On their CD "Hey Rock'n'Roll",Showaddywaddy covered "Reet Petite",originally by Jackie Wilson.
The CD was released on 27/05/2002 on Ovation CLAP001CD.
The song is track 24 on the CD.
www.showaddywaddy.net/whosang.htm
www.showaddywaddy.net/disco.htm
Showaddywaddy
The song was written by Berry Gordy and Tyran Carlo(whose real name was Roquel Davis,he was the cousin of Jackie Wilson):
Berry Gordy
Tyran Carlo
The song was originally released by Jackie Wilson in 1957 on Brunswick Records 9-55024 and had "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" on the B-side.it was produced by Carl Davis and Dick Jacobs directed the chorus and the orchestra.
You can watch the clip of Jackie Wilson on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ3-NnNx6Zs
Jackie Wilson
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson
www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=1904
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wilson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reet_Petite
www.rockabillyeurope.com/lyrics3/r0014.htm
www.discogs.com/release/943951
www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=943951
Groeten uit Zeebrugge.
Patrick
