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Motown's Four Tops hit No. 1 half a century ago

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Fifty years ago today, the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)" was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart.

Written by the hottest songwriting team of the era, Motown's Holland brothers — Brian and Eddie — and Lamont Dozier, it was the first chart-topper by the Four Tops.

The group's members grew up in the same Detroit neighborhood and performed together without a lineup change for 46 years, an unprecedented achievement for a group with a No. 1 hit.

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