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"Reet Petite" | ||||
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Single by Jackie Wilson | ||||
from the album He's So Fine | ||||
Released | August 1957 | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Brunswick US (1957) 9-55024 Vogue Coral UK (1957) Q 72290 SMP UK (1985) SKM 3 BR Music Belgium (1985) 1245095 Columbia US (1987) 07329 Carrere France (1987) 72012 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Berry Gordy, Billy Davis, Gwen Gordy Fuqua | |||
Producer(s) | Dick Jacobs | |||
Jackie Wilson singles chronology | ||||
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Official audio | ||||
"Reet Petite" on YouTube |
"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. It was his first solo hit after leaving the Dominoes and, over the years, has become one of his biggest international chart successes. It was the UK Christmas number one in 1986, almost three years after Wilson's death.