The Jackson 5

Songwriter: Leon René

[Intro]
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet

[Pre-Chorus]
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song
All the little birdies on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

[Chorus]
Rockin' robin
Rock, rock
Rockin' robin
Go rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight

[Verse 1]
Every little swallow, every chickadee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singin' go bird, go

[Chorus]
Rockin' robin
Rock, rock
Rockin' robin
Go rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Yeah, yeah

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]
The pretty little raven at the bird man stand
Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
He started goin' steady and "bless my soul"
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

[Pre-Chorus]
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song
All the little birdies on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

[Chorus]
Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily dee)
Rock, rock
Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily dee)
Go rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight
Yeah, yeah

[Bridge]
The pretty little raven at the bird man stand
Taught him how to do the bop and it was grand
He started goin' steady and "bless my soul"
He out-bopped the buzzard and the oriole

[Pre-Chorus]
He rocks in the treetops all day long
Hoppin' and a-boppin' and a-singin' his song
All the little birdies on J-Bird Street
Love to hear the robin go tweet, tweet, tweet

[Chorus]
Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily dee)
Rock, rock
Rockin' robin (tweet, tweedily dee)
Go rockin' robin
'Cause we're really gonna rock tonight

[Outro]
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweedily deedily dee, Tweedily deedily dee
Tweet, tweet

The Jackson 5 were originally formed in 1963 under the name, The Jackson Brothers. The founding members were Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. Michael would join the group as the lead singer a year later, a move which pushed Jermaine to sing the backing vocals and play the lead guitar.

After participating in a series of talent shows, they entered the professional music scene in 1967, signing with Steeltown Records and releasing ten singles. In 1969, they left Steeltown Records in order to sign with Motown.

In 1975, most of the Jacksons had opted out of recording any more music for Motown, expressing desires to have creative control over their songs, as well as royalties. Learning that they were earning only 2.8% of royalties from Motown, Joe Jackson, the father and manager of the group, began to negotiate a lucrative contract with Epic records, which offered a royalty rate of 20% per record. The deal was completed in June 1975. As Motown owned the name The Jackson 5, the group simply renamed themselves The Jacksons.

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