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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.
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.
3 de ago. de 2020 · At a 1964 meeting with Berry Gordy, Jr., original members Joe Billingslea and Billy Hoggs along with Sylvester Potts announced they were quitting. A week later original member Hubert Johnson resigned, leaving Billy Gordon as the only original member of the group.
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.
Billy Hoggs answered the ad and brought along neighbor Billy Rollins. The group first took the name The Blenders, but renamed themselves The Contours after the recording studio, Flick and Contour Records. Hubert Johnson joined the group in 1960, making it a quintet.
The Contours--they took their name from a recording studio they once visited, Flick and Contour Records--consisted of Billy Gordon, Billy Hoggs, Joe Billingslea, Hubert Johnson and Sylvester Potts, and they almost didn't get to record their signature song at all.
