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Jack Leroy Wilson Jr. (June 9, 1934 – January 21, 1984), also known as Jackie Wilson, was an American singer who was a prominent figure in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", he was considered a master showman and one of the most dynamic singers and performers in soul, R&B, and rock and roll history. [1][2]
Dec 27, 2022 · Jackie Wilson - Reet petite. 'Reet Petite' by Jackie Wilson: The making of the unlikely Christmas Number 1. Jackie Wilson's first-ever solo single, released in 1957, is also one of his very best. The success of the song allowed songwriter Berry Gordy to launch his new record label, Motown. Nearly 30 years later, in 1986, it was the surprise ...
Jackie Wilson (born June 9, 1934, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died January 21, 1984, Mount Holly, New Jersey) was an American singer who was a pioneering exponent of the fusion of 1950s doo-wop, rock, and blues styles into the soul music of the 1960s. Wilson was one of the most distinctively dynamic soul performers of the 1960s.
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Jackie Wilson. Soundtrack: Coming to America. Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Highland Park, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life. He began to sing at an early ...
HALL OF FAMEESSAY. In 1953, when the nineteen-year-old Jackie Wilson approached Billy Ward, the leader of the Dominoes, at the Fox Theater, in Wilson’s home town of Detroit, and suggested that he’d make the ideal replacement for the recently departed Clyde McPhatter, boasting that he was actually a better singer…well, Ward and the band ...
Jack Leroy “Jackie” Wilson Jr. was born on June 9, 1934, in Detroit, Michigan and died at the age of 49 on January 21, 1984, in Mount Holly, New Jersey. He was an American soul
May 23, 2018 · Jackie Wilson. 1934-1984. Vocalist. Jackie Wilson was "a gifted singer of considerable range and an athletic showman who commanded a stage like few before or since," according to his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography. Wilson was a key figure of the late 1950s and early 1960s in American popular music, the singer of "Lonely Teardrops" and other numbers that have won places for decades in the ...
Jul 1, 2018 · A tenor with a four-octave vocal range, Jackie Wilson was one of the most talented and dynamic R&B singers of the 1950s and 1960s. Nicknamed “Mr. Excitement,” Wilson was a charismatic, masterful performer who consistently released hits. Jackie Leroy Wilson was born on June 9, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan, … Read MoreJackie Wilson (1934-1984)
Jackie Wilson. Soundtrack: Coming to America. Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Highland Park, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life.
