Lawrence Payton

Lawrence Albert Payton
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1938 Detroit, Michigan
Died	June 20, 1997 (aged 59) Southfield, Michigan

Lawrence Albert Payton (March 2, 1938 – June 20, 1997) was an American tenor, songwriter, vocal arranger and record producer for the popular Motown quartet, the Four Tops.

Biography

Payton sang lead on the songs "Feel Free"(from the Catfish album), "Until You Love Someone" and "The Girl From Ipanema" from the Four Tops Live! album (from their Motown days) but he was often overshadowed by the more popular Levi Stubbs. He died in 1997, aged 59, from liver cancer in Southfield, Michigan. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery. Payton had 11 children. One of his sons, Roquel, went on to sing with the Four Tops.^[1]

References

1. Payton obituary in the Los Angeles Times

External links

Lawrence Payton at Find a Grave

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