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"Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" (originally subtitled "The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet") is a song written by Berry Gordy, Billy Davis, and Gwen Gordy Fuqua, and made popular by Jackie Wilson in his 1957 recording for the Brunswick label.
Reet, Petite, and Gone is a 1947 American musical race film produced and released by Astor Pictures. It was the second of three feature films produced and directed by short-subject director William Forest Crouch starring singer and bandleader Louis Jordan .
This is a list of songs written by Berry Gordy, in most cases with other songwriters. ... "Reet Petite" Jackie Wilson: Tyran Carlo: 62 - 6 1979: Darts, #51 UK
Wilson scored a posthumous hit in Europe when "Reet Petite" topped the charts in the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom in 1986. [31] This success was likely due in part to a new animated video made for the song, featuring a clay model of Wilson, that became popular on the BBC Two TV network in the latter country. [31]
Both the music and lyrics are inspired by rhythm and blues singer Jackie Wilson and his song "Reet Petite", which is directly quoted in the song. "Jackie Wilson Said" was covered by Dexys Midnight Runners on their album Too-Rye-Ay and reached number five on the UK Singles Chart when released in 1982. It has also been covered by several other ...
EP. "Reet Petite" was not released in Australia until November when it appeared as a double A-sided single. [3] [4] B. ^ "Do the Blue Beat" was originally released on Viking Records by Dinah Lee in September 1964. It was released in Australia on HMV, as a double-A-sided single with "Reet Petite" in November.
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" (Berry Gordy, Tyran Carlo, Gwen Gordy) – 2:46 "Lonely Teardrops" (B. Gordy, Carlo, G. Gordy) – 2:40
"Lonely Teardrops" is a song written by Berry Gordy Jr., Gwen Gordy and Roquel "Billy" Davis, first recorded and released as a single in 1958 by R&B singer Jackie Wilson, [2] on the Brunswick label. The single was commercially successful, reaching the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 , and number-one on the R&B chart .