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How many versions of this are there?? Did Billy Gordon sing on one and Dennis Edwards on another ive also heard there is another singer on a third ??

yes.gif from the great site for Motown reference "Don't Forget The Motor City

Baby Hit And Run (James Dean-William Weatherspoon) publ. Jobete

The Contours; recorded Hitsville, completed 11-Nov-65 ; produced by William Stevenson ; [lead - Billy Gordon]

03/06/2002; CD (M): Motown 544 619 2 A Cellarful Of Motown [uK]

The Contours; recorded Hitsville-GW, completed 31-Jan-67 ; produced by William Stevenson ; [lead - Dennis Edwards]

[unreleased]; LP: Gordy G921 The Contours Sing It's So Hard Being A Loser

Feb-74; 45 (M): Tamla Motown TMG886 A [uK]

May-74; LP (E): MFP 50054 Baby Hit And Run [uK]

23-Mar-98; CD (M): Debutante 530 814 2 This Is Northern Soul! Volume 2 [uK]

28-Feb-00; CD (M): Spectrum 544 259 2 The Essential Collection [uK]

28-Jun-01; CD (E): Spectrum 556 827 2 Northern Soul Connoisseurs [uK]

02/05/2005; CD (M): Motown 067 024 2 This Is Northern Soul! The Motown Sound Volume 1 [uK]

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How many versions of this are there?? Did Billy Gordon sing on one and Dennis Edwards on another ive also heard there is another singer on a third ??

There Is An Unreleased Version On Acetate Crediting The Vocals To Joe Stubbs That Was Around A Few Years Ago !! Don't Know If That Helps You. Atb John.

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If I remember correctly, there is also an acetate demo sung by the songwriter, William Weatherspoon. I like that one better than Billy Gordon and Joe Stubbs. The Weatherspoon version is the version that has been recently found. It has the sweetest vocal, and if memory serves, the instrumental mix is a little "clearer sounding".

So, there was a vocal by Dennis Edwards, one by Joe Stubbs, one by Billy Gordon (all for potential release), and then, in addition, the vocal reference track sung by Weatherspoon, as a guide for whoever would record the song for potential release.

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