About Brenton Wood
Alfred Jesse Smith, known professionally as Brenton Wood, was an American singer and songwriter. Three 1967 singles of Wood's, "The Oogum Boogum Song", "Gimme Little Sign", and "Baby You Got It" were hits. The record sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Wood's novelty song "The Oogum Boogum Song" was released on Double Shot Records, and reached No. 19 on the US Billboard R&B chart and No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the spring of 1967. In 1972, Wood formed his own record label and released, co-produced and co-wrote the track "Sticky Boom Boom Part I and II" with collaborators George Semper (co-producer, arranger) and Al McKay (co-writer, performer) of Earth, Wind & Fire fame.
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