Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah - Jackson 5

If you haven't heard of the JACKSON 5 then you seriously need to get out of your cave and join the rest of the world.

While you may know who the Jackson 5 are, you may not know that they covered Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah for their first album DIANA ROSS PRESENTS THE JACKSON 5. The song was the lead track on the record that was released in 1969.

Although the album and liner notes lead some to believe that Diana Ross was responsible for discovering the Jackson 5, that is simply not true. Ross was put on the album as a way to promote this unknown group, much like animated feature films use big name celebrities to voice their characters in order to sell their movies. It was really Bobby Taylor and Gladys Knight who discovered the Jackson 5.

This version of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah has a slowed down, laid back groove that fits with the Motown style. Many artists have covered this particular version of the song over the years.

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Jackson 5 1969