<P> `` O-o-h Child '' is a 1970 single recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label . The Five Stairsteps had previous peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield ; 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 originally formatted with the group 's rendition of `` Dear Prudence '' 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 100 in the summer of 1970 . The track 's R&B chart impact was more muted with a # 14 peak , although `` O-o-h Child '' is now regarded as a `` soft soul '' classic . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 21 song of 1970 . </P>
<P> `` O-o-h Child '' is a 1970 single recorded by Chicago soul family group the Five Stairsteps and released on the Buddah label . The Five Stairsteps had previous peripheral success recording in Chicago with Curtis Mayfield ; 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 originally formatted with the group 's rendition of `` Dear Prudence '' 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 100 in the summer of 1970 . The track 's R&B chart impact was more muted with a # 14 peak , although `` O-o-h Child '' is now regarded as a `` soft soul '' classic . Billboard ranked the record as the No. 21 song of 1970 . </P>
ooh child things are gon na get easier original artist
ooh child things are gon na get easier original artist
the Five Stairsteps
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