12. Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch); 2:44

This Motown musical quartet was founded in 1959 in Detroit. Unlike most Motown groups, the Four Tops had a baritone sing the lead vocals (most groups had tenor sing lead). The foursome consisted of Levi Stubbs, Laurence Payton, Renaldo Benson, and Abdul Fakir. The 1965 song, I Can’t Help Myself, was the first U.S. hit for the Tops reaching #1 on both pop and R&B charts. Levi Stubbs is noted for his singing style that comes close to shouting. The sound created is very similar to that of a Baptist preacher in church. As many other Motown hits, the Funk Brothers provided instrumentation for this track. Both LaToya Jackson (1995) and Dolly Parton covered this song, and it was featured in the 2001 movie, Rat Race.