JACKIE WILSON: COMPLETE SINGLES A'S & B'S 1952-62 (2 CDs)

Jackie Wilson earned the nickname "Mr Excitement" for his performances as one of the most dynamic and electrifying soul singers of the '50s and '60s, with an extraordinary four-octave vocal range and an ability to deliver up-tempo rockers and dramatic semi-operatic ballads with equal credibility and panache. He made his first solo records in 1953 under the name Sonny Wilson for Dizzy Gillespie's Dee Gee label, before joining Billy Ward & The Dominoes as a replacement for Clyde McPhatter, when the latter went solo. Wilson, in turn, embarked on a solo career in 1956 for the Brunswick label, scoring a landmark hit with his first release "Reet Petite", and going on to chalk up fifty hits before suffering a disabling heart attack in 1975, which ended his career, with thirty of those hits coming during the years covered by this collection. Great-value 55-track 2-CD set comprising the A & B sides of all his singles during the era for the Dee Gee and Brunswick labels, which as well as "Reet Petite" features the Top 10 hits "To Be Loved", "Lonely Teardrops", "Night" & "Alone At Last" along with his other chart entries from the era. Also included are bonus tracks from six of his albums released during from these years. It's a worthy showcase for a unique talent.

1. Rainy Day Blues
2. Rockaway Rock
3. Danny Boy
4. Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
5. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
6. To Be Loved
7. Come Back to Me
8. As Long As I Live
9. I'm Wanderin'
10. We Have Love
11. Singing a Song
12. Lonely Teardrops
13. In the Blue of the Evening
14. That's Why (I Love You So)
15. Love Is All
16. I'll Be Satisfied
17. Ask
18. You Better Know It
19. Never Go Away
20. Talk That Talk
21. Only You, Only Me
22. Night
23. Doggin' Around
24. A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
25. (You Were Made for) All My Love
26. Alone at Last
27. Am I the Man
28. My Empty Arms
29. The Tear of the Year
30. Please Tell Me Why
31. Your One and Only Love
32. I'm Comin' on Back to You
33. Lonely Life
34. Years from Now
35. You Don't Know What It Means
36. The Way I Am
37. My Heart Belongs to Only You
38. The Greatest Hurt
39. There'll Be No Next Time
40. I Found Love
41. There's Nothing Like Love
42. Hearts
43. Sing (And Tell the Blues So Long)
44. I Just Can't Help It
45. My Tale of Woe
46. Forever and a Day
47. Baby That's All
48. What Good Am I Without You
49. A Girl Named Tamiko
50. It's So Fine
51. Each Time (I Love You More)
52. So Much
53. Nothin' But the Blues
54. You Cried
55. Cry