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The first CD best-of compilation for the Contours actually takes the exact same ten tracks that were available on the Do You Love Me album and adds five more, most of which are of secondary interest. Regardless, it's a decent overview of a minor but good Motown act. "Do You Love Me" will always be their calling card, but "Shake Sherry," "First I Look at the Purse," "It Must Be Love" and "Can You Do It" are well worth hearing for anyone who wants to hear the Motown sound at its rawest and most raucous. Smokey Robinson's "That Day When She Needed Me" and the 1961 doo wop single "Funny" show an unexpectedly mellow side of the group. The 1966-67 sides, "Just a Little Misunderstanding" and "It's So Hard Being a Loser" find them being steered toward a slicker, Temptations-like direction; indeed, future Temp, Dennis Edwards, sings lead on the latter cut.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gordon, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Hoggs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Billingslea, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gordon, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Hoggs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Billingslea, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Billingslea, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Billingsea, ComposerLyricist - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gordon, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Hoggs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Billingslea, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1962 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., Producer - William Mickey Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Joe Hunter, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvester Potts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - James Jamerson, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - The Funk Brothers, Instrumental Ensemble, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Benny Benjamin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Gordon, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Billy Hoggs, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Billingslea, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Hubert Johnson, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1961 UMG Recordings, Inc.
The Contours, MainArtist - Michael Ossman, ComposerLyricist - Ray Singleton, ComposerLyricist - Miss Ray, Producer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Freddie Gorman, ComposerLyricist - Lamont Dozier, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Brian Holland, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Richard Allen Street, ComposerLyricist - Richard Street, Producer - The Contours, MainArtist - Thelma Gordy, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., Producer, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1964 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - Robert Rogers, ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, Producer - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1965 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Morris Broadnax, ComposerLyricist - Stevie Wonder, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Clarence Paul, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Mickey Stevenson, Producer - The Contours, MainArtist - Sylvester Potts, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Huey Davis, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Green, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Louvain Demps, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Stubbs, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Council Gay, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Hicks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marlene Barrow, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Robinson, Jr., ComposerLyricist - SMOKEY ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Ivy Joe Hunter, Producer - The Contours, MainArtist
℗ 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Weatherspoon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - James Dean, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Contours, MainArtist - Stanley Levon McMullen, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1967 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The first CD best-of compilation for the Contours actually takes the exact same ten tracks that were available on the Do You Love Me album and adds five more, most of which are of secondary interest. Regardless, it's a decent overview of a minor but good Motown act. "Do You Love Me" will always be their calling card, but "Shake Sherry," "First I Look at the Purse," "It Must Be Love" and "Can You Do It" are well worth hearing for anyone who wants to hear the Motown sound at its rawest and most raucous. Smokey Robinson's "That Day When She Needed Me" and the 1961 doo wop single "Funny" show an unexpectedly mellow side of the group. The 1966-67 sides, "Just a Little Misunderstanding" and "It's So Hard Being a Loser" find them being steered toward a slicker, Temptations-like direction; indeed, future Temp, Dennis Edwards, sings lead on the latter cut.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:02
- Main artists: The Contours
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: UNI - MOTOWN
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1999 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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