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"jackie Wilson Said"

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
October
Year
1975
Copyright
Creative Commons (Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-alike)
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"What you 're doing now - you 're tryĆ­ng to make me lose my mind"  - Doggin' Around

Detroit's own Jackie Wilson, one of the greatest singers and performers in the history of rhythm & blues, remains hospitalized in critical condition after collapsing from a heart attack on stage at the conclusion of his classic "Lonely Teardrops." The great Afro-American artist, now 42, was performing at the Latin Casino in Cherry Mill, N.J., when the attack occurred.

Well known on the streets of Detroit in the early & middle fifties, Jackie Wilson came up singing gospel. He left the Motor City to replace Clyde McPhatter as the high voice in Billy Ward & the Dominos, an early R&B singing group. He gained national stardom in the latter half of the 50's under the guidance of Berry Gordy; his string of hits for Brunswick Records - many co-written and produced by Gordy -  included "Higher & Higher," "Reet Petite," "No Pity (in the Naked City)," "That's Why (I Love You So)," "I'll Be Satisfied," and the incredible "Lonely Teardrops."

The singer sustained severe brain damage as a result of the attack and remains in the coronary care unit at the Cherry Mill Medical Center. What may remain as his last recordings were cut for Brunswick this summer at the United Sound Studios in Detroit. -JS