''Four Tops Second Album'' (also known as ''Second Album'') is a 1965 R&B studio album by

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. The album, released on the

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record label, reached No. 3 on ''Billboard'''s

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chart and No. 20 on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. The album contains three hit singles. "

I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" is a 1965 hit song recorded by the Four Tops for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland–Dozier–Holland, "I Can't Help Myself" is one of the most well-know ...

" reached No. 1 on both the

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and Pop Singles charts, while " It's the Same Old Song" reached No. 2 and No. 5 respectively, and " Something About You" reached No. 9 and No. 19. In 1990, Motown bundled the Four Tops' first two albums together in a release titled ''Four Tops/Four Tops Second Album''.

Track listing

All songs composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland ( Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland), unless otherwise noted. ;Side 1 #" I Can't Help Myself" – 2:45 #"Love Feels Like Fire" – 2:08 #"Is There Anything That I Can Do" ( Warren "Pete" Moore,

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, Ronald White) – 3:07 #" Something About You" – 2:44 #" It's the Same Old Song" – 2:51 #"Helpless" – 2:46 ;Side 2 #"Just as Long as You Need Me" – 3:12 #"Darling, I Hum Our Song" – 2:44 #"I Like Everything About You" – 2:21 #"Since You've Been Gone" – 2:33 #"Stay in My Lonely Arms" – 2:21 #"I'm Grateful" ( Eddie Holland, Cleo Drake, George Fowler) – 2:37

Personnel

Performance

* Levi Stubbs – lead vocals (except tracks 2 and 11); backing vocals (tracks 2 and 11) *

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– backing vocals *

Renaldo Benson Renaldo "Obie" Benson (June 14, 1936 – July 1, 2005) was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was best known as a founding member and the bass singer of Motown group the Four Tops, which he joined in 1953 and continued to perf ...

– backing vocals *

Lawrence Payton Lawrence Albert Payton (March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger, musician, and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops. In 1997, at 59 years old, Payton died of liver cancer. Bio ...

– backing vocals (except tracks 2 and 11); lead vocals (tracks 2 and 11);

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* The Andantes – backing vocals * Instrumentation by the Funk Brothers

References

External links

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