Jackie Wilson

Biography

Jack Leroy Wilson, 9 June 1934, Detroit, Michigan, USA, d. 21 January 1984, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA. When parental pressure thwarted his boxing ambitions, Wilson took to singing in small local clubs. He sang with the Thrillers (a predecessor group to the Royals) and recorded some solo tracks for Dizzy Gillespie’s Dee Gee label as Sonny Wilson, before replacing Clyde McPhatter in Billy Ward And The Dominoes. Wilson joined this notable group in 1953, but embarked on a solo career four... Read more

Genres

Blues Dance Disco Easy Listening Holiday & Seasonal Jazz Musicals & The Arts Pop / Rock R&B / Soul

Tags

soul

rhythm and blues

oldies

motown

rnb

Decades

1980s 1990s 2000s

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