Do You Love Me was the only LP issued by The Contours

The Contours

The Contours were one of the early African-American soul singing groups signed to Motown Records.The group is best known for its Billboard Top 10 hit, "Do You Love Me," a million-selling song that peaked twice in the Top 20....

during their career at Motown Records

Motown Records

Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...

. Issued on Motown's Gordy subsidiary in October 1962 (see 1962 in music

1962 in music

-Events:*January 1 – The Beatles and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes both audition at Decca Records, a company which has the option of signing one group only...

), the album includes the hit title track and the number 21 R&B single "Shake Sherrie". Also including the early singles "Whole Lotta Woman" and "The Stretch", Do You Love Me is notable as the first LP to be released by Gordy Records. The song was also performed in the movies Dirty Dancing, Getting Even With Dad and Teen Wolf Too (by Ragtime). It was performed by Bootsy Collins

Bootsy Collins

William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk...

 and the Funk Brothers in the movie Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

Side A

1. "Do You Love Me
   Do You Love Me
   "Do You Love Me" is a 1962 hit single recorded by The Contours for Motown's Gordy Records label. Written and produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr., "Do You Love Me?" was the Contours' only Top 40 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Notably, the record achieved this feat...
   
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2. "Shake Sherrie
   Shake Sherry
   Shake Sherry was a 1962 R&B song by Motown Records group The Contours , issued on its Gordy subsidiary label..it was the follow-up to the group's million-selling Top 5 hit single "Do You Love Me", and was taken from their album of the same name.Not as successful as its predecessor, Shake Sherry...
   
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3. "You Better Get in Line"
4. "The Stretch" (Loucye Gordy Wakefield, William "Mickey" Stevenson)
5. "It Must Be Love" (Joe Billingslea, Sylvester Potts)
6. "Whole Lotta' Woman
   Whole Lotta' Woman
   "Whole Lotta Woman" is a 1961 single recorded by The Contours for the Motown Records label. Written by Smokey Robinson , and Contours group members Billy Hoggs and Billy Gordon,, and produced by Motown CEO Berry Gordy, Jr., it was the group's debut single for Motown.Two versions of this song was...
   
   " (Smokey Robinson
   Smokey Robinson
   William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy...
   
   , Billy Gordon, Billy Hoggs)

Side B

1. "Claudia" (Claudia Paul, Ivy Joe Hunter
   Ivy Joe Hunter
   Ivy Joe Hunter is a former professional American football player who played fullback for three seasons for the Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots...
   
   , William "Mickey" Stevenson)
2. "So Grateful"
3. "The Old Miner" (William "Mickey" Stevenson)
4. "Funny" (William "Mickey" Stevenson, Billy Gordon, Sylvester Potts)
5. "Move Mr. Man" (Berry Gordy, Jr., Rebecca Nichols)

Side A

1. "Do You Love Me" 6:37
2. "Just a Little Misunderstanding" 2:43
3. "Shake Sherrie" 2:51
4. "Can You Do It?" 2:19
5. "Don't Let Her Be Your Baby" 2:50

Side B

1. "First I Look at the Purse" 3:00
2. "Whole Lotta Woman" 2:37
3. "Can You Jerk Like Me?" 2:30
4. "It's So Hard Being a Loser" 2:39
5. "You Get Ugly" 2:22

Note: The Song "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)" on the CD/tape (Not LP) reissue versions is not the 1962 hit single version (2:54). It is some kind of very strange extended remix (6:37) version. Also, besides the songs "Shake Sherrie" and "Whole Lotta Woman" the other songs are different from the original 1962 LP release and consist of later hits, etc.