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Brenton Wood Dies: Soul Singer Behind ‘Gimme Little Sign’ & ‘Oogum Boogum Song’ Was 83
Brenton Wood, the soul singer who sang "The Oogum Boogum Song" and had a Top 10 hit "Gimme Little Sign," died January 3 at his home in Moreno Valley. He was 83.
Brenton Wood, the soul singer who sang 1967’s catchy “Oogum Boogum Song” and followed it with the Top 10 hit “Gimme Little Sign,” died Friday at his home in Moreno Valley, CA. Better known by its sung chorus lyric “just gimme some kind of sign, girl,” the midtempo track crashed the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1967 and peaked at No. He cracked the Billboard Top 40 early 1968 with “Baby You Got It” and dented the Hot 100 later that year with “Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin’.” Wood’s sole charting album, 1967’s Oogum Boogum, peaked at No.
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