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O-o-h Child

single by the Five Stairsteps

"O-o-h Child" is a single, written by Stan Vincent, recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label.

The Five Stairsteps previously had limited success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield.^[3] When Mayfield's workload precluded his continuing to work with the group, they were reassigned to Stan Vincent, an in-house producer for Buddah Records who had recently scored a Top Ten hit with the Lou Christie single "I'm Gonna Make You Mine". The Five Stairsteps' debut collaboration with Vincent was the group's rendition of "Dear Prudence" designated as the A-side with Vincent's original composition "O-o-h Child" as B-side. However, "O-o-h Child" broke out in the key markets of Philadelphia and Detroit to rise as high as #8 on the Billboard Hot in the summer of

The track's R&B chart impact was muted, peaking at #14, although in time it came to be regarded as a "soft soul" classic. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 21 song of

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The Five Stairsteps' only pop Top 40 hit, "O-o-h Child" would be the group's last R&B top 40 hit (they had several top 40 R&B hits in the s) until 's "From Us to You". Included on the band's The Stairsteps

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Five Stairsteps

American rhythm and blues group

The Five Stairsteps, known as "The First Family of Soul" and later "The Invisible Man's Band",^[1] were an AmericanChicago soulgroup made up of five of Betty and Clarence Burke Sr.'s six children: Alohe Jean, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis, and Kenneth "Keni", and briefly, Cubie. They are best known for the song "O-o-h Child", listed at number on Rolling Stone's Greatest Songs of All Time.

History

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The Chicago group was dubbed "First Family of Soul" because of their successful five-year chart run; the moniker was later passed on to the Jackson 5.^[2] Initially a teenage five-member brothers and sister vocal group made up of the children of Betty and Clarence Burke, the Five Stairsteps, named by Mrs. Burke who thought her children looked like stair steps when lined up according to their age, featured lead singer Clarence Jr. (May 25, – May 26, ),^[3] Alohe, James, Dennis, and year-old Kenneth ("Keni").^[4] Most of the members attended Harlan High School. Clarence Sr. was a detective for the Chicago Police Department. He backed the group on bass guitar, managed them, and co-wrote songs with Clarence Jr. and Gregory Fowler.

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