Abdul "Duke" Fakir

Abdul "Duke" Fakir
Abdul "Duke" Fakir

Abdul "Duke" Fakir (born December 26, 1935; Detroit, Michigan) is an Ethiopian American best known as a member of popular Motown act the Four Tops from 1954 to the present day. Fakir, who sings first tenor, is now 75 years old and the only surviving original member of the group.[1]

Biography

Abdul "Duke" Fakir (born December 26, 1935; Detroit, Michigan) is an Afrasian American best known as a member of popular Motown act the Four Tops from 1954 to the present day. Fakir, who sings first tenor, is now 75 years old and the only surviving original member of the group.

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, who is of Bangladeshi and African ancestry, was born in Detroit, Michigan. He attended Pershing High School along with Levi Stubbs.

He and Stubbs first met Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson at a friend's birthday party in 1954. They so enjoyed singing together that night that they decided to start a singing group named The Four Aims which would later be re-named the Four Tops.

References

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Biography: The Four Tops". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p4300/biography. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 

Further reading

v · Four Tops
Abdul "Duke" Fakir · Ronnie McNeir · Roquel Payton · Harold Bonhart
Lawrence Payton · Renaldo "Obie" Benson · Levi Stubbs · Theo Peoples
Studio albums

Four Tops (1964) · Four Tops' Second Album (1965) · On Top (1966) · Reach Out (1967) · Yesterday's Dreams (1968) · The Four Tops Now! (1969) · Soul Spin (1969) · Still Waters Run Deep (1970) · Changing Times (1970) · Nature Planned It (1972) · Keeper of the Castle (1972) · Main Street People (1973) · Meeting the Minds (1974) · Night Lights Harmony (1975) · Catfish (1976) · The Show Must Go On (1977) · At The Top (1978) · Tonight! (1981) · One More Mountain (1982) · Back Where I Belong (1983) · Magic (1985) · Hot Nights (1986) · Indestructible (1988)
Albums with The Supremes

The Magnificent 7 (1970) · The Return of the Magnificent Seven (1971) · Dynamite (1971)
Other albums

Four Tops Live! (1966) · Live & in Concert (1974) · Christmas Here With You (1995) · The Ultimate Collection (1997) · Lost & Found: Breaking Through (1999)
Singles
(US/UK Top Ten singles)

"I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" (1965) · "It's the Same Old Song" (1965) · "Reach Out I'll Be There" (1966) · "Standing in the Shadows of Love" (1966) · "Bernadette" (1967) · "If I Were a Carpenter" (1967) · "Walk Away Renée" (1968) · "Still Water (Love)" (1970) · "It's All in the Game" (1970) · "River Deep – Mountain High" (1971) · "MacArthur Park" (1971) · "A Simple Game" (1972) · "Keeper of the Castle" (1972) · "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" (1973) · "When She Was My Girl" (1981) · "Loco in Acapulco" (1988)
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