Abdul "Duke" Fakir

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Abdul "Duke" Fakir (born December 26, 1935, in Detroit, Michigan) is best known as a member of popular Motown act The Four Tops from 1954 to the present day. Fakir, who sings first tenor, is one of only two surviving members (with lead singer Levi Stubbs) of the group, and the only original member still performing.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Years

Abdul "Duke" Fakir and Levi Stubbs first met Lawrence Payton and Renaldo "Obie" Benson at a friend's birthday party in 1954. They so enjoyed singing together that night that they decided to start a singing group named The Four Aims which would later be re-named The Four Tops.

[edit] Personal Life

During the late 1960s, Fakir was romantically linked with Mary Wilson, a member of fellow Motown group, The Supremes.^{[citation needed]} A few years later after breaking up with Mary Wilson, he met a woman named Piper whom he later married and had two children with. They are no longer married and the date of divorce is unknown.