Jackie Wilson - Artist Of The Week

Awesome

36 minutes ago, givemesoul said:

 

one of the most underrated double siders ever pure magic

if theres a better version tell me

Because of you is my favourite record and possibly the greatest record ever.

Jackie Wilson - Don't You Know I Love You....

Underrated & underplayed...

Jackie Wilson - What a lovely way - sublime crossover - from the album You got me walking - but also on the issue 45 with 'You left the fire burning'.

Adam

At last ...

https://bestclassicbands.com/jackie-wilson-hollywood-star-8-22-19/

Understand Bobby Wilson will be also be at the ceremony before flying to the U.K. to perform his late fathers songs at the Whitby Motown and Northern Soul weekender .

Worth revisiting this Soul Source article https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/its-about-time-bobby-brooks-wilson-r2608/

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Video 15 mins

His first release - 

1 hour ago, The Yank said:

His first release - 

OOOH that's Dizzy Gillespie's label, he must have been very young

one of his best imo, along with all the others

9 hours ago, Leicester Boy said:

Because of you is my favourite record and possibly the greatest record ever.

From his "Beautiful Day" LP for me his best all round LP from the 70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs5gXnuzL-U

 Also from the LP

Cheers Paul

if there was a new 'top 500' list I wonder where 'because of you' would land, top 10?

Jackie down under... all the 45s I’ve got on Coral, Brunswick, and his two Lps, Higher&Higher, Sweetest Feeling.   No EP though, don’t have that one I’m afraid   but ‘open the door’ is one the Lp:/)

i do have a load of White test presses of his earlier stuff, will find them and post up...

so underrated Jackie Wilson song, goes to ‘Helpless’ !!  What a tune ...

See it’s already been posted...  but hey Here’s ‘Helpless’ again! 

'Soul galore' is a fine term to sum up Jackie's output!

The who who song is pure northern soul, and as good as it gets.

Somebody please make a film about his life and use his son in the star role! Superb in Vegas last year.

Ed

A favorite of mine - 

I'm a massive JW fan and love almost everything the guy has ever done. What a voice and range the guy had.

This is one of my faves by him. Awesome <3<3<3

Jackie and Sam like to Cha Cha Cha - 

Just looking at that video, you see how petit Jackie was, looks like he has what a 28/30 inch waist... but don’t they both look super dapper  Cha Cha cha...

So, so many but this probably just gets my vote. Such a soulful groove:

The Genius that was Jackie Wilson. Superb.

crossover heaven !!

crossover heaven !!

Absolutely sublime

Like a bomb going off. WHAT a record!

a great video

So many great records, including one of my faves (uk only release..) ....

Cover Guy Jackie Wilson - 

Jackie Wilson brilliant. Think Twice with Lavern Baker is a good duet that has been playing in the car recently. The x rated version is a good take that needs to get played  

6 hours ago, bbrich said:

So many great records, including one of my faves (uk only release..) ....

on my shopping list

My fave JW track and one i've championed for years.. LP only so far as i'm aware unless it got an obscure foreign 45 release

'Everything is gonna be fine' - the note he hits at the end of the track is simply outrageous, and manages to send shivers down my spine each and everytime I hear it, Pure Magic !!

Hiya, Jackie wilson - night, I'd be up for that. Stafford had the ' by some the Jackie Wilson room'. So many styles, would it be overkill ? I could give it a whirl. A few decades and collaborations. Bring your Jackie tunes and spin em. Cheers

The JW acetate was found in Rose Marie McCoys basement ....... the 'Switch Around' girl

Andy

https://youtu.be/b1gfLu9dE9A

I seem to remember this as a duet with Jackie on an album of the same name on a small label called 'see for miles' (a subsidiary of 'Charley' records perhaps?) I think you can hear the man on here, so did John Mercer at the Wilton ballroom when he emerged from the gents and said 'what's this Jackie Wilson track'? 

On 24/08/2019 at 13:24, Andybellwood said:

At last ...

https://bestclassicbands.com/jackie-wilson-hollywood-star-8-22-19/

Understand Bobby Wilson will be also be at the ceremony before flying to the U.K. to perform his late fathers songs at the Whitby Motown and Northern Soul weekender .

Worth revisiting this Soul Source article https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/its-about-time-bobby-brooks-wilson-r2608/

 

www.mixcloud.com/goldsoul

Bobby Wilson podcast on his late father and great songs! 

Knew I had it somewhere, Early number from Jackie on a Nice Festival test press..