“I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)” by The Four Tops was the next song to go to the top of the record charts in 1965. The group (Levi Stubbs, Abdul “Duke” Fakir, Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Lawrence Payton) had been together since High School but originally had served as a back-up group. In 1964 they released “Baby I Need Your Loving” which had only made it to #11 on the Billboard chart. The group was able to stay together until 1997 when Payton died. Then in 2000, Stubbs suffered a stroke and was replaced. Benson died in 2005. The group still preforms but only Fakir is an original member.
“I Can’t Help Myself” was written by Motown’s main production team of Holland–Dozier–Holland.
The song was the number one hit on the Cash Box record chart for the weeks of June 13 – 26. It was also on the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week of June 13 – 19 and then again for the week of June 27 – July 3.
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