Joe Stubbs was the younger brother of The Four Tops' lead Levi Stubbs.
10 Facts About Joe Stubbs
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Joe Stubbs was born six years after his brother Levi.
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Joe Stubbs was then replaced by Wilson Pickett, who took over as lead in 1960.
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Joe Stubbs recorded a solo single for the Lu Pine label entitled "Keep On Loving Me", released in 1964.
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Joe Stubbs provided lead vocals on their hit "Just A Little Misunderstanding", which was co-written by Stevie Wonder.
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Joe Stubbs was made co-lead singer along with Steve Mancha.
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Joe Stubbs composed one of the tracks on The Four Tops' 1982 album One More Mountain; Joe Stubbs is credited as co-composer of "Nobody's Gonna Love You Like I Do".
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Joe Stubbs did however sign with Ian Levine's Motown revival label, Motorcity Records, in 1989, and there recorded enough material for two album releases, Round And Round and Pressure Point.
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At Motorcity, Joe Stubbs rerecorded many songs that originally feature his brother Levi on lead, and some of his hit Falcons and Contours songs, as well as some original Motorcity-written material.
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Joe Stubbs was married to Louise at the time of his death.