Discography and Biography of Jackie Wilson. Listen to all their hits.
Jackie Wilson Songs

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Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson, Jr. (June 9, 1934 - January 21, 1984) was an American soul singer-songwriter and performer. A tenor with a four octave vocal range, he was nicknamed "Mr. Excitement", and was important in the transition of rhythm and blues into soul. He was considered a master showman, and one of the most dynamic and influential singers and performers in R&B and rock 'n' roll history. Gaining fame in his early years as a member of the R&B vocal group Billy Ward and His Dominoes, he went solo in 1957 and recorded over 50 hit singles that spanned R&B, pop, soul, doo-wop and easy listening. This included 16 R&B Top 10 hits, including 6 R&B # 1's. On the Billboard Hot 100, he scored 14 Top 20 Pop hits, 6 of which made it into the Pop Top 10.

A two-time Grammy Hall of Fame Inductee, Wilson was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Jackie Wilson #69 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Below is a list of Jackie Wilson songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Brunswick 55166
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 19
written by: Lena Agree
album: Jackie Sings The Blues
Jackie Wilson Doggin' Around
1960 Brunswick
2 record label: Brunswick 55239
chart position: RandB #1 (3 weeks), US #5
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Jackie Wilson & Alonzo Tucker
album: Baby Workout
Jackie Wilson Baby Workout
1963 Brunswick
3 record label: Brunswick 55105
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #308]
Jackie Wilson Lonely Teardrops
1959 Brunswick
4 record label: Brunswick 4027
chart position: RandB #1 (4 weeks), US #15
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Sid Wyche
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
Jackie Wilson A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
1960 Brunswick
5 record label: SMP 3 (UK)
chart position: UK #1
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)
1986 SMP
6 record label: Brunswick 55336
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner & Carl Smith
album: Higher and Higher
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
1967 Brunswick
7 record label: SMP 1 (UK)
chart position: UK #3
written by: A. Evelyn, V. McCoy
comments: re release
Jackie Wilson I Get The Sweetest Feeling
1987 SMP
8 record label: Brunswick 55166
chart position: RandB #3 (1 week), US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Camille Saint Saëns (as Saint Saëns), Johnny Lehman & Herb Miller
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson Night
1960 Brunswick
9 record label: Brunswick 55165
chart position: RandB #3, US #34
written by: Sid Wyche
album: So Much
Jackie Wilson Talk That Talk
1959 Brunswick
10 record label: Brunswick 55300
chart position: RandB #5, US #11
written by: Barbara Acklin & David Scott
album: Whispers
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson Whispers (Gettin' Louder)
1966 Brunswick
11 record label: Brunswick 55149
chart position: RandB #1, US #37
written by: Jackie Wilson and Norman Henry
album: Lonely Teardrops
Jackie Wilson You Better Know It
1959 Brunswick
12 record label: Brunswick 55136
chart position: RandB #6, US #20
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: So Much
Jackie Wilson I'll Be Satisfied
1959 Brunswick
13 record label: Brunswick 55201
chart position: RandB #25, US #9
written by: Hank Hunter & Al Kasha
Jackie Wilson My Empty Arms
1961 Brunswick
14 record label: Brunswick 55170
chart position: RandB #10, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Bob Hamilton and Tom King
album: A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
Jackie Wilson Am I the Man
1960 Brunswick
15 record label: Brunswick 55170
chart position: RandB #20, US #8, UK #50
written by: Johnny Lehman
Jackie Wilson Alone at Last
1960 Brunswick
16 record label: Brunswick 55121
chart position: RandB #2, US #13
written by: Berry Gordy (as Berry Gordy Jr.) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: Lonely Teardrops
Jackie Wilson That's Why (I Love You So)
1959 Brunswick
17 record label: Brunswick 9 55201
chart position: RandB #10, US #32
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Peter Udell and Gary Geld
Jackie Wilson The Tear of the Year
1961 Brunswick
18 record label: Brunswick 55024
chart position: UK #6, US #62
written by: Berry Gordy and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis] (as Tyran Carlo)
album: He's So Fine
Jackie Wilson Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)
1957 Brunswick
19 record label: MCA 1160 (UK)
chart position: UK #9
written by: Van McCoy & Alicia Evelyn
album: I Get the Sweetest Feeling
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson I Get the Sweetest Feeling
1972 MCA
20 record label: Brunswick 55216
chart position: RandB #9, US #19
weeksinr&bchart: 5
written by: Al Kasha & Horace Ott
Jackie Wilson I'm Comin' On Back to You
1961 Brunswick
21 record label: Brunswick 55208
chart position: RandB #11, US #20
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Joyce Lee
Jackie Wilson Please Tell Me Why
1961 Brunswick
22 record label: Brunswick 55052
chart position: RandB #7, US #22, UK #23
written by: Berry Gordy, Gwen Gordy (as Gwendolyn Gordy) and Billy Davis [Roquel Davis]
album: He's So Fine
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson To Be Loved
1958 Brunswick
23 record label: Brunswick 3050
chart position: US #12, UK #33
written by: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson (You Were Made For) All My Love
1960 Brunswick
24 record label: SMP 10 (UK)
chart position: UK #15
written by: R. Miner, G. Jackson, C. Smith
comments: re release
Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
1987 SMP
25 record label: Brunswick 55269
chart position: RandB #16
written by: Alonzo Tucker and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson Give Me Back My Heart
1964 Brunswick
26 record label: Brunswick 55443
chart position: RandB #9, US #56
written by: Johnny Moore and Jack Daniels
album: This Love Is Real
comments: [dance]
Jackie Wilson (I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real
1970 Brunswick
27 record label: Brunswick 55221
chart position: Cashbox R&B #9, US #34
written by: Billy Myles
Jackie Wilson The Greatest Hurt
1962 Brunswick
28 record label: Brunswick 55354
chart position: RandB #22, US #32
written by: Gary Jackson, Floyd Smith and Gerald Sims
album: I Get The Sweetest Feeling
Jackie Wilson Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy
1967 Brunswick
29 record label: Brunswick 55309
chart position: RandB #11, US #84
written by: Karl Tarleton and Carl Davis
album: Whispers
Jackie Wilson I Don't Want to Lose You
1967 Brunswick
30 record label: Brunswick 55246
chart position: RandB #21, US #33
written by: Bobby Adams and Bobby Stevenson
album: Baby Workout
Jackie Wilson Shake, Shake, Shake
1963 Brunswick
31 record label: Brunswick 55381
chart position: RandB #12, US #34
written by: Van McCoy and Alicia Evelyn
album: I Get the Sweetest Feeling
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson I Get the Sweetest Feeling
1968 Brunswick
32 record label: Brunswick 55219
chart position: RandB #25, US #37
written by: Alonzo Tucker, Robert Adams and Horace Ott
Jackie Wilson Years from Now
1961 Brunswick
33 record label: Brunswick 55208
chart position: Cashbox R&B #48, US #40
written by: Billy Myles and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson Your One and Only Love
1961 Brunswick
34 record label: Brunswick 55219
chart position: RandB #19, US #79
written by: Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson and Morris Levy
Jackie Wilson You Don't Know What It Means
1961 Brunswick
35 record label: Brunswick 55229
chart position: RandB #17, US #70
written by: Jackie Wilson and Alonzo Tucker
Jackie Wilson I Just Can't Help It
1962 Brunswick
36 record label: Brunswick 55461
chart position: RandB #18, US #95
written by: Floyd Smith and Ritchie Tufano
album: You Got Me Walking
Jackie Wilson Love Is Funny That Way
1971 Brunswick
37 record label: Brunswick 55225
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58
written by: Larry Stock
Jackie Wilson Hearts
1962 Brunswick
38 record label: Brunswick 55220
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #58
written by: Gary Geld and Peter Udell
Jackie Wilson The Way I Am
1961 Brunswick
39 record label: Brunswick 55280
chart position: RandB #25, US #59
written by: Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
Jackie Wilson No Pity (In the Naked City)
1965 Brunswick
40 record label: Brunswick 55250
chart position: US #61
written by: Jackie Wilson and Alonzo Tucker
Jackie Wilson Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)
1963 Brunswick
41 record label: Brunswick 55220
chart position: US #65
written by: Dorothy Daniels and Frank Daniels
Jackie Wilson My Heart Belongs to Only You
1961 Brunswick
42 record label: Brunswick 55418
chart position: RandB #21, US #108
written by: Eugene Record and Carl Davis
Jackie Wilson Helpless
1969 Brunswick
43 record label: Brunswick 55467
chart position: RandB #22, US #93
written by: Eugene Record
album: You Got Me Walking
Jackie Wilson You Got Me Walking
1972 Brunswick
44 record label: Brunswick 55392
chart position: US #70
written by: Ronald Miller [Ronald Norman Miller] (as Ron Miller) and Orlando Murden
Jackie Wilson For Once in My Life
1968 Brunswick
45 record label: Brunswick 55221
chart position: US #75
written by: Alonzo Tucker and Bobby Adams
Jackie Wilson There'll Be No Next Time
1962 Brunswick
46 record label: Brunswick 55216
chart position: Cashbox R&B #49, US #80
written by: Al Kasha and Alan Thomas
Jackie Wilson Lonely Life
1961 Brunswick
47 record label: Brunswick 55321
chart position: RandB #35, US #82
written by: Van McCoy
album: Higher and Higher
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson I've Lost You
1967 Brunswick
48 record label: Brunswick 55233
chart position: US #82
written by: Al Kasha and Hank Hunter
Jackie Wilson Forever And A Day
1962 Brunswick
49 record label: Brunswick 55269
chart position: US #89
written by: Alonzo Tucker and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson Squeeze Her - Tease Her (But Love Her)
1964 Brunswick
50 record label: Brunswick 55435
chart position: RandB #34, US #91
written by: Eugene Record
album: This Love Is Real
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby)
1970 Brunswick
51 record label: Brunswick 55309
chart position: RandB #43, US #91
written by: Bernard Reed, Danny Reed and Othie Wright
album: Whispers
Jackie Wilson Just Be Sincere
1967 Brunswick
52 record label: Brunswick 55277
chart position: RandB #34, US #96
written by: Eddie Singleton
Jackie Wilson Danny Boy
1965 Brunswick
53 record label: Brunswick 55233
chart position: Cashbox R&B #34, US #119
written by: Eddie Singleton and Alonzo Tucker
Jackie Wilson Baby, That's All
1962 Brunswick
54 record label: Brunswick 55266
chart position: RandB #34, US #94
written by: Alonzo Tucker and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson Big Boss Line
1964 Brunswick
55 record label: Brunswick 55283
chart position: RandB #34, US #96
written by: Eddie Singleton
Jackie Wilson I Believe I'll Love On
1965 Brunswick
56 record label: Brunswick 55402
chart position: RandB #39, US #105
written by: Eugene Record and Carl Davis
Jackie Wilson I Still Love You
1969 Brunswick
57 record label: Brunswick 55263
chart position: RandB #48, US #110
written by: Rex Garvin and Jackie Wilson
Jackie Wilson Call Her Up
1964 Brunswick
58 record label: Brunswick 55273
chart position: RandB #39
written by: Eddie Singleton
Jackie Wilson She's All Right
1964 Brunswick
59 record label: Brunswick 55236
chart position: US #121
written by: William McCorkle
Jackie Wilson What Good Am I Without You?
1963 Brunswick
60 record label: Brunswick 55260
chart position: US #123
written by: Jackie Wilson , Shelly Coburn and Phoebe Wood
Jackie Wilson I'm Travelin' On
1964 Brunswick
61 record label: Brunswick 55475
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Leo Graham and Dennis Miller
Jackie Wilson The Girl Turned Me On
1972 Brunswick
62 record label: Brunswick 55495
chart position: RandB #44
written by: Leo Graham and Dennis Miller
Jackie Wilson Because of You
1973 Brunswick
63 record label: Brunswick 55499
chart position: RandB #95
written by: Desmond Dekker (as Desmond Dacres)
Jackie Wilson Sing a Little Song
1973 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754189
written by: J. Perry
album: Beautiful Day
comments: [album cut]
Jackie Wilson Don't You Know I Love You
1973 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55490
written by: D. Perry, J. Perry, Z. Perry, L. Perry
album: Beautiful Day
Jackie Wilson Beautiful Day
1973 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55536
written by: Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
album: Nobody But You
comments: [ballad]
Jackie Wilson Nobody But You
1975 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 43 (UK)
written by: Gold, Denne
album: Nobody But You
Jackie Wilson It Only Happens When I Look At You
1977 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: D\'Artega*, Tom Adair
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson In The Blue Of Evening
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Gwen Gordy, Janie Bradford
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [album cut]
Jackie Wilson The Joke (Is Not On Me)
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Berry Gordy Jr., Tyran Carlo
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson Someone To Need Me (As I Need You)
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Ed Madden, Gus Edwards
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [album cut]
Jackie Wilson By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Lionel Belasco, Winfield Scott
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson Hush-A-Bye
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Berry Gordy Jr., Tyran Carlo
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson Each Time (I Love You More)
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55381
written by: Reed, Davies, Bolian
album: I Get The Sweetest Feeling
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson Nothing But Blue Skies
1968 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: B. Gordy Jr., G. Gordy, T. Carlo
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson We Have Love
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: Johnny Lehmann, Stan Lebowsky
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [ballad album cut]
Jackie Wilson Love Is All
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754122
written by: Rees, Reed
album: Whispers
comments: [northern soul]
Jackie Wilson My Heart Is Calling
1966 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 54045
written by: E. Wilson, F. Wilson, J. Wilson
album: Lonely Teardrops
comments: [album cut]
Jackie Wilson Singing A Song
1959 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55475
written by: Jack Daniels, Johnny Moore
album: You Got Me Walking
Jackie Wilson Forever and a Day
1971 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754138
written by: Holland, Dozier, Holland
album: I Get The Sweetest Feeling
comments: [northern soul album cut]
Jackie Wilson You Keep Me Hangin' On
1968 Brunswick




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