"Sugar Daddy" is a hit
single by the
Motown
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quintet
The Jackson 5
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, released in late 1971.
The song peaked at #3 on the US
Best Selling Soul Singles
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chart and at #10 on the US
''Billboard'' Hot 100 pop singles chart in early 1972.
"Sugar Daddy" was one of the Jackson 5 hits produced by
The Corporation, the group's record production team, composed by
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is a retired American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record l ...
,
Freddie Perren
Frederick James Perren (May 15, 1943 – December 16, 2004) was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor. He co-wrote and co-produced songs including "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gay ...
,
Alphonzo Mizell, and
.
The single's
B-side
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is the non-album track "I'm So Happy". Both of these songs were included as bonus tracks on the 2001 re-release of the Jackson 5 studio album ''
Maybe Tomorrow'' (1971).
Personnel
* Written and produced by
The Corporation:
Berry Gordy
Berry Gordy III (born November 28, 1929), known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., is a retired American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record l ...
,
Alphonzo Mizell,
Freddie Perren
Frederick James Perren (May 15, 1943 – December 16, 2004) was an American songwriter, record producer, arranger, and orchestra conductor. He co-wrote and co-produced songs including "Boogie Fever" by the Sylvers, "I Will Survive" by Gloria Gay ...
and
* Lead vocals by
Michael Jackson
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and
Jermaine Jackson
Jermaine La Jaune Jackson (born December 11, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and bassist. He is best known for being a member of the Jackson family. From 1964 to 1975, Jermaine was second vocalist after his brother Michael of The Jackso ...
* Background vocals by Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson,
Tito Jackson
Toriano Adaryll "Tito" Jackson (born October 15, 1953) is an American musician. He is an original member of the Jackson 5 (later known as The Jacksons), who rose to fame in the late 1960s and 1970s with the Motown label, and later had continued ...
,
Jackie Jackson
Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson (born May 4, 1951) is an American singer best known as a founding member of the Jackson 5, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. Jackson is the second child of the Jackson family, a ...
, and
Marlon Jackson
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* Instrumentation by various
Los Angeles
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studio musicians
Charts
References
1971 singles
The Jackson 5 songs
Songs written by Berry Gordy
Songs written by Freddie Perren
Songs written by Deke Richards
Songs written by Alphonzo Mizell
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