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marv2
05-21-2016, 06:29 PM
This is with Dennis Edwards on lead:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc-7a4HBRQA
theboyfromxtown
05-21-2016, 06:55 PM
L-R Sylvester Billy Jerry......Dennis sits.

Isn't this just wonderful!
marv2
05-21-2016, 07:19 PM
L-R Sylvester Billy Jerry......Dennis sits.

Isn't this just wonderful!

I agree. Someone confused Jerry Green for Joe Stubbs who Dennis had replaced.
robb_k
05-21-2016, 08:24 PM
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FANTASTIC! That one show had the greatest part of The Contours' career. Too bad they didn't also sing the Dennis lead version of "Baby Hit and Run"!
soulwally
05-21-2016, 08:29 PM
L-R Sylvester Billy Jerry......Dennis sits.

Isn't this just wonderful!
Yes. Say no more.
Except.. Billy had gone by now. Council Gay is in the line-up.
mysterysinger
05-21-2016, 09:37 PM
Yes that is so special.
Ryon6
05-22-2016, 12:39 AM
Great find. Loved the choreography.
heikki
05-22-2016, 02:32 AM
This is one of my favourites. The song is like tailor-made for Jimmy Ruffin.
Thank you, Marv!
marv2
05-22-2016, 08:19 AM
This is one of my favourites. The song is like tailor-made for Jimmy Ruffin.
Thank you, Marv!

You are most welcome Heikki! I love it.
BigAl
05-23-2016, 03:58 PM
The first time I heard this song I actually thought it might have been Jimmy Ruffin even though his voice and Dennis' were nothing alike. It was that formulaic Weatherspoon-Dean song which threw me off. They wrote some great stuff, no argument, but a lot of it sounded awfully alike.
soulwally
05-23-2016, 05:48 PM
The first time I heard this song I actually thought it might have been Jimmy Ruffin even though his voice and Dennis' were nothing alike. It was that formulaic Weatherspoon-Dean song which threw me off. They wrote some great stuff, no argument, but a lot of it sounded awfully alike.
Yep, the big giveaway was a Dean-Weatherspoon song nearly always started with the chorus before the first verse kicked in. But, yes, their tunes weren't without appeal, and they were certainly busy boys in the studio.
snakepit
05-23-2016, 05:55 PM
This video was on another forum, together with one, on the same 'session', with the group miming to "just a little misunderstanding'.
However the lead vocal on the 45 was Joe Stubbs. The 'lead' was mimed by the guy who is in the middle of the 3 members..I.e. Joe Stubbs vocal was mimed by another singer.
Who is the singer in the middle..the smaller thin guy?
snakepit
05-23-2016, 05:57 PM
http://www.soul-source.co.uk/soulforum/videos/view-1202-the-contours-just-a-little-misunderstanding/
soulwally
05-23-2016, 06:05 PM
Larry: See the thread on Just a little misunderstanding. There's plenty of confusion on there!
snakepit
05-23-2016, 06:11 PM
OK thanks Soulwally..will look at that
Klanger
05-14-2020, 10:45 AM
Bit late to the party here but love the Contours video, it’s a rare one alright. Since the first time I heard this track I have been amused by Dennis whistling accidentally about 25 seconds in. How did it get through QC? Did they think no one would notice?

Still a great great tune though.
daviddesper
05-14-2020, 01:03 PM
My favorite Contours track and I had never seen this video either. Knowing what we know now, I wonder if the group really did the background vocals. Sounds like there was at least a little "femininity" in there somewhere..........
robb_k
05-14-2020, 02:19 PM
This video was on another forum, together with one, on the same 'session', with the group miming to "just a little misunderstanding'.
However the lead vocal on the 45 was Joe Stubbs. The 'lead' was mimed by the guy who is in the middle of the 3 members..I.e. Joe Stubbs vocal was mimed by another singer.
Who is the singer in the middle..the smaller thin guy?
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Jerry Green. He took all the Joe Stubbs leads.
splanky
05-14-2020, 03:05 PM
This is one of my favourites. The song is like tailor-made for Jimmy Ruffin.


I can hear Jimmy singing it in my head right now!....