Motown founder Berry Gordy, offered the song Do You Love Me to The Contours first, only intending to give The Temptations the song after he saw that The Contours were having trouble with it. However, after practicing the tune again, Gordy gave the nod—and the song—to The Contours, hit nr1 on Billboard's R&B chart and crossed over to 3 on the Hot 100 in 1962. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.