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Released: November, 1958
Songwriters: Berry Gordy , Roquel "Billy" Davis , Gwendolyn Gordy
Publishing by Sony Music PublishingWritten by Berry Gordy Jr.,[6] Gwendolyn Gordy (Berry's sister) and Roquel "Billy" Davis, going under the pseudonym Tyran Carlo, the single, alongside Wilson's debuting five consecutive singles between 1957–58, turned Wilson into an R&B superstar and influenced the later careers of Davis, who joined the staff of Chess Records while Gordy used the money from the song's success to form Motown Records within a year.
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