The Contours (1959 - )
Group - United States 60s soul
Releases (17)
Official
Album
- Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance) Oct 1962
- Baby Hit and Run 1974
Album - Compilation
- The Very Best of The Contours 23 Mar 1999
- Essential Collection 28 Feb 2000
- 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Contours 2003
- I'm a Winner: The Albuquerque Sessions 78-80 2010
- Singles Collection 14 Sep 2016
Single
- Do You Love Me / Move Mr. Man 29 Jun 1962
- Shake Sherry / You Better Get in Line Dec 1962
- Don't Let Her Be Your Baby / It Must Be Love Mar 1963
- Pa I Need a Car / You Get Ugly Jun 1963
- Can You Do It / I'll Stand by You Mar 1964
- Can You Jerk Like Me / That Day When She Needed Me Dec 1964
- First I Look at the Purse 23 Jun 1965
- Just a Little Misunderstanding / Determination 18 Apr 1966
Bootleg
Album - Compilation
- Can You Dance 2010
Relationships (6)
Members
- Billy Gordon (1959 - 1965) original
- Joe Billingslea
- Sylvester Potts
- Billy Hoggs
- Jerry Green
- A Motown Christmas
Recordings by (124)
- Move Mr. Man 2:15 (29 Jun 1962)
- Do You Love Me 2:49 (29 Jun 1962) single version, mono
- Shake Sherrie 2:50 (Oct 1962)
- You Better Get in Line 2:54 (Oct 1962)
- The Stretch 2:41 (Oct 1962)
- It Must Be Love 2:27 (Oct 1962)
- Whole Lotta Woman 2:52 (Oct 1962)
- Claudia 2:32 (Oct 1962)
- So Grateful 2:38 (Oct 1962)
- The Old Miner 2:32 (Oct 1962)
- Funny 2:56 (Oct 1962)
- Shake Sherry 2:39 (Dec 1962)
- Don't Let Her Be Your Baby 2:49 (Mar 1963)
- Pa I Need a Car ?:?? (Jun 1963)
- You Get Ugly ?:?? (Jun 1963)
- I’ll Stand by You 2:15 (Mar 1964)
- Can You Do It 2:18 (Mar 1964)
- Can You Jerk Like Me 2:28 (Dec 1964) single version
- That Day When She Needed Me 2:30 (Dec 1964) single version
- First I Look at the Purse 2:56 (23 Jun 1965)
- Searching For A Girl 2:48 (23 Jun 1965)
- Just A Little Misunderstanding 2:42 (18 Apr 1966)
- Determination 2:39 (18 Apr 1966)
- It’s So Hard Being a Loser 2:38 (1974) single version
- Baby Hit and Run 3:00 (1974)
- It's Growing ?:?? (1974)
- Can You Do It? 2:19 (1974)
- Do You Love Me? 3:16 (1974)
- Just a Little Misunderstanding (excerpt) 1:12 (01 May 1989)
- Get Ready / Higher & Higher 4:18 (1989)
- Cry to Me 3:33 (1989)
- Do You Love Me (1966 version) 2:52 (1989)
- This Old Heart of Mine 3:03 (1990)
- Do You Love 2:04 (1990)
- Face Up to the Fact ?:?? (1991)
- The Tracks of My Tears ?:?? (1995)
- Aint Nothing but a Houseparty 3:19 (1996)
- Tracks of My Tears 3:42 (1997)
- Do You Love Me (original version) 2:55 (1997)
- It's So Hard Being A Loser 2:40 (1997)
- Do You Love Me (remixed long version) 6:38 (1997)
- Come on and Be Mine 2:43 (1997)
- Your Love Grows More Precious Everyday 3:01 (1997)
- Pa, I Need a Car 2:24 (1997)
- I'll Stand by You 2:14 (1997)
- Gonna Win You Back (bonus track) 3:16 (1997)
- The Tracks Of My Tears (bonus track) 3:45 (1997)
- Blinded By The Light (bonus track) 3:11 (1997)
- Look Out For Stop Sign (bonus track) 4:39 (1997)
- Move, Mr. Man (bonus track) 2:06 (1997)
Credited as (5)
- The Contours
- The Marvelettes, Miracles & The Contours
- Barrett Strong & The Contours
- Contours
- The Contours and Dennis Edwards
Links (15)
Other Databases
- https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_contours
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98027441
- https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98027441
- https://d-nb.info/gnd/10290707-9