Jackie Wilson
Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Unique Life Of Jack Good
An appreciation of the British TV producer, actor, producer and force of nature.
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Features3 months agoFuture Classics And Forgotten Novelties: Billboard Introduces The Hot 100
Listen to some of the well-known and more obscure entries on Billboard's first-ever Hot 100, for the week of August 4, 1958.
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Features4 months ago‘By The Light Of The Silvery Moon’: Jackie Wilson Shines On
Others to cover the vintage song included Les Paul, Doris Day, Etta James, and Little Richard.
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In-Depth4 months ago
Detroit Rock City: A History Of Motor City Music
A history of Detroit music is wider-ranging than almost any other city’s. Everything from blues to soul and techno calls Motor City home.
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Features5 months ago
Song And Dance Man: Bobby Freeman, ‘Do You Wanna Dance’ Originator
Freeman had his own hit with the song at 18 and saw it covered by everyone from the Beach Boys to John Lennon.
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Features6 months ago
‘Higher and Higher’: Jackie Wilson Scales The Charts
His 1967 smash had to wait until two years later to become a UK hit, but then it made up for lost time.
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News6 months ago
‘Ed Sullivan Show’ Audio Archive Celebrates Jackie Wilson’s Soul Legacy
In a newly-released clip, Wilson is heard performing his song 'Hearts' on the April 1, 1962 edition.
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Features7 months ago
‘Dead End Street’: Lou Rawls Wins A Grammy For The Windy City
The Chicago singer's single was a superbly soulful, horn-fuelled slice of real life.
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Features8 months ago
The Commodores’ ‘Nightshift’: Marvin Gaye Fuels Second R&B No.1 In A Row
The lyrics of 'Nightshift' united Gaye with another soul giant, Jackie Wilson, who had died just three months earlier in 1984.
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News8 months ago
Brittany Howard Covers Jackie Wilson’s ‘(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher’
The Grammy nominee covered the classic tune for Amazon.
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Features10 months ago
‘I Told You Baby’: More Vintage Vee-Jay Blues From Jimmy Reed
The track had an easy swagger illustrated, as so often, by Reed’s lyrical harmonica playing,
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Features10 months ago
‘Bye Bye Baby’: R&B Chart Debut Of Motown Queen Mary Wells
Late in 1960, the first female star produced by the still-emerging company was making her R&B chart debut with 'Bye Bye Baby.'
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Features11 months ago
‘Our Love Is Real’: Jackie Wilson’s Last R&B Top Tenner
The late 1970 single would mark the end of an era for the masterful entertainer.
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Features11 months ago
Berry Gordy: The Visionary Who Made Motown
The founder of Motown Records was born in the city he helped make synonymous with soulfulness, Detroit, on November 28, 1929.
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Features1 year ago
‘Safe In The Arms Of Time’: Rita Coolidge On Cocker, Clapton And More
uDiscover Music talks to the American hitmaker and singer-songwriter about her storied career.
