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| + | "'''Can You Jerk Like Me'''" (Gordy G7037) is a 1964 [[R&B]] song by [[Motown]] Records group [[The Contours]], issued on its [[Motown|Gordy]] Records subsidiary. It charted on the [[Billboard Magazine|Billboard]] Hot 100, reaching #47, and a Top 20 hit on its [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B chart]], reaching #15. A single-only release, it did not appear on any original Contours studio album, as the group only had one album release during their 5 years on the label, 1962's ''[[Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)]]''. | ||
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| - | Raised in [[Detroit]], Michigan, Hunter was trained in orchestral music — primarily trumpet and keyboards. After a stint in the [[United States Army]], Hunter began performing as a singer in the proto-soul venues around Detroit, where he became friends with songwriter [[Hank Cosby]]. Cosby introduced him to Motown's first [[A&R]] man, [[William "Mickey" Stevenson]]. Hunter played keyboards on Motown sessions before Stevenson began working with him as a songwriter. He became a principal in the Motown Records house band, and began to write some of the most significant hits of the early Motown years. | ||
| - | Hunter's songs included The [[The Spinners (American R&B group)|Spinners]]' "[[Truly Yours (The Spinners song)|Truly Yours]]" and "Sweet Thing"; [[The Temptations]]' "[[All I Need (The Temptations song)|Sorry Is a Sorry Word]]"; [[The Isley Brothers]]' "[[Behind a Painted Smile]]" and "My Love Is Your Love (Forever)"; and "[[Ask the Lonely]]" and "[[Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever]]" for the [[Four Tops]]. With [[Marvin Gaye]] and Stevenson, he co-wrote the [[Martha and the Vandellas]] hit "[[Dancing in the Street]]" which, in the fall of 1964, provided an American counterpart to the [[British Invasion]]. Hunter also produced and wrote songs for Motown artists like [[The Velvelettes]] (their single "That's a Funny Way"), [[The Contours]] (their 1964 hit, "[[Can You Jerk Like Me]]"), [[The Marvelettes]] (their hits "Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead" and "[[I'll Keep Holding On]]"), [[Gladys Knight & the Pips]] (the album track "The Stranger") and Gaye, for whom he produced the Top 40 hit single "[[You (Marvin Gaye song)|You]]" in 1968. | ||
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"Can You Jerk Like Me" (Gordy G7037) is a 1964 R&B song by Motown Records group The Contours, issued on its Gordy Records subsidiary. It charted on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching #47, and a Top 20 hit on its R&B chart, reaching #15. A single-only release, it did not appear on any original Contours studio album, as the group only had one album release during their 5 years on the label, 1962's Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance).
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