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
Richard Stubbs Break" as a regular contributor alongside brother Peter ("Grubby") and Diane ("Dee Dee") Dunleavy. In 2016, he returned to stand up comedy performing in venues around Australia. In 2017 he performed his one-man show, "Richard Stubbs In Full Flight", at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Stubbs' brother is Melbourne radio personality Peter Stubbs. Richard Stubbs Richard Stubbs (born 4 November 1957) is an Australian radio and television presenter, writer and comedian. Stubbs was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne, where he was school captain. He then completed a Bachelor of Economics degree. After a try-out routine at Melbourne's Last Laugh comedy