Musical Bacon: Four Tops (Motown)

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Frank Wilson	producer	(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It, Barbara's Boy, California Dreamin', Everybody’s Talking, For Once in My Life, Got to Get You Into My Life, Honey, I Can’t Quit Your Love, In These Changing Times, It’s All in the Game, Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life), Light My Fire, Look Out Your Window, Lost in a Pool of Red, MacArthur Park, Medley: Hey Man / We Got to Get You a Woman, Never My Love, Nothing, Reflections, Still Water (Love), The Look of Love, This Guy's in Love With You
Brian Holland (US motown producer & songwriter)	performer, producer	7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away
Lamont Dozier	performer, producer	7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away
Ivy Jo Hunter	producer	Ask the Lonely, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Remember When, Sad Souvenirs, Stop the World, Sunny, We've Got a Strong Love (On Our Side), Yesterday's Dreams
Jerry Long Sr.	arranger	(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It, It’s All in the Game, Still Water (Love)

Artist name	Roles	Recordings
Frank Wilson	producer	(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It, Barbara's Boy, California Dreamin', Everybody’s Talking, For Once in My Life, Got to Get You Into My Life, Honey, I Can’t Quit Your Love, In These Changing Times, It’s All in the Game, Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life), Light My Fire, Look Out Your Window, Lost in a Pool of Red, MacArthur Park, Medley: Hey Man / We Got to Get You a Woman, Never My Love, Nothing, Reflections, Still Water (Love), The Look of Love, This Guy's in Love With You
Brian Holland (US motown producer & songwriter)	performer, producer	7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away
Lamont Dozier	performer, producer	7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away
Ivy Jo Hunter	producer	Ask the Lonely, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Remember When, Sad Souvenirs, Stop the World, Sunny, We've Got a Strong Love (On Our Side), Yesterday's Dreams
Jerry Long Sr.	arranger	(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It, It’s All in the Game, Still Water (Love)
R. Dean Taylor	producer	By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Daydream Believer, I’m in a Different World
Charles Koppelman (American businessman and musician)	producer	Something to Remember, When She Was My Girl
David Van dePitte	arranger	In These Changing Times, Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life)
David Wolfert	producer	Something to Remember, When She Was My Girl
Nickolas Ashford	producer	Can't Seem to Get You Out of My Mind, Can’t Seem to Get You Out of My Mind
Jimmy Roach	arranger	It’s All in the Game, Still Water (Love)
Smokey Robinson	vocal	Indestructible, Indestructible (extended)
Valerie Simpson	producer	Can't Seem to Get You Out of My Mind, Can’t Seem to Get You Out of My Mind
William Stevenson	producer	Ask the Lonely, Sad Souvenirs
Clarence Clemons	saxophone	If Ever a Love There Was
Jeremy Lubbock	instrument arranger	I Just Can’t Walk Away
Clarence Paul	producer	A Place in the Sun
Berry Gordy	producer	I Just Can’t Walk Away
John Barnes (US soul songwriter, keyboardist, synthesizer & pianist aka LA Jay)	arranger, programming	I Just Can’t Walk Away
Kenny G (adult contemporary/smooth jazz saxophonist)	saxophone	Change of Heart (feat. Aretha Franklin)
Lafayette Leake	piano	Country Girl
Billy Eckstine	vocal	I'm Falling for You (live at the Apollo)
Lawrence Payton	vocal	Country Girl
Levi Stubbs	vocal	Country Girl
Abdul Fakir	vocal	Country Girl
Norman Whitfield	producer	Don’t Let Him Take Your Love From Me
Edward Holland, Jr.	producer	I Just Can’t Walk Away
Renaldo Benson	vocal	Country Girl
Edwin Starr	performer	Stranded on the Road of Love (Mono)
The Bangerz (previously known as Fingerbangerz)	remixer	Still Waters Run Deep (The Bangerz remix)
Billy Davis (r&b producer/songwriter/performer Roquel Davis)	vocal	Country Girl
Iris Gordy (Producer/songwriter on Motown Records)	producer	Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over
Willie Dixon	bass guitar	Country Girl
Willie Hutch	arranger, producer	Don’t Tell Me That It’s Over

(It’s the Way) Nature Planned It, Barbara's Boy, California Dreamin', Everybody’s Talking, For Once in My Life, Got to Get You Into My Life, Honey, I Can’t Quit Your Love, In These Changing Times, It’s All in the Game, Just Seven Numbers (Can Straighten Out My Life), Light My Fire, Look Out Your Window, Lost in a Pool of Red, MacArthur Park, Medley: Hey Man / We Got to Get You a Woman, Never My Love, Nothing, Reflections, Still Water (Love), The Look of Love, This Guy's in Love With You

Brian Holland (US motown producer & songwriter)

performer, producer

7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away

Lamont Dozier

performer, producer

7 Rooms of Gloom, Baby I Need Your Loving, Bernadette, Helpless, I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), I Got a Feeling, I Just Can’t Walk Away, I'm in a Different World, If I Were a Carpenter, It’s the Same Old Song, I’ll Turn to Stone, I’m in a Different World, Reach Out I'll Be There, Shake Me, Wake Me (When It’s Over), Something About You, Standing in the Shadows of Love, Then, Walk Away Renée, Without the One You Love (Life’s Not Worthwhile), You Keep Running Away

Ivy Jo Hunter

producer

Ask the Lonely, Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, Remember When, Sad Souvenirs, Stop the World, Sunny, We've Got a Strong Love (On Our Side), Yesterday's Dreams

Jerry Long Sr.

arranger