Brenton Wood, the soul singer best known for his 1967 hit “The Oogum Boogum Song,” has died at the age of 83. ... Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits.

He cracked the Billboard Top 40 early 1968 with “Baby You Got It” and dented the Hot 100 later that year with “Lovey Dovey ...

In 1967, Brenton Wood looked as if he was on the cusp of mainstream success. The Compton crooner's single "The Oogum Boogum ...

Brenton Wood, the soul singer best ... "The Oogum Boogum Song" (which peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100), "Gimme Little Sign" and "Baby You Got It." In 1972, he founded his own label, ...

Brenton Wood, the singer well known for his 1967 hit The Oogum Boogum Song, died at the age of 83. The late artist died on Friday, January 3, surrounded by his friends and family at his Moreno ...

Wood’s career took off in 1967 with the song “The Oogum Boogum Song,” which reached No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart and No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Brenton Wood shot to fame with . Born Alfred Smith on July 26, 1941, in Shreveport, ... The song crashed the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1967 and peaked at No. 9 a few weeks later.