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- Artist: The Contours
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- Release Date: 1962
- Total Time: 30:18
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
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, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Do You Love Me (Lyrics) | Berry Gordy, Jr. | The Contours | (6:37) |
| Just a Little Misunderstanding | Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, |
The Contours | (2:43) |
| Shake Sherrie | Berry Gordy, Jr. | The Contours | (2:51) |
| Can You Do It | The Contours | (2:19) | |
| Don't Let Her Be Your Baby | Berry Gordy, Jr. | The Contours | (2:50) |
| First I Look at the Purse (Lyrics) | Smokey Robinson, |
The Contours | (3:00) |
| Whole Lotta Woman | Smokey Robinson, |
The Contours | (2:37) |
| Can You Jerk Like Me? | Ivory Joe Hunter, William "Mickey" Stevenson | The Contours | (2:30) |
| It's So Hard Being a Loser | The Contours | (2:39) | |
| You Get Ugly | The Contours | (2:22) |
