A nice read on the groups. The Tops are my fave Motown group. The came across to me as so much more soulful than the Temps. The Tops version of When She Was My Girl cuts the O'Jays version, IMHO, but I love both. Must confess, though, that the Stax/Volt Memphis sound and southern soul in general is more my thing. Makes me wonder what a hookup between the Tops and Booker T and the MG's would have sounded like.

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