CATFISH Four Tops

SIMPLY A CLASSIC, STILL HEARD TODAY AND 4 EVER AND EVER.WOW IS THIS TAKING YOU BACK, AMERICAN BANDSTAND
I TAPE THIS OFF OF VH1 ON EARLY 90'S ON MY VHS, LUCKILY I FOUND IT BEFORE I WAS GONNA DUMP THE VHS TAPES. I USE TO WATCH THIS ON SATURDAYS AFTERNOONSON ABC IT LASTED SO LONG. WELL I LOVED BOTH OF THEM. SO SIMPLY ENJOY IT LIKE I DID AND DO!!!! GREAT MEMORIES OF YESTERYEAR NO MATTER WHAT & THE DANCING WE USE TO DO, WOW IT WAS PURELY FUNN AND WE GOT DOWN TO THE GET DOWN. & IF ANYONE WAS ON THIS SHOW, PLEASE LET ME KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT. PLEASE POST IT HERE I AM SURE OTHERS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHERE ARE YOU IN THE VIDEO

[williamg]

No egos, No LSS (Lead Singer Syndrome), No problems with DRUGS, WOMEN, RECORD COMPANY POLITICS, or MONEY !!! *The FOUR TOPS* were as LEGENDARY for their FRIENDSHIP, and BROTHERHOOD as for their MUSIC CAREER !!! Over *40 YEARS with ALL of THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS!!!* The ONLY THING that ever BROKE THEM UP.... was DEATH !!!

[melodysanger]

REMEMBERING LEVI STUBBLES
"LEVI STUBBS"
(June 6, 1936 – October 17, 2008)
[06/06/2022]

[aaron.]

"She took me to a fish fry...she makes my nature rise...she was raised on collard greens" LOL

[ashleejerro]

I could watch Obie all day 😍. . . Love the Tops 🌹🌹🌹🌹

[keithforster]

Catfish was the Tops last hit from their abc dunhill years 1972 - 1976.  Then they dropped off the charts until they rebounded with When she was my girl, about 5 years later and had another nice run of hits in the 80's.

[melodysanger]

HAPPY 84TH BIRTHDAY
ABDUL "DUKE" FAKIR
(DECEMBER 26, 2019)

[jamesgordon]

This was one of there best song love this song good disco

[msfiggs]

This is still one of my favorites. Bless to still be here through this Covid. For those who are gone RIP and bless those who are still here.

[melodysanger]

REMEMBERING LAWRENCE PAYTON (MARCH 2, 1938 - JUNE 20, 1997) [03/02/2017]

[rochellealers]

The Four Tops will always be my favorite group from back in the day.

[sharronaustin]

This song reminds of when I was kid and my baby bro said he threw the fish in the 🗑. Those were fun days.

[sauquoit]

On this day in 1976 {November 6th} the Four Tops performed "Catfish" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'...
At the time "Catfish" was at #80 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, four weeks later it would peak at #71, and the week it did peak at #71 was also it sixth and final week on the Top 100...
It reached #7 on Billboard's Hot Black Singles chart...
Between 1965 and 1988 the Detroit quartet had forty-eight records on the Hot Black Singles chart, twenty-three made the Top 10 with three* reaching #1, "I Can't Help Myself" for nine weeks in 1965, "Reach Out I'll Be There" for two weeks in 1966, and "When She Was My Girl" for two weeks in 1981...
Sadly, three of the original four have passed away; Levi Stubbs {1936 - 2008}, Renaldo 'Obie' Benson {1936- 2005}, & Lawrence Payton {1938 - 1997}, and Abdul 'Duke' Fakir will celebrate his 85th birthday next month on December 26th, 2020...
R.I.P. to Levi, Obie, Lawrence, and Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012}...
* The Tops just missed having four more #1 records when their "It's The Same Old Song" {1965}, "Standing In The Shadows of Love" {1966}, "Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got)" {1973}, and "Are You Man Enough" {1973} all peaked at position #2 on the Hot Black Singles chart...

[jerryday]

They will always be the classeist act of Motown,

[anetterichard]

Love these guys. Through eternity there will always be, Duke, Obie, Lawrence, & Levi.

[medarisholley]

stanky.and greasy to tha bone bass guitar, this is a real man's groove...

[MrLawdog]

catfish with hot sauce....makes my nature rise!!!

[Risse]

My mother used to love this song when I was little. Good memories! Thanks for sharing.

[sauquoit]

On this day in 1976 {October 2nd} the Four Tops performed "Catfish" on the late Dick Clark's American Bandstand...
One month later October 30th it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; eventually it peaked at #71 and spent 6 on the Top 100...
It reached #7 on Billboard's R&B chart...
R.I.P. Mr. Clark...

[melodysanger]

REMEMBERING LAWRENCE PAYTON (MARCH 2, 1938 - JUNE 20, 1997) [03/02/2019]

[sullivancountydays]

I never knew they made this song. I used to hustle my ass off.