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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.

Today's Morning Edition music is from 50 years ago today when "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honeybunch)" by the Four Tops was number one on the Billboard pop chart.  Written by the hottest songwriting team of the era, Motown's Holland brothers and Lamont Dozier, it was first chart topper by the Four Tops. The Four Tops 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 number one hit.

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

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