Levi Stubbs in 1936 in Detroit, Stubbs had a brother, Joe, who later became a member of 100 Proof (Aged In Soul), The Falcons, The Contours and The Originals. His cousin was Jackie Wilson. Stubbs attended Detroit Pershing High School, where he met Abdul "Duke" Fakir. He began his professional singing career with friends Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton, forming a singing group called the Four Aims in 1954. Two years later, after signing with Chess Records, the group changed their name to the Four Tops. The name change was meant to avoid confusion with the then-popular Ames Brothers. 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