Gene Redd Jr.

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Personal name: Eugene Clarence Redd III
Country: United States
IPI: 00025570102 9 works
00025570497 3 works
00025570595 5 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Doo-wop singer, songwriter, record label owner and producer, who eventually became the manager and producer for Kool & The Gang.
Family: Gene Redd Father
Sharon Redd Sister
Penny Ford Half-sister
Related labels: Red Coach founded by Redd

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Works 13
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Songs written by Gene Redd Jr.

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool and The Gang	October 1970
Breeze and Soul	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1969	Covered by Ed Watson and The Brass Circle
Chocolate Buttermilk	Robert "Kool" Bell, Donald Boyce, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1969
Fresh	Robert "Kool" Bell, Donald Boyce, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1984	Covered by (6 artists)
Funky Man	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool and The Gang	October 1970
Give It Up	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1969	Covered by Supercharge
Got To Get To Jim Johnson	Gene Redd Jr., Herman Kelly, Rose Marie McCoy	Ila Vann (Ila Vann)	October 1967	Unverified
I've Got That Feelin'	Jimmy Crosby, Gene Redd Jr., Rose Marie McCoy	Darrell Banks	March 1967	Covered by (2 artists)
Kool Is Back	Jimmy Crosby, Gene Redd Jr.	Funk Inc.	1971
Let the Music Take Your Mind	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1969	Covered by (3 artists)
N.T.	Cleveland Horne, Roy Handy, Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool & The Gang	1971
Pneumonia	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool and The Gang	May 1970
Who's Gonna Take the Weight	Robert "Kool" Bell, Robert Mickens, George Brown [US1], Claydes Smith, Ronald Bell, Gene Redd Jr., Woody Sparrow, Ricky West, Dennis Thomas	Kool and The Gang	December 1970	Covered by (2 artists)