"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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Smythe was cast as "Rusty", in Louis Jordan's 1947 Astor Pictures film, Reet, Petite, and Gone, which was also produced and directed by Crouch. In April 1947...

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...

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...

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

something of a surprise, a re-issue of Jackie Wilson's 1957 single "Reet Petite". Wilson had died in 1984, but the song been re-issued after being used...

10 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 Your...

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...

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...

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...

Gourounlian 1 Viennese Waltz / "You Know Me" 6 6 7 19 No elimination 2 Jive / "Reet Petite" 7 7 7 21 3 Tango / "I Don't Like Mondays" 5 6 6 17 Safe 4 American Smooth...

"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...

for a few musical features with all-African-American casts, such as Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947). Crouch was born in Boone, Iowa, and as a young man...

"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...

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...

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

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...

skates Ben & Carlotta: "Leave a Light On" — Tom Walker Libby & Mark: "Reet Petite" — Jackie Wilson Judges' votes to save Banjo: Libby & Mark Barrowman:...

Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 1, 2021. "Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved January 15, 2022. "British certifications – Jackie...

released as a CD-single with bonus track "The Ugly Duckling") (EMI, 1990) "Reet Petite"/"It Only Takes a Minute Girl" (also released as a cassette single and...

Inaba Goodman Tonioli 1 Cha-Cha-Cha/"Wings" 9 9 9 No Elimination 2 Jive/"Reet Petite" 8 8 8 Safe 3 Charleston/"Bang Bang" 8 8 8 Safe 4 Tango/"Love Lockdown"...