In 1967, Brenton ... Los Angeles College and sang in local R&B groups such as Little Freddie and the Rockets and the Quotations in the 1950s before he went solo. He took on his stage name, Brenton ...

Singer-Songwriter Brenton Wood ... where he began to explore his interest in music. Wood also spent time in Long Beach and several South Los Angeles communities while teaching himself piano ...

Wood, born Alfred Jesse Smith, later enrolled in East Los Angeles College, and began to expand his interests in music, taking on the stage name Brenton Wood. After signing with Double Shot Records ...

His music career then began to take shape when he enrolled in East Los Angeles College where he took the stage name Brenton Wood. Inspired by Jesse Belvin and Sam Cooke, he began working on his ...

While born in Louisiana, Brenton Wood eventually found himself in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in California, the singer nurtured a love for music by listening to singers like Same Cooke ...

He was going through the Los Angeles community of Brentwood and thought of the name Brenton Wood. His first success came when he wrote and sang, “The Ooogum Boogum Song” followed by “Gimme ...

Brenton Wood ... neighborhood of West Los Angeles. “The Oogum Boogum Song” peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1967. The track wasn’t Wood’s only hit that year.

The singer Brenton Wood had a string of infectious soul and R&B hits in the 1960s. His music was rooted in the city of Los Angeles and its Chicano communities, and it captured hearts for decades. Wood ...

LOS ANGELES — Brenton Wood, the soulful R&B singer behind the 1960s hit "The Oogum Boogum Song," has died, his managers have confirmed. He was 83. Wood died peacefully in his sleep, his longtime ...

He adopted the stage name Brenton Wood, drawing inspiration from the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles ... at schools and community outreach events throughout Southern California, according ...