Essential Masters With Billy Ward & His Dominoes
Features songs not available on any other Jackie Wilson collection"If it wasn’t for Billy Ward, there’d be no Jackie Wilson." Most rhythm and  blues vocal groups of the 1950s would have been in deep trouble had they lost  a lead singer as innovative and influential as Clyde McPhatter.  But Billy  Ward’s Dominoes didn’t miss a beat when McPhatter left in the spring of 1953  and formed The Drifters.  Billy Ward had a replacement rehearsed and ready to go  in the spectacular Jackie Wilson.  Blessed with an astonishing vocal range,  Jackie effortlessly handled the R&B; jumps and ballads that the group was famous  for, along with the straight pop fare that Ward was increasingly favoring.