"The Birds and the Bees" was a 1964 single release by Jewel Akens that is said to have been written by the twelve-year-old son of Era Records owner Herb Newman; the songwriting credit on the Jewel Akens recording of "The Birds and the Bees" reads Barry Stuart, which is the song's standard songwriting credit.

[2] Musicians on the recording included Tommy Turner on background vocals, Billy Strange and Ervan Coleman on guitar, Bob West and Arthur Wright on bass, Hal Blaine on drums and Leon Russell on piano.

Recorded at Gold Star Studios - with sound engineer Stan Ross employing the innovative technique of "chorusing" by patching the session guitarist into an organ speaker [3] - "The Birds and the Bees" afforded Akens a Top Ten hit in the first quarter of 1965 reaching No.

In the UK "The Birds and the Bees" afforded Akens a more moderate hit, reaching No.

29,[7] with Akens besting a cover version by Johnny Kidd & the Pirates that failed to chart.