First I Look at the Purse has also been covered by David Bromberg, Rod Stewart, Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, The Cortinas and Nashville Pussy. "First I Look at the Purse" was the last Contours hit featuring original lead Billy Gordon. It also features the renewed line-up of Contours, as several original members had left back in 1964. Shortly after its release, Gordon departed the group, and Motown, for good, due to personal problems. He was replaced with Joe Stubbs, brother of lead singer of fellow Motown group The Four Tops, Levi Stubbs. In the early 2000s, the Contours performed the song on the
Keith Stubbs Stubbs eventually became a stockbroker with Paine Webber in Los Angeles, but left to pursue a career in comedy. Stubbs studied comedy improv at the Groundlings Theatre & School in Hollywood, California. He began performing stand up comedy in 1991. Stubbs has opened for notable comedians like Frank Caliendo, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, and Joel McHale. Stubbs formerly hosted two radio programs in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. He first hosted "The Stubbs Show" on KEGA, 101.5 The Eagle. He also hosted "Keith Stubbs Sports" on ESPN 700. Stubbs has performed twice on A&E’s "An Evening at