"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...

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...

of which topped the US R&B charts, as well as the international hit "Reet Petite" (Jackie Wilson). As part of the Corporation, he wrote many hit songs...

Bottom Two 4 Quickstep / "The Ballroom Blitz" 8 8 8 9 33 Safe 5 Jive / "Reet Petite" - - - - - Given Bye 6 Tango / "Paint It Black" 9 9 9 9 36 Safe 7 Samba...

1985 Shakin' Stevens "Merry Christmas Everyone" 2 1986 Jackie Wilson "Reet Petite" 4 1987 Pet Shop Boys "Always on My Mind" 4 1988 Cliff Richard "Mistletoe...

was followed in September by her cover version of Jackie Wilson's, "Reet Petite", which also reached No. 1 in New Zealand and peaked at No. 6 in Melbourne...

"Reet Petite" (from his first album He's So Fine), which became a modest R&B success (many years later, an international smash hit). "Reet Petite" was...

three more feature films, all starring Jordan and his band: Beware; Reet, Petite and Gone; and Look-Out Sister. Jordan began his career in big-band swing...

They Know It's Christmas?" (1984) "Merry Christmas Everyone" (1985) "Reet Petite" (1986) "Always on My Mind" (1987) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "Do They...

an album instead and, during the two weeks it spent at number one, "Reet Petite" would have been number one for a fifth week and "I Knew You Were Waiting...

The Meteors backed Dinah Lee on recordings. Her best known single, "Reet Petite", from September 1964 reached No. 1 on the New Zealand charts and No...

UK Singles Chart after its original release set by Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite" in December 1986. Christie's record was broken 16 years later when "Last...

"Superstition/Need You Tonight" Halloween Safe (6th) - 10.1% Live show 5 "Reet Petite" Dancefloor fillers Safe (2nd) - 16.0% Live show 6 "Another One Bites...

Sepultura Fred Stuhr "Ready, Able" 2009 Grizzly Bear Allison Schulnik "Reet Petite" 1986 Jackie Wilson Giblets Studio "Resilient" 2020 Katy Perry Aya Tanimura...

"Fever" 9 10 10 10 39 Safe 7 Tango/ "Call Me" 9 10 9 10 38 Safe 8 Jive/ "Reet Petite" 9 9 8 10 36 Safe 9 Paso Doble/ "Unstoppable" 9 9 10 10 38 Safe 10 Waltz...

Madonna 1985 3 54 "I Wanna Wake Up with You" Boris Gardiner 1986 1 55 "Reet Petite" Jackie Wilson 1986 1 56 "D.I.S.C.O." Ottawan 1980 2 57 "Frankie" Sister...

The single was pipped to the Christmas number 1 by Jackie Wilson's Reet Petite, which the band later attributed to the track being pulled from the BBC...

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...

Gordy and Billy Davis—who wrote songs for Wilson. In November 1957, "Reet Petite" was released and became their first major hit. During the next eighteen...

They Know It's Christmas?" (1984) "Merry Christmas Everyone" (1985) "Reet Petite" (1986) "Always on My Mind" (1987) "Mistletoe and Wine" (1988) "Do They...

appeared as a dancer in the soundie Caldonia (1945) and the feature Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947). Her stage credits included a role in Dream with Music...

Safe 10 Semi-finals Argentine Tango / "Asi Se Baila El Tango" Jive / "Reet Petite" 10 9 10 8 10 9 Safe 11 Finals Paso Doble / "So What" Freestyle / "Do...

Christmas number one single by a posthumous re-release of Jackie Wilson's "Reet Petite". The song was an international hit reaching the top 3 in several countries...

singles from Berry Gordy's newly formed Tamla label. The two also wrote "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)" for Wilson, which was a top...

first UK charting top 10 single in 1987. The 1986 Christmas number-one, "Reet Petite" by Jackie Wilson, remained at number-one for the first three weeks of...

"Rhythm of the Night" 8 8 8 8 32 Safe 10 Fusion (Jive / Quickstep) / "Reet Petite" 8 9 9 9 35 Bottom two 11 Tango / "Roxanne" Rumba / "The First Time Ever...

songwriting team behind Jackie Wilson's first legion of solo hits, including "Reet Petite", "To Be Loved" and "Lonely Teardrops". By 1959, Gordy, fed up with not...

Film Title Role Director Year Notes # Reet, Petite, and Gone Pat Rains William Forest Crouch 1947 The Dreamer Singer William Forest Crouch 1948...

Ball" by Winifred Atwell, "My Special Angel" by Malcolm Vaughan and "Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)" by Jackie Wilson were all released in 1957...

she first performed with a cover version of Jackie Wilson's 1957 song "Reet Petite". Stone has dyslexia and left school at age sixteen with three GCSE qualifications...