Levi Stubbs baritone, most Four Tops' hits were written in a tenor range to give the lead vocals a sense of urgency. Despite being the most prominent member of the group, Stubbs refused to have separate billing (in contrast to other Motown acts such as Smokey Robinson and the Miracles and Diana Ross and the Supremes), and he also turned down several offers for a solo career, out of loyalty to his bandmates. Stubbs and the other Tops remained a team until Lawrence Payton died in 1997, at which point Theo Peoples took his place. The Four Tops were inducted into the
Shlomit Levi Shlomit Levi Shlomit Levi (; born March 9, 1983) is an Israeli singer. She is a member of the folk metal group Orphaned Land, performing on their albums "Mabool" (2004), "The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR" (2010) and "Unsung Prophets And Dead Messiahs" (2018). She currently performs with American guitarist Bruce Burger in the world music duo Shlomit & RebbeSoul. Levi was born in Kiryat Ekron to a Yemenite Jewish family before moving to Rehovot when she was 10. Her parents came to Israel from Yemen as teenagers during Operation Magic Carpet. She began singing at the age of three