R&B Soul Music Jukebox Discography and Biography of The Contours
The Contours Songs

(with biography below if available)

The Contours were one of the early African-American soul singing groups signed to Motown Records. The group is best known for its classic chart-topping 1962 hit, "Do You Love Me", a million-selling single that became a major hit all over again in 1988.

Below is a list of The Contours songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Gordy 7005
chart position: RandB #1, US #3
written by: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours Do You Love Me
1962 Gordy
2 record label: Gordy 7052
chart position: RandB #18, US #85, UK #31
written by: Clarence Paul, Luvel Broadnax & Stevie Wonder
comments: [Motown Sound] [northern soul]
The Contours Just a Little Misunderstanding
1966 Gordy
3 record label: Motown 41889
chart position: US #11, US AC #24, UK #76
written by: Berry Gordy
album: More Dirty Dancing: More Original Music from the Hit Motion Picture
comments: re release
The Contours Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
1988 Motown
4 record label: Gordy 7044
chart position: RandB #12, US #57
written by: Smokey Robinson and Bobby Rogers
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours First I Look at the Purse
1965 Gordy
5 record label: Gordy 7029
chart position: RandB #16, US #41
written by: Richard Street and Thelma Coleman Gordy
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours Can You Do It
1964 Gordy
6 record label: Gordy 7037
chart position: RandB #15, US #47
written by: William Stevenson and Ivy Jo Hunter
comments: [Motown Sound] US B Side To That Day When She Needed Me
The Contours Can You Jerk Like Me
1964 Gordy
7 record label: Gordy 7012
chart position: RandB #21, US #43
written by: Berry Gordy, Jr.
album: Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours Shake Sherry
1962 Gordy
8 record label: Gordy 7059
chart position: RandB #35, US #79, UK #53
written by: James Dean, William Weatherspoon and Stanley McMullen
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours It's So Hard Being a Loser
1967 Gordy
9 record label: Tamla Motown 886(UK)
chart position: UK #54
written by: James Dean and William Weatherspoon
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours Baby Hit and Run
1974 Tamla Motown
10 record label: Gordy 7016
chart position: Cashbook R&B #37, US #64
written by: Berry Gordy, Jr.
comments: [Motown Sound]
The Contours Don't Let Her Be Your Baby
1963 Gordy
11 record label: Stateside 381
chart position: RandB #37
written by: Smokey Robinson
The Contours That Day When She Needed Me
1965 Stateside




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