Vinyl Reissue of Jackie Wilson's Debut Album!
Detroit native Jackie Wilson aka "Mr. Excitement," left jump blues and R&B group The Dominoes in 1957 to pursue a solo career. The following year he released this, his debut LP, a rollicking collection of orchestrated pop R&B of the highest caliber. Including the hit "Reet Petite," half the songs on this LP were written by Berry Gordy, Jr. nearly two years before he founded Motown, which was partially funded by songwriting royalties Gordy earned writing hits for Wilson. A fine debut from one of the great soul and R&B singers of the late '50s/early '60s, a man who counted among his fans and followers no less than James Brown, Michael Jackson, and The King himself, Elvis Presley.
Features:
Vinyl LP
Import
Selections:
Side One:
1. Etcetera
2. To Be Loved
3. Come Back To Me
4. If I Can't Have You
5. As Long as I Live
6. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
Side Two:
1. It's Too Bad We Had to Say Goodbye
2. Why Can't You Be Mine
3. I'm Wanderin'
4. Right Now!
5. Danny Boy
6. It's So Fine
Detroit native Jackie Wilson aka "Mr. Excitement," left jump blues and R&B group The Dominoes in 1957 to pursue a solo career. The following year he released this, his debut LP, a rollicking collection of orchestrated pop R&B of the highest caliber. Including the hit "Reet Petite," half the songs on this LP were written by Berry Gordy, Jr. nearly two years before he founded Motown, which was partially funded by songwriting royalties Gordy earned writing hits for Wilson. A fine debut from one of the great soul and R&B singers of the late '50s/early '60s, a man who counted among his fans and followers no less than James Brown, Michael Jackson, and The King himself, Elvis Presley.
Features:
Vinyl LP
Import
Selections:
Side One:
1. Etcetera
2. To Be Loved
3. Come Back To Me
4. If I Can't Have You
5. As Long as I Live
6. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
Side Two:
1. It's Too Bad We Had to Say Goodbye
2. Why Can't You Be Mine
3. I'm Wanderin'
4. Right Now!
5. Danny Boy
6. It's So Fine