Jackie Wilson

Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984) was an American singer and performer. He was called "Mr. Excitement".  Wilson helped to change rhythm and blues into soul. He was a master showman, and a dynamic singer. He was a member of the R&B vocal group Billy Ward and His Dominoes.  On his own, beginning in 1957, he recorded over 50 hit singles.  These songs included R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening. During a 1975 benefit concert, he collapsed on-stage from a heart attack.  Then he  fell into a coma.  The coma lasted nearly nine years until his death in 1984. By then, he had become one of the most influential artists of his generation.

A two-time Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee, Jackie Wilson was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jackie Wilson #68 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. At the 1984 Grammy Awards Michael Jackson dedicated his Album of the Year Grammy for Thriller to Wilson. After this Tarnapol released the first Wilson album in nearly nine years.

Discography
For a detailed listing of singles and albums, see Jackie Wilson discography.

Hit singles
YearTitleChart positionsUS Billboard Hot 100US R&BUK Singles Chart 1957 "Reet Petite"62 -6 "To Be Loved"22723 1958 "Lonely Teardrops"71 - 1959 "That's Why (I Love You So)"132 - "I'll Be Satisfied"206 - "You Better Know It"371 - "Talk That Talk"343 - 1960 "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend"151 - "Night"4 - - "Alone at Last"8 -50 "Doggin' Around"151 - "Am I the Man" -10 - "(You Were Made For) All My Love" - - 33 1961 "My Empty Arms"9 - - "The Tear of the Year" -10 - "I'm Comin' on Back to You"199 - 1963 "Baby Workout"51 - 1966 "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"115 - 1967 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"61 - 1969 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" (UK re-release) - -11 1970 "(I Can Feel These Vibrations) This Love is For Real" -9 - 1972 "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"(UK re-release) - -9 1975 "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" /"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"(UK re-release) - -25 1986 "Reet Petite" (UK re-release) - -1 1987 "I Get the Sweetest Feeling" (UK re-release) - -3 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"(UK second re-release) - -15

Hit albums
YearTitleChart positionsUS PopUS R&B 1963 Baby Workout36 * Merry Christmas from Jackie Wilson6 * 1966 Whispers -15 1967 Higher and Higher -28 1968 Manufacturers of Soul -18

References

Other websites

 Jackiewilson.net
 Jackie Wilson at history-of-rock.com
 Jackie Wilson Tribute Artist 

 The Rise and Fall of Jackie Wilson 
 Spinning Soul.com -The Tragic Life of Jackie Wilson
 Jackie Wilson on the Soul Patrol website 
 The Soul Guy website: Jackie Wilson 
 Jackie Wilson: "A history in pictures" from the Soulwalking U. K. website
Brunswick Records Album Discography (including Jackie Wilson) 
  Michigan Rock and Roll Legends 


Category:African-American musicians
Category:American R&B singers
Category:American soul musicians
Category:Deaths from pneumonia
Category:Singers from Detroit
Category:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
Category:1934 births
Category:1984 deaths