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Jackie Wilson - The Greatest Hits of Jackie Wilson Audio CD

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Jackie Wilson Band: Jackie Wilson
Title: The Greatest Hits of Jackie Wilson
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Release Date: 1998-08-11
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet) 2: To Be Loved 3: Lonely Teardrops 4: That's Why (I Love You So) 5: I'll Be Satisfied 6: Talk That Talk 7: Night 8: Doggin' Around 9: Woman, a Lover, a Friend 10: Am I the Man 11: Baby Workout 12: Danny Boy 13: Whispers (Gettin' Louder) 14: (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher 15: I Get the Sweetest Feeling 16: You Got Me Walking

Poor value
The other reviewers didn't do their research and opt to buy the 24 track recording "The Very Best of Jackie Wilson" on Ace records. This recording has only 16 tracks. Get that recording, not this one.
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Jackie Wilson - They Didn't Call Him Mr. Excitement for Nothing!
Excitement," in his heyday. Jackie Wilson was referred to as "Mr. No one could really compare with his soulful style, incredible vocals and ground-breaking moves which many have copied, but failed to execute as smoothly as he did.

This collection of his greatest hits is fun from the moment you put it on. I love Lonely Teardrops, Reet Petite, That's Why I Love You So for the electricity they generate and the soaring vocals.

Jackie also shows off his classical vocal training on Night and Danny Boy which are formidable and memorable.

The collection closes out with some of his last hits such as "Higher and Higher," which has been covered by just about everyone, but no one even comes close to capturing the same excitement and energy that Jackie creates on this track.

Tragically, Jackie's incredible career was cut short, but we can all remember him and his music with this great collection. . . It does not disappoint and shows that Jackie Wilson was one of the original innovator of Soul and paved the way for James Brown, Marvyn Gaye, Al Green and all the rest!

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HOT
I want them to see a REAL stage performer in action. I have my boys ages 4, 2, and 8 months watching Jackie Wilson films. No special lighting and smoke to make him look like he's something he isnt. My four year old has his splits down. My two year old his songs. ( can we say future stars?) Jackie Wilson was dynamite with a side of TNT and a big helping of nitroglycerin. His voice sets my very soul on fire. I would recommend you buy this cd and anything else with him on it, You will NOT be disappointed. .


The Original Soul Tenor
This CD offers all of his hits and most moving renditions of his most enduring recordings. I am a life-long soul musicologist/singer and alongside the immortal Sam Cooke, I have always been a great fan of Jackie Wilson. I've read many of the reviews about this and other Jackie Wilson compilations and it strikes me as odd that no one has made any mention of the fact that, aside from being a spectacular performer and vocalist, Jackie was perhaps the only soul singer of his time. . . or any time who had the vocal compass of a classically trained tenor. Had his career not been rooted in the racially repressed 50's & 60's, he may well have enjoyed the success of a Mario Lanza. Granted, Jackie's voice was untrained but with some work he could well have enjoyed success in both the Soul and Classical field, a harbinger of today's "Popera" genre, again not unlike the great Mario Lanza. Jackie Wilson's remains one of the greatest tenor voices ever heard and he will forever be the original Soul Tenor. .


THE REAL KING
I tell them about Jackie Wilson and how Jackie is so far greater in all areas it's not even funny. I always put people right when they go on about Michael Jackson. They never believe me until I show them Jackie on DVD or CD. THEN, they believe me! This is another wonderful compilation on the great man and another excellent introduction - but remember - it is only an introduction, GO BUY SOME MORE! More excellent liner notes and great CD production. A word to Brunswick - release the unreleased and alternate takes by Jackie please!!.


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