The Jackson 5

Released: June 20, 1970

Songwriter: Ray Gilbert Allie Wrubel

Producer: The Corporation

[Intro]
One, two, three, four

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A
My my my my my my my my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine heading my way
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A

[Verse 1: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
Hey, mister bluebird
(Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
On my shoulder
(Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
And it's the truth (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
And it's actual (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
Everything is gonna be
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, uh-huh

[Chorus: The Jackson 5]
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A
Wonderful feeling
Wonderful day

[Verse 2: Michael Jackson & (The Jacksons)]
Hey, mister bluebird
(Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
On my shoulder
(Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
And it's the truth (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
And it's actual (Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah)
Everything is gonna be, yeah

[Chorus: The Jackson 5 & (Michael Jackson)]
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (Uh-huh)
Zip-A-Dee-A (Yeah yeah yeah)
Wonderful feeling (Ah yeah)
Wonderful day (Say it, say it, say it again)
Wonderful feeling (Ah yeah)
Wonderful day (Yeah yeah, one more time, yeah)
Wonderful feeling (Ah yeah)
Wonderful day (Ah yeah yeah)
Wonderful feeling

[Outro: Michael Jackson]
Thank you
Thank you very much
Okay

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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