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4 unusual facts about The Contours


First I Look at the Purse

"First I Look At The Purse" (G7044) was a 1965 song recorded by R&B group The Contours on Motown Records' Gordy label.

Prelude to History

The album saw minor success with a peak position of number 44 on the Germany albums chart, and spawned two moderately successful singles with double A-side "Walking on Sunshine/Call Me, Beep Me", and a remake of The Contours' "Do You Love Me".

Shake Sherry

Shake Sherry (sometimes spelled on record as "Shake Sherrie") was a 1962 R&B song by Motown Records group The Contours, issued on its Gordy subsidiary label.

That Day When She Needed Me

"That Day When She Needed Me" (also known as "I was a Thousand Miles Away That Day When She Needed Me"), is a 1964 R&B song by the Motown Records group The Contours.


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Benny Benjamin

Among the Motown songs Benjamin performed the drum tracks for are early hits such as "Money (That's What I Want)" by Barrett Strong and "Do You Love Me" by The Contours; as well as later hits such as "Get Ready" by The Temptations, "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" by Stevie Wonder, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight & the Pips and "Going To A Go-Go" by The Miracles.

Ivy Jo Hunter

Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like The Marvelettes, The Temptations and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "You" in 1968, and The Contours' 1964 hit, "Can You Jerk Like Me".


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Chenôve

In good weather it allows us to see the contours of Mont Blanc.

First I Look at the Purse

In the early 2000s, the Contours performed the song on the PBS special Motown: The Early Years.

Jacques Couëlle

This relationship with nature is associated with Antoni Gaudí's organic architecture like the famous Park Güell (1900–1914) in Barcelona, where the paths carved into the slope as caves follow the contours of the land.

Monts Dore

Its history began about 3 Mya with a Plinian eruption that created a large caldera, the contours of which are no longer clearly defined.

Shake Sherry

This song's relative chart failure, compared to Do You Love Me, meant that The Contours' run as a headline act in the famed Motortown Revue touring shows of the early 1960s was relatively short- lived: although their dynamic live performances always made them a crowd favorite,history has unfairly branded them as "one hit wonders".