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In 2005, Billy Hoggs, who left the Contours in 1964 to become a minister, made his first and only appearance since 1964, joining the Contours with Joe Billingslea for the taping of Motown: The Early Years for the Public Broadcasting System. This performance is occasionally rebroadcast on various PBS affiliates.
En 2005, Billy Hoggs, quien dejó Contours en 1964 para convertirse en ministro, hizo su primera y única aparición desde 1964, uniéndose a Contours con Joe Billingslea para la grabación de Motown: The Early Years for the Public Broadcasting System. Esta actuación se retransmite ocasionalmente en varias filiales de PBS.
3 de ago. de 2020 · THE CONTOURS History Page. In the late 1950s in Detroit, two singers named Joe Billingslea and Billy Gordon left their group (The Majestics) to create their own vocal group. Billingslea placed an ad in the local paper for other singers. Billy Hoggs answered it and was hired. Hoggs suggested they also consider his neighbor, Billy Rollins ...
Joe Billingslea. Joseph Billingslea, Jr. (born November 14, 1937) is an American singer and performer. He is most noted for being the lead singer and the founder of the R&B band The Contours in 1959. The Contours were best known for its 1962 hit single, "Do You Love Me".
In the fall of 1960, a recently-formed Detroit quintet calling themselves the Blenders – Billy Hoggs, Billy Gordon, Joe Billingslea, Hubert Johnson and Leroy Fair – auditions for Wes Higgins, who owns a local recording studio. They sing three songs, he likes one of them — but not the group, and they decline to give him the song.
The Contours recorded their first million-seller record in 1962, “Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance).” Original group members included Joe Billingslea, Billy Gordon, Billy Hoggs, Hubert Johnson, and Sylvester Potts, who were signed by Berry Gordy in 1960.
5 de feb. de 2010 · The Blenders comprised of Joe Billingslea, Billy Gordon, Billy Hoggs, and Billy Rollin adding Leroy Fair (in the place of Billy Rollins) and bass singer Hubert Johnson in a later group arrangement. A year later, the group changed it's name to the Contours and in the autumn of 1960, the group auditioned for Berry Gordy's Motown Records , following a little assistance from Jackie Wilson .
