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The Contours

The Contours is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Miracles, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Marvelettes, Jackie Wilson and Smokey Robinson. Those roots explain a lot about how The Contours arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Jr. Walker & The All Stars, Bruce Channel and Betty Everett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The J. Geils Band, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Miracles, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The Contours, reaching back through The Miracles and forward to The J. Geils Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Contours are an American rhythm and blues vocal group. They recorded for Motown Records. They are known for their 1962 hit single "Do You Love Me", which sold over 1 million copies and became a major hit again in 1988.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The ContoursThe MiraclesSmokey Robinson and …The MarvelettesJackie WilsonSmokey RobinsonStevie WonderMotownBerry GordyThe J. Geils BandThe TemptationsThe Four TopsThe MiraclesMartha Reeves & The …The Four TopsJr. Walker & The All…Bruce ChannelBetty EverettThe DriftersEdwin StarrMartha and the Vande…

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The Contours connections

The Contours grew out of The Miracles, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, The Marvelettes and Jackie Wilson, shares an orbit with Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, The Four Tops, Jr. Walker & The All Stars and Bruce Channel, went on to shape The J. Geils Band, The Temptations, The Four Tops and The Miracles. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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