Albums by Jackie Wilson
ALBUMNobody but YouJackie Wilson
ALBUMBeautiful DayJackie Wilson
ALBUMYou Got Me WalkingJackie Wilson
ALBUMThis Love Is RealJackie Wilson
ALBUMI Get the Sweetest FeelingJackie Wilson
ALBUMManufacturers of SoulJackie Wilson & Count Basie
ALBUMDo Your ThingJackie Wilson
ALBUMHigher and HigherJackie Wilson
ALBUMSoul GaloreJackie Wilson
ALBUMWhispersJackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson's Popular Music Videos
Lonely Teardrops (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 27, 1962)
Jackie Wilson
Lonely Teardrops (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1960)
Jackie Wilson
Baby Workout (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 31, 1963)
Jackie Wilson
To Be Loved (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1960)
Jackie Wilson
I'm Comin' On Back To You (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 28, 1961)
Jackie Wilson
Night (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, March 31, 1963)
Jackie Wilson
Alone At Last (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, December 4, 1960)
Jackie Wilson
The Greatest Hurt (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 21, 1962)
Jackie Wilson
Forever And A Day (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, May 27, 1962)
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Artist Playlists
Jackie Wilson Essentials
Ladies and gentlemen, the one and only Mr. Excitement.
Jackie Wilson: Deep Cuts
His soulful intensity courses throughout his catalog.
Artist Biography
Nicknamed “Mr. Excitement” for his cool style, dynamic voice, and electric dance moves, legendary singer Jackie Wilson touched on a variety of R&B, soul, pop, and rock styles from the late ’50s through the early ’70s.
• A former boxer, Wilson sang in nightclubs around his native Detroit before joining the R&B vocal group Billy Ward & the Dominoes in 1953. He replaced Clyde McPhatter, who went on to form The Drifters.
• Wilson scored a minor solo hit with 1956’s “Reet Petite,” cowritten by future Motown founder Berry Gordy Jr. He fared better with 1958’s Gordy-penned “Lonely Teardrops,” the first of Wilson’s six No. 1 hits on the R&B chart. It also went Top 10 on the pop charts.
• Throughout the early ‘60s, Wilson released a string of upbeat singles like “Baby Workout” and “Shake! Shake! Shake!” During this time, he tried out numerous styles across the emerging spectrum of rock and pop—with mixed results.
• In 1966, after a couple years of limited chart success, Wilson fortuitously linked up with Chicago producer Carl Davis. That partnership yielded 1966’s “Whispers” and the following year’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher,” an R&B chart-topper and Top 10 pop hit that became one of Jackson’s signature songs.
• Wilson suffered a heart attack on stage in New Jersey in 1975 and went into a coma. The singer remained hospitalized until his death in 1984.
• He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
Hometown
Detroit, MI, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul