Four
Tops, to
Perform
at the
North
American
International
Auto
Show’s
Charity
Preview
DETROIT
- The
North
American
International
Auto
Show
(NAIAS)
announced
today
that The
Four
Tops
will
perform
on
Friday,
Jan. 19
at
Charity
Preview,
the
largest
annual,
single-night
fundraiser
in the
world.
“The
Motor
City and
Motown
come
together
for a
magical
performance
for
Charity
Preview
attendees’
giving
back to
their
local
community,”
said
Ryan
LaFontaine,
2018
NAIAS
Chairman.
The
special
performance
by The
Four
Tops
starts
at 9
p.m.
Charity
Preview
will be
held
from 6-9
p.m.
Tickets
are $400
each
($390 of
which is
tax
deductible)
and
available
now at
charitypreview.com.
New
for
2018,
After 9,
the
North
American
International
Auto
Show’s
official
Charity
Preview
after-party
at Cobo
Center,
allows
attendees
to stay
inside
and rock
the
night
away. In
addition
to the
memorable
performance
by
Motown’s
very
own, The
Four
Tops,
returning
favorite,
Your
Generation
In
Concert
will
perform
from
10:00
p.m. –
midnight.
Access
to After
9 is
free to
all
Charity
Preview
ticket
holders.
Additional
details
on After
9 can be
found on
the
NAIAS
website.
Charity
Preview
is your
opportunity
to be a
part of
one of
the most
exclusive,
high
profile
events
in the
nation.
Proceeds
directly
benefit
a wide
range of
children’s
charities.
Funds
raised
will
support
services
for
children
of all
ages
from
birth to
18.
Since
1976,
the
Charity
Preview
has
raised
more
than
$112
million
for
southeastern
Michigan
children’s
charities
– over
$41
million
of which
was
raised
in the
last 10
years
alone.
About
The Four
Tops
The Four
Tops are
an
American
vocal
quartet,
whose
repertoire
has
included
doo-wop,
jazz,
soul
music,
R&B,
disco,
adult
contemporary,
hard
rock,
and
showtunes.
Founded
in
Detroit,
Michigan
as The
Four
Aims,
lead
singer
Levi
Stubbs,
and
groupmates
Abdul
“Duke”
Fakir,
Renaldo
“Obie”
Benson
and
Lawrence
Payton.
Among a
number
of
groups
who
helped
define
the
Motown
Sound of
the
1960s,
including
The
Miracles,
The
Marvelettes,
Martha
and the
Vandellas,
The
Temptations,
and The
Supremes,
the Four
Tops
were
notable
for
having
Stubbs,
a
baritone,
as their
lead
singer;
most
groups
of the
time
were
fronted
by a
tenor.
The
group
was the
main
male
vocal
group
for the
songwriting
and
production
team of
Holland-Dozier-Holland,
who
crafted
a stream
of hit
singles,
including
two
Billboard
Hot 100
number-one
hits: “I
Can’t
Help
Myself
(Sugar
Pie
Honey
Bunch)”
and
“Reach
Out I’ll
Be
There”.
After
Holland-Dozier-Holland
left
Motown
in 1967,
the Four
Tops
were
assigned
to a
number
of
producers,
primarily
Frank
Wilson.
When
Motown
left
Detroit
in 1972
to move
to Los
Angeles,
California,
the Tops
stayed
in
Detroit
and
moved
over to
ABC
Records,
where
they
continued
to have
charting
singles
into the
late-1970s.
Since
the
1980s,
the Four
Tops
have
recorded
for, at
various
times,
Motown,
Casablanca
Records
and
Arista
Records.
Today,
save for
Indestructible
(owned
by Sony
Music
Entertainment),
Universal
Music
Group
controls
the
rights
to their
entire
post-1963
catalog
(through
various
mergers
and
acquisitions),
as well
as their
1956
single,
“Could
It Be
You”.
About
the
North
American
International
Auto
Show
Now in
its 30th
year as
an
international
event,
the
NAIAS is
among
the most
prestigious
auto
shows in
the
world,
providing
unparalleled
access
to the
automotive
products,
technologies,
people
and
ideas
that
matter
most –
up close
and in
one
place.
Administered
by
executive
director
Rod
Alberts,
the
NAIAS is
one of
the
largest
media
events
in North
America,
and the
only
auto
show in
the
United
States
to earn
an
annual
distinguished
sanction
of the
Organisation
Internationale
des
Constructeurs
d’Automobiles,
the
Paris-based
alliance
of
automotive
trade
associations
and
manufacturers
from
around
the
world.
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information,
visit
naias.com.
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