Added: Aug 29, 2008
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"NOTHING BUT BLUE SKIES" - JACKIE WILSON. Released 1968 on the Brunswick label as a 7" vinyl single, the B side was "I Get The Sweetest Feeling". Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. Born June 9th 1934 Detroit, Michigan -- Died January 21, 1984 was an American singer, and was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group, The Dominoes, after going solo in 1957, he went on to record over fifty hit singles over a repertoire that included R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening before lapsing into a coma following a collapse on stage during a 1975 benefit concert. By the time of his death in 1984, he had become one of the most influential soul artists of his generation. Jackie suffered a massive heart attack while playing a Dick Clark show at the Latin Casino in Cherry Hill, New Jersey on September 29, 1975, falling head-first to the stage while singing "Lonely Teardrops". The blow to the head Jackie suffered left him comatose. For the next eight years and four months, he was in a vegetative state until his death at age 49. Al Green, the soul singer, was one of the few artists who regularly visited him. Jackie received a funeral attended by approximately 1,500 relatives, friends and fans, and is interred in the Westlawn Cemetery in Wayne, Michigan.
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Rating: 5.00 (2 ratings) Views: 663' favoriteCount='6 Comments: 2
sexysoi6 Says:
Oct 13, 2008 - great track.. wish he had the chance to give us more!
DavidJGallagher Says:
Oct 13, 2008 - My fave JW song, and finally someone has posted it! THANKS!