position on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart -- not surprising, since Motown only released two singles (total) from the three LPs; the other single release was "You Gotta Have Love in Your Heart." Motown's producers didn't bring many original songs to the Supremes and Four Tops sessions, so they recorded an abundance of remakes. One of the better remakes is their soulful, swaying version of Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger"; Jean Terrell's soulful soprano cuts to the chase, sounding similar to a male singing falsetto. On Brook Benton and Dinah Washington's "Baby (You Got What It Takes)," Abdul Fakir gets a brief and rare chance to solo, as does Mary Wilson. An obscure Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson song, "One More Bridge to Cross," has hit potential, but it wasn't released as a single. A beautiful job is done on a little-known Gladys Knight & the Pips' recording, "Do You Love Me Just a Little Honey"; Terrell's voice is like honey and Stubbs' is like a lemon as they exhort each other on this gorgeous ballad. The Four Tops left Motown for ABC Records shortly after the failure of the Dynamite, Rovi
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