Jackie Wilson ~ Similar Artists

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Gene Chandler - 74% match to Jackie Wilson

Eugene Dixon, 6 July 1937, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Recalled for the gauche but irresistible 1962 US number 1, "Duke Of Earl", Chandler's million-selling single in fact featured the Dukays, a doo-wop quintet he fronted (Eugene Dixon, Shirley Jones, James Lowe, Earl Edwards and... Read more

The Four Tops - 74% match to Jackie Wilson

Levi Stubbs (6 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Renaldo "Obie" Benson (b. 14 June 1936, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 1 July 2005, Detroit, Michigan, USA), Lawrence Payton (b. 2 June 1938, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 10 June 1997, USA) and Abdul "Duke" Fakir (b. 26 December 1935,... Read more

The Drifters - 72% match to Jackie Wilson

Formed in 1953 in New York, USA, at the behest of Atlantic Records, this influential R&B vocal group was initially envisaged as a vehicle for ex-Dominoes singer Clyde McPhatter (Clyde Lensley McPhatter, 15 November 1932, Durham, North Carolina, USA, d. 13 June 1972, New York... Read more

The Shirelles - 59% match to Jackie Wilson

Formed in Passaic, New Jersey, USA, the Shirelles are arguably the archetypal "girl-group"; Shirley Owens (10 June 1941, Passaic, New Jesey, USA), Beverly Lee (b. 3 August 1941), Doris Kenner (b. Doris Coley, 2 August 1941, North Carolina, USA, d. 5 February 2000, Sacramento,... Read more

Jerry Butler - 58% match to Jackie Wilson

8 December 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi, USA. Jerry, older brother of Billy Butler, moved to Chicago as a child and was later part of the city's burgeoning gospel circuit. He subsequently joined several secular groups, including the Roosters, an aspiring trio of Sam Gooden and... Read more

Edwin Starr - 55% match to Jackie Wilson

Charles Edwin Hatcher, 21 January 1942, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, d. 2 April 2003, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. The brother of soul singers Roger and Willie Hatcher, Starr was raised in Cleveland, where he formed the Future Tones vocal group in 1957. They recorded one... Read more

The Temptations - 55% match to Jackie Wilson

Jimmy Ruffin - 54% match to Jackie Wilson

7 May 1939, Collinsville, Mississippi, USA. The son of a minister, Ruffin was born into a musical family: his brother, David Ruffin, and cousin, Melvin Franklin, both became mainstays of the Temptations. Ruffin abandoned his gospel background to become a session singer in the... Read more

Gladys Knight & The Pips - 53% match to Jackie Wilson

The Marvelettes - 53% match to Jackie Wilson

The Marvelettes' career epitomized the haphazard progress endured by many of the leading girl-groups of the early 60s. Despite enjoying several major US hits, they were unable to sustain a consistent line-up, and their constant shifts in personnel made it difficult to overcome... Read more