Originally: Levi Stubbs (lead), Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton (d. 1997)
Selected Discography:
1. Baby I Need Your Loving (Pop #11, 1964)
2. Ask the Lonely (R & B #9, Pop #24, 1965)
3. I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) (#1, #1, 1965)
4. It's the Same Old Song (#2, #5, 1965)
5. Something About You (#9, #19, 1965)
6. Shake Me, Wake Me (When It's Over) (#5, #18, 1966)
7. Reach Out. I'll Be There (#1, #1, 1966)
8. Standing in the Shadows of Love (#2, #6, 1966)
9. Bernadette (#3, #4, 1967)
10. 7 Rooms of Gloom (#10, #14, 1967)
11. You Keep Running Away (#7, #19, 1967)
12. Walk Away Renee (originally recorded by the Left Banke) (#15, #14, 1968)
13. If I Were a Carpenter (written by Tim Hardin) (Pop #20, 1968)
14. It's All in the Game (co-written by Charles G. Dawes in 1912; #1 Pop record for Tommy Edwards in 1958) (#6, #24, 1970)
15. Still Water (Love) (#4, #11, 1970)
16. River Deep, Mountain High (w/Supremes) (originally recorded by Ike and Tina Turner) (#7, #14, 1970)
17. Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten out My Life) (#9, #40, 1971)
#1, 3-13 produced by Holand-Dozier-Holland, #16 produced by Ashford and Simpson
All singles originally issued on the MOTOWN label