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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.
Jackie Wilson’s widow Harlean Wilson said the following in a 2019 interview published in The Chicago Defender: Jackie, she adds, owed much of his commercial success in the music business to his dedicated producer at Brunswick Records, Nat Tarnopol, who was also the head of the label and had originally brought Jackie to New York from their ...
Robert Dwayne Womack (/ ˈ w oʊ m æ k /; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing guitarist, Womack's career spanned more than 60 years and multiple styles, including R&B, blues, doo-wop, gospel, funk, and soul.
A Cook County assistant state’s attorney concealed a decadeslong friendship that he forged with a British con man from whom he secured testimony against Jackie Wilson, prosecutors said Monday, a ...
Chester Gregory, also known as C.H.E.S.S. (born December 10, 1972), [citation needed] is an American actor, singer and songwriter from Gary, Indiana. His breakthrough came with his portrayal of Jackie Wilson in The Jackie Wilson Story, which led to his Broadway debut as Seaweed in Hairspray. [1]
The love story between John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, was far from perfect and was tragically cut short in 1963 by a sniper’s bullet. The last thing JFK said to Jackie before he died Skip ...
Some of their touring companions included Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, and Frankie Avalon. [ 5 ] The group performed the song in the 1958 jukebox musical Let's Rock which also featured Danny and the Juniors , Paul Anka , and Julius LaRosa .
Jackie Wilson, in prison for 36 years in cop slaying, freed days after confession tossed. Trutenko, who was the lead prosecutor at Jackie Wilson’s second trial, has been accused of concealing a ...