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
Levi Weaver He stated that music would no longer be his occupation. He had accepted a job at television station WFAA in Dallas, Texas as a full-time Texas Rangers beat reporter, covering the team on an everyday basis. The email expressed immense thanks and concluded with the statement "With all my heart, and half my life - thank you." Subsequently, Weaver released a collection of 22 unfinished songs and demos as "Aposiopesis". Levi Weaver Levi Weaver is an American independent musician, singer songwriter, and performer. He was born in Colorado, raised in Fort Worth, Texas, and now resides in Dallas. Though Levi