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The first LP released on Gordy Records is also the Contours' first and only regular album release on Motown; a later collection also titled Do You Love Me was a greatest-hits compilation. This is worth a few bucks if you can find a copy. Three cuts were released on the Motown label before they were switched to Gordy ("The Stretch," "Funny," and "Whole Lotta Woman"); all stiffed. On Gordy, the group enjoyed their biggest hit the first time out in "Do You Love Me." "You Better Get In Line," a slick dance number, died as the flipside of "Shake Sherrie." A lively "You Must Be Love" has Billy Gordon swapping leads with Joe Billingslea. "Shake Sherrie" has a looping beat, a wandering baritone sax, and incredulous vocals from Gordon, Billingslea, Sylvester Potts, Billy Hogg, and Hubert Johnson. The rest suffer from a lack of identity; neither the group nor Motown had defined their sound when these were cut.
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Loucye Wakefield, ComposerLyricist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Ron Wakefield, ComposerLyricist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Joseph Billingslea, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Billingsea, ComposerLyricist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Hoggs, ComposerLyricist, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - Andre Williams, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Rebecca Nichols, ComposerLyricist - Joe Hunter, Piano - Sylvester Potts, BackgroundVocalist - James Jamerson, BassGuitar - The Funk Brothers, Ensemble - Huey Davis, Guitar - Benny Benjamin, DrumKit - Billy Gordon, Vocalist - Billy Hoggs, BackgroundVocalist - Joe Billingslea, BackgroundVocalist - Hubert Johnson, BackgroundVocalist
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The first LP released on Gordy Records is also the Contours' first and only regular album release on Motown; a later collection also titled Do You Love Me was a greatest-hits compilation. This is worth a few bucks if you can find a copy. Three cuts were released on the Motown label before they were switched to Gordy ("The Stretch," "Funny," and "Whole Lotta Woman"); all stiffed. On Gordy, the group enjoyed their biggest hit the first time out in "Do You Love Me." "You Better Get In Line," a slick dance number, died as the flipside of "Shake Sherrie." A lively "You Must Be Love" has Billy Gordon swapping leads with Joe Billingslea. "Shake Sherrie" has a looping beat, a wandering baritone sax, and incredulous vocals from Gordon, Billingslea, Sylvester Potts, Billy Hogg, and Hubert Johnson. The rest suffer from a lack of identity; neither the group nor Motown had defined their sound when these were cut.
© Andrew Hamilton /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:26
- Main artists: The Contours
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Motown
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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