"Reach Out I'll Be There" is a light in the darkness - an achingly tender declaration of commitment and compassion delivered with the force of rolling thunder. Released in August 1966 following a summer of mounting civil unrest and violent rebellion, the Four Tops' humanist anthem remains a bottomless reservoir of strength and succor through all times of turmoil, its physical and emotional impact unmatched across the Motown Records canon. "To me, it felt like a chant, almost religious - a song of hope for the world," the group's Duke Fakir proclaimed nearly half a century after the single stampeded to the top of the Billboard charts.Read more...
