What a performance! the tempo of this live version is quite a bit faster then the record but exciting Jackie stays on top it goes on with the flow and doesn't miss a beat ...by the way is that Fontella Bass i see in the background? or Barbara Mason?
What did Elvis steal? He loved and admired Jackie. Jackie was big during his time. Unfortunately, he was controlled by certain ppl who made millions off this man. He died a pauper. Same as Sam Cooke, he was getting too big so he had to die. He was controlled also.
i let my great-grandmother watch this and she starting crying..she wouldent tell me why though...i thnk she misses being young because she told me to enjoy my youth yrs and dont let it pass me by
tdubb2fhye hes not your grandfather! because u are not fighting his estate..his lady friend in metuchen, nj is ...she cliams she took care of him during his stroke...i dont believe u!
not to many people know that he shot up smack...that fatal heart attack in cherry hill his last performance.he had a stroke.due to early drug use....great soul singer lot of hits...rip jackie
True, there's no justice in the recording industry.
But someone like Jackie Wilson could never be repaid for the gift he brought to the world anyway. Great artists do it for the love of it. Some will appreciate them, and the rest will listen to Justin Beiber. How it is.
But thank god for youtube, right? I just wish I could hook everyone else's computer up to a good stereo or some Bose headphones cause I worry the sound is lost on many who only hear through laptop speakers.
@thighmister, it wasn't just black musicians who were ripped off by recording companies, white artists were too. I think anyone who was a musician/singer got ripped off back then.
I feel like crying every time I see great talented black musicians performing for a crowd of white people,,,When in fact blacks had to go thru the back door in order to perform...God help us all....
PLEASE!!! Let people come to Jackie Wilson's videos and discover what a great performer he was even though it's 50 years overdue. Why must this stupid argument about another artist get in the way of Jackie Wilson finally getting some of the recognition he has deserved for over half a century?? People, PLEASE!
Even though Jackie's "record company" was folded by the time he died, the controlling entities who controlled his label and management were alive and kicking. In a perfect world, they would've at least insured their "cash cow" received a respectable burial. You're right about the gravestone: upon further reading I've guaged that it was paid for from the donations of friends and fans alike. My mistake. Please point out any other of the "many" facts I've misunderstood...I'll be glad to clarify...
...Motown, which in turn paved the way to complete plurality, if you will, of mainstream music and Black music. Without these two guys, and Ray and even earlier artists like Jesse Belvin, Black "feeling" and "expression" in mainstream songs probably wouldn't be the obvious and evident fact that it is today.
@indure08 Unfortuntely, most of your facts are wrong. I realize that you're only repeating what you (and I) have read time & time again, but there are many "facts" here that keep getting repeated so often that people now think they're so. I will only give 1 example. Elvis did not pay for Jackie's tombstone, Why??, because Elvis died almost 7 years BEFORE Jackie did. Even a dead Elvis can't do that, also Jackie's record company was out of business, and his manager had died before him as well.
@PutOnASweater . things you read on here just make me smile.i had to say your comment "even Elvis cant do that" was priceless.how can a person think he paid for Jackies tombstone was dead-on.i know you cant believe everything you read but just the dates alone should be proof enough.i did do some research & if what i read was true that man lead a very traumatic life.loosing 4 0f 7 children is unthinkable. i can only hope he is at peace now with his mother & children. what a performer!!
The record company was no longer but the lic of Jackie Wilson's Recordings was and still is in full effect. And money is being made on Jackie Wilson which as if he had never left, via the son Paul Tarnapol. But of course I'm sure you already knew that....
But I understand those times and who Elvis was to an adoring flock of white mainstream America. Black musicians know that Elvis's whole "act" was seen in virtually any and every Black performer. Little Willie John and Chuck Berry come to mind immediately. But white audiences wouldn't buy "race" records, so labels would only so much money from black artists. Jackie's legacy to me, more than him being such an incredible performer, is that he and artists such as Sam Cooke, paved the way for...
Jackie always defended Elvis against the onslought of racial rumors circulating Elvis. Jackie even went so far as to say that Elvis himself didn't steal from blacks; in fact, many black artists were influenced by Elvis. While I disagree with Jackie's statement to a certain degree, I believe in taking the good with the not so good. Elvis never VERBALIZED the evident influence Black music had on his career, and that is shameful.
@indure08 Let me be clearer. The comment about Elvis and Black music is a half truth. Sure he stated "rock and roll is really R&B" and noted in the press the fact that what he was bringing to white America was something Blacks were doing before he was born; just no one paid it any attention until he showed up. I wish there were more direct R&B musical links stated...the kind of direct affection Chris Brown and Usher, for example, give towards Micheal Jackson's inspiration.
...only his friend, but an artist he heavily admired and emulated. We also can't forget that Elvis paid for many of Jackie's hospital bills while Jackie was in a coma. And when Jackie's own label, who made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, off of Jackies raw talent, let Jackie be buried in an UNMARKED GRAVE like a pauper, Elvis was the one who paid for Jackie's reburial, fit for a king. The grave we can all see now, the one that says NO MORE LONELY TEARDROPS, that was Elvis's gift.
Jackie Wilson wasn't as big, IN LIFE, as he should've been, largely because he was on a small label, and the mafia heavily extorted and controlled his career. Even though I agree that Elvis HEAVILY took from Jackie's repetoire without ever, in life, giving him his credit (unlike Michael Jackson), Elvis was a good friend of Jackie. When Jackie's career began to wane in the early 70's, Elvis would go to his shows, just to attract more people. I guess in this way Elvis was "giving back" to not...
Its soo funny to hear ppl down talk. Its just disgraceful that in this day in age race is still an issue. Jackie was the best at what he did, and so was Elvis. In fact they were the best of friends and even though Elvis started out BEFORE Jackie, he did truly admire him. Why wouldn't he?...... the man was phenomenal. Saying Elvis copied Jackie is like saying MJ invented the moonwalk...neither of them are true..
@paulita0513 Oh yes, race IS an issue. Especially when it comes to musical quality :-) Black music got more soul and more deep emotion - it has always been like this, and it won't change ever. Am i a "racist" now saying this? OMG, I feel so ashamed. ;-)
@paulita0513 CORRECTION Elvis did not start out before Jacky. Jacky was in a group before elvis. He tryed the solo thing before but did not make it. After being in a group he started back in1957 and made it.
@paulita0513 Elvis was not out before Jacky started off solo but did not realy make it until he joined Billy Ward and the Domonoes in 1953, which also had Floyed Mcphatter (the platters) he went solo again in1957 his first hit was Reet to say Elvis made it before Jacky is debaitable.either way, both were great artists and very much missed.
i would say..people who are trying to compare the big "E" and Jackie are just wishing and hoping about something that is already over and done. Elvis and the team behind him...made him the voice of rock n roll. Jackie is and always will be a huge talented top quality voice and performer,,,but to think he was better than EP...is a issue of personal taste,,,not fact. AND,,,watch the first dancer guy seen at very start,,how he's on the wrong beat,,at first,,and the weird look on his face.LOLOLOL.
This is The Final Point: Jackie Wilson was/is Great. I'm his fan so much. I like his voice, choreography and his repertoire. Everybody needs hear Jackie Wilson. He was a complete artist. But Elvis was/is Great, too. He was a big SuperStar for all the things that we know. But their dimensions are different. Last Sunday I heard both of them all the day. Viva Jackie Wilson! Viva Elvis PRESLEY!
I am laughing until now... To say "if Jackie Wilson were white noone would have paid attention to Elvis"... Oh, don't make us laugh so much... When Elvis arrived to musical scene (local: 1954, 1955 / national: 1956) Jackie Wilson were a polite substitute to Clyde MacPhatter at The Billy Ward & The Dominoes, singing gospel and blue songs. His solo working started in 1957. Elvis were already "the King". Please, Jackie Wilson were Great, but, please, stop exactly there.
@castelobrancopaulo Jackie was already doing his "thing" when he was with the Dominos...not some kind of "polite substitute for Clyde McPhatter"...there was no one who could top Jackie.In 1966, Elvis told Jackie,"There is no reason why you're not the #1 singer in the world today" If Elvis can say that, well, it speaks for itself.
Jackie WAS the whole package and any artist that ever worked with him will tell you that...he had it all, & sounded even BETTER in person than on his hit records...
@PutOnASweater All true. Elvis was a big Jackie Wilson fan who could see his immense talent. IMHO there was never a more exciting performer or soulful dynamic singer than Jackie !
Pardon, but about opinion about Elvis PRESLEY I would wish to speak the following: I am not a Elvis' lawyer, but it's necessary to understand Elvis was/is the King of Rock 'n' Roll because he had various qualities that were important for this. Voice, Originality, Beauty and Sex-Appeal (why not?) and much personality to face the puritan society, actually. Let's according: Was Jackie Wilson all of this?
Someone in this group wrote: "Elvis Who"? Oh, please, Does someone want to compare Jackie Wilson to Elvis PRESLEY? Please, it's better Someone to grown up. Elvis has his value and Jackie Wilson has his. But Elvis was the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" with a great voice and Jackie Wilson was a special performer with a great voice. Both are great! I like both of them.
If Jackie were white, noone would have paid attention to Elvis. Jackie is magnitudes better than Elvis in all measures. Even though my favorite singer of all times is Buddy Holly, I have to admit he pales to Jackie as far as the total package. Nobody had a better presentation, a better face, better moves, or a better command of the rhythmical pace. In Rock/Pop/R&B, he was the closest thing to God EVER!!
@dede1265 I dom't think they forget them. Both of them are in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and both are still performing. Plus, they are always played on Oldies stations, along with Elvis.
I'll Just say this is the real shit, not trying to take anything from Elvis or anyone else but Jackie Wilson was'nt called Mr. Excitement for nothing.
@dede1265 Well yes, Elvis was influenced by the Southern Blues singers, as most Rock artists were. He was also influenced by Gospel. But he took it a step further and became the best Rock 'n' Roll singer there ever was, IMO. Then people copied him.
On another topic, I thought it was taken for granted that Elvis was the best looking of all of them. That added to his popularity. There really hasn't been anyone like him before or since. That's why he's more popular than all the others.
@92463mike No he did not. He admired Jackie Wilson, they were friends. Elvis wd stand in the wings watching Jackie perform. Jackie tried to help him learn how to dance. Elvis also admired that black men wd wear pink, yellow, etc., coloured shirts, so he wd go into the black neighbourhoods and buy his shirts. Talk about stealing, jews controlled Jackie, he was big but not paid big. What about the Beatles, Rolling Stones. They made it big on black songs.Listen to the Brits they love soul music
@RememberTheTime09 Jackie and Elvis were good friends, Elvis was influenced by Jackie he didn't steal shit...moron...do some research 1st and see what Jackie had to say about Elvis himself.
@GG74K Chile please Ray Charles could see that he stole alot! I just love how blind the Elvis fans are. Elvis was good at what he did but lets not pretend. Seen it all,heard it all. Next?!
@RememberTheTime09 I'm a Jackie Wilson fan actually, that's why i was watching a Jackie Wilson video. So Jackie never accused Elvis of stealing from him and yet we should believe that you know what the truth is more than Jackie himself did. It's like saying Eddie Hazel or Stevie Ray Vaughn stole from Jimmy Hendrix or The Rolling Stones stole from Howling Wolf or BB King....are you naturally thick or do you work at it?
@RememberTheTime09 Elvis can't steal if he was aloud to do it. Jackie wilson and Elvis were the best of friends and Jackie help Elvis with some of Elvis moves. Elvis learned from Jackie and Jackie learned from Elvis nothing was stolen.
The vocal range, the excitement, the spin moves, the hip moves, the knee splits. There was no one else that all that Jackie had until James Brown picked up the mantle. Then Michael Jackson came along and took it through the roof.
@linkcogirl Yes, I know Elvis' influences, but he took those influences and made them his own. He developed his own style and then he became a major influence for those that followed. Look at the Beatles and other British Invasion groups. They were all copying the American artists, and with the Beatles, they surpassed them. The botton line is that I liked Elvis the best and it wasn't because he was white. For me, it's not an issue of white vs. black.
I like Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. The reason they called Elvis the "King of Rock & Rolll,' and HE WAS, was not because he was white, but simply because he was better than all the others. Musicians always have prior influences. Even the Beatles did cover songs on their first 6 albums. Elvis and the others basically all came out at the same time, but Elvis was simply the best at what he did. Elvis, the KING, is dead. Long live the King.
@DominickFontana Yeah, Elvis WAS good but he got a lot of his stuff from the greats like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Etta James, and many of the jazz and soul singers, he himself said he was a great fan of Jackie Wilson and No HE WAS NOT BETTER THAN ALL THE REST he just was good and copying them!!!!!!!!!!
What's Elvis Presley got to do with it ? What about James Brown and Sam Cooke ?
Elvis was not a souls singer. That's like comparing Bob Marley to Nat King Cole. But one thing we do know, though, is that Elvis was better looking than all of them. So get the fuck outta here.
@crazydaysful Sorry but sam cooke wasn't even better looking than a young Cassius Clay, who was a prize fighter. The young Elvis Presley was the best looking even until today. The Planet hasn't seen the likes of him before or since. Not the young Elvis Presley. The only thing people can brag about on part of these singers is .... they were black. THIS is what gives them their big talk in the hood.
@crazydaysful From Chinese in Asia: I love the old American Nigger music not the new Nigger rap tha is now banned on our radio! Elvis was American King here in all of Asia!
@ccasia2008 - you are stupid third world and you can't tell me nothing about our music or country! you like Elvis because that's who white people put in front of you and you are close to white skin color yourself. Elvis copied the blacks only and he was no damn King. Jackie wilson was a God over Elvis!
@crazydaysful VERY WELL PUT, Elvis was good but far from great, I like Elvis but if he didn't have GREATS like Jackie Wilson he would have never been as big as he was even if he was white.
You always hear about the greatness of Sam Cooke, James Brown and Ray Charles but not much about Jackie Wilson. It's a shame, because like them he was one of the greatest of all time.
Sloppin', doing the Bop and still working out...Dancing keeps us Original Rock & Roller's young and fit... A great fan, Peace Love and a Smile...MARIA GONZALEZ
Stop lying! LOL! Darlene Love?! 3 ladies are the Blossoms.They sang backup for Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, Paul Anka, Elvis Presley, etc., and sang on just about every Phil Spector production. You know your 'great grandmother" portrayed the wife of Danny Glover in "The Lethal Weapons" movies and that your "great aunt" Edna Wright was the lead singer of the Honey Cone - "Want Ads", "Stick Up" , "It Ain't Easy Girls" ? Blossoms were regulars on the show, so why would she need to get tickets?
Your page says you're 38, Darlene Love is 68. So that means your "great grandmother" was 30 when you were born?! I've heard of 30 year old grandmas, but 30 year old great grand is a new one for me!
Has anyone heard that he allegedly raped Patti LaBelle when she was doing a show with him back in the early '60's? I don't know the whole story, but it was supposed to be him and another guy, or the other guy held her down, or something to that effect. She never said anything til years later.
yes i heard said too at the apollo. i belive her and it affected me alittle but I still love his music. Us woman knows alot shit happened tto us women and nothing happens. I can see any woman keepin quiet back then. I remember jasmine guy said something about dorothy daindrige and diahann carroill said somthing about that was the time. It was messed back then. i thoght she said he tried. I think it is a book she was plugging when I her mentioned it. I do kno she said it happened at the apollo
Patti accused him of "trying" to attack her....what is interesteing is that she never brought this up while Jackie was alive, and only did so when she had a book to sell. You should also note that in her book she says she and one of the girls were "coming on" to some guy into thinking he was gonna 'get some' and when he got undressed, they ran off with his pants....Patti, are you sure you weren't leading JW on as well??? Play with fire and you're going to get burned!
elvis didnt steal anything, no one stole anything, jackie wilson even talked about in an interview how people say elvis stole the black mans music when really he was inspired by a lot of what elvis did onstage
He really enjoyed singing and dancing. He was one of a kind. No one else in the world has stepped up to the plate. They can't touch his talent. He left wonderful music for the world to listen to forever.
omg, quit making it a black and white issue....you're the one pointing out that he's black, when instead, you could have said, "wow, this GUY is incredible"..blacks did contribute to American music, so did British, Italians, Germans, Russians, and everyone else in the world...black people were not the only oppressed people in all of humanity...ask the Jews, Irish, Native Americans, Indians (India), to name a FEW...when people start seeing others as PEOPLE, then racism won't become an issue
he was actually in a vegetative state when he died...alone is hardly the appropriate word in his case....but nonetheless a great talent to music and the world...RIP Jackie Wilson
I think it's hard to convey the excitement these shows had to today's crowd. When they aired, there were no computers, no youtuve, no video tape/dvds, and it wasn't rerun!..You either SAW IT when it was on...or you felt you'd never see it again!
I"m so glad we DO get to see them.
The poor quality is due to kinescope- filming the show off a studio monitor!
It was never video taped! Crystal clear and LIVE had IMPACT!!
Elvis describes a Jackie Wilson live performance on "The Million Dollar Quartet" recording; Elvis demonstrates Jackie's style as Jackie performed "Don't Be Cruel". Elvis knew Greatness when he heard it.
This guy was a "show stopper", if I've ever seen one. Man, I thought Elvis was exciting, he gives Elvis a run for his money with his pure excitement of his performances in my book. God, what an entertainer. Marc
JACKIE WILSON is MUSICAL DYNAMITE !!! ONE OF THE GREATEST, MOST DYNAMIC PERFORMERS EVER !!! and , by the way, HE WROTE THIS SONG, and it was a TOP 10 POP SMASH !!!
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mazumderhasib 4 days ago
man those folks are having A SERIOUS good time! lol
Blueeyedsoul517 2 weeks ago
Jackie's so amazing! *swoon* lol ;)
lovewillkillusall 3 weeks ago
damn Im only 26 but this, is, utter, gold! not better music to work to then when works finish it should be played at all the parties jammin on!!!
Scottyhutch1 3 weeks ago
What a performance! the tempo of this live version is quite a bit faster then the record but exciting Jackie stays on top it goes on with the flow and doesn't miss a beat ...by the way is that Fontella Bass i see in the background? or Barbara Mason?
channerkeith 1 month ago in playlist Soundtracks to live by
elvis only wished he could sing like jakie
BobbyBluesify 1 month ago
Actually Jackie was the prodigy of Clyde 101 not Elvis but they both appreciated each others talent
yolandadarnell 2 months ago
quite the contrary... It was Elvis who tried to use Jackie's style... emphasis on "tried"
eldenergy 2 months ago
Jackie was known as "The Black Elvis" and that was very flattering to Jackie. Jackie had the ultimate respect for the King.
why are you not saying that Jackie was trying to be like Elvis with his straight hair and tight clothes?
MrRaiderfan1000 3 months ago
Mr. Excitement
blazehok 3 months ago
@blazehok That was Perry Como!
Alikah1 2 months ago
how can you call it stealing?? artists have been inspired by each other since the start..
REAK1ONE 4 months ago
is this the first aerobics dance class song?
leejoliver 5 months ago
A Top 5 hit for Jackie Wilson in April 1963. It hit #1 on the Rhythm & Blues charts.
mkl62 6 months ago 2
What happen to the Shindig dancers or for that matter Hullabaloo dancers?
teocaca1 7 months ago
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louise81166 7 months ago
right! i've done my workout for the day! thanks jackie!
wanderer856 7 months ago
Hey, at 1:21, that looks like Jim Carrery from Dumb and Dumber.
awbjr9871 8 months ago
What did Elvis steal? He loved and admired Jackie. Jackie was big during his time. Unfortunately, he was controlled by certain ppl who made millions off this man. He died a pauper. Same as Sam Cooke, he was getting too big so he had to die. He was controlled also.
empressofthefrench 8 months ago
i let my great-grandmother watch this and she starting crying..she wouldent tell me why though...i thnk she misses being young because she told me to enjoy my youth yrs and dont let it pass me by
gogitta25 9 months ago
@gogitta25 oh. geez. it'sprobably bittersweet for her to watch. that's good advice though.
carm8421 8 months ago
tdubb2fhye hes not your grandfather! because u are not fighting his estate..his lady friend in metuchen, nj is ...she cliams she took care of him during his stroke...i dont believe u!
09bnunez 9 months ago
HELL YEAH!
doctafonk101 9 months ago
not to many people know that he shot up smack...that fatal heart attack in cherry hill his last performance.he had a stroke.due to early drug use....great soul singer lot of hits...rip jackie
09bnunez 9 months ago
@09bnunez : Umm.. That Is Not True . Jackie Wilson Is My Grandfather & You Have The Wrong Information .
tdubb2fhhye 9 months ago
hot
rowley555 9 months ago
I want to know why there are 9 dislikes votes on this song? This is one of the greatest songs made. No one can sing this song like Jackie Wilson!
ProudKansan08 9 months ago
True, there's no justice in the recording industry.
But someone like Jackie Wilson could never be repaid for the gift he brought to the world anyway. Great artists do it for the love of it. Some will appreciate them, and the rest will listen to Justin Beiber. How it is.
But thank god for youtube, right? I just wish I could hook everyone else's computer up to a good stereo or some Bose headphones cause I worry the sound is lost on many who only hear through laptop speakers.
thighmister 10 months ago
@thighmister, it wasn't just black musicians who were ripped off by recording companies, white artists were too. I think anyone who was a musician/singer got ripped off back then.
ProudKansan08 9 months ago 2
@ProudKansan08 That's a very good point. Most definitely true.
thighmister 9 months ago
@ProudKansan08 still do
t2k777 3 months ago
I feel like crying every time I see great talented black musicians performing for a crowd of white people,,,When in fact blacks had to go thru the back door in order to perform...God help us all....
drobiness 10 months ago
@drobiness Because you had White Folks who loved the performers and the music and didn't give a damn about color. Like Dusty Springfield.
BettinaBalser 9 months ago
I agree 100% with putonasweater!
dick12peters 10 months ago
This is the reason that Jackie Wilson was known as "Mr.Excitement"
RayNDeere 10 months ago
PLEASE!!! Let people come to Jackie Wilson's videos and discover what a great performer he was even though it's 50 years overdue. Why must this stupid argument about another artist get in the way of Jackie Wilson finally getting some of the recognition he has deserved for over half a century?? People, PLEASE!
emmettk 10 months ago
Even though Jackie's "record company" was folded by the time he died, the controlling entities who controlled his label and management were alive and kicking. In a perfect world, they would've at least insured their "cash cow" received a respectable burial. You're right about the gravestone: upon further reading I've guaged that it was paid for from the donations of friends and fans alike. My mistake. Please point out any other of the "many" facts I've misunderstood...I'll be glad to clarify...
indure08 11 months ago
...Motown, which in turn paved the way to complete plurality, if you will, of mainstream music and Black music. Without these two guys, and Ray and even earlier artists like Jesse Belvin, Black "feeling" and "expression" in mainstream songs probably wouldn't be the obvious and evident fact that it is today.
indure08 11 months ago
@indure08 Unfortuntely, most of your facts are wrong. I realize that you're only repeating what you (and I) have read time & time again, but there are many "facts" here that keep getting repeated so often that people now think they're so. I will only give 1 example. Elvis did not pay for Jackie's tombstone, Why??, because Elvis died almost 7 years BEFORE Jackie did. Even a dead Elvis can't do that, also Jackie's record company was out of business, and his manager had died before him as well.
PutOnASweater 11 months ago 2
@PutOnASweater Let me correct there actually Jackie's manager Nat Tarnopol died in 1987 three years after Jackie
keithchanner 10 months ago
@keithchanner OOPS! You're right about that....I don't know how I got that wrong...Nat died broke from what I heard.
PutOnASweater 10 months ago
@PutOnASweater . things you read on here just make me smile.i had to say your comment "even Elvis cant do that" was priceless.how can a person think he paid for Jackies tombstone was dead-on.i know you cant believe everything you read but just the dates alone should be proof enough.i did do some research & if what i read was true that man lead a very traumatic life.loosing 4 0f 7 children is unthinkable. i can only hope he is at peace now with his mother & children. what a performer!!
dakota23750 10 months ago
@PutOnASweater
The record company was no longer but the lic of Jackie Wilson's Recordings was and still is in full effect. And money is being made on Jackie Wilson which as if he had never left, via the son Paul Tarnapol. But of course I'm sure you already knew that....
bobbybrookshamilton 10 months ago
@bobbybrookshamilton From what I heard, royalties have been paid to the Brunswick artists since Paul took it over, but who knows.
PutOnASweater 10 months ago
But I understand those times and who Elvis was to an adoring flock of white mainstream America. Black musicians know that Elvis's whole "act" was seen in virtually any and every Black performer. Little Willie John and Chuck Berry come to mind immediately. But white audiences wouldn't buy "race" records, so labels would only so much money from black artists. Jackie's legacy to me, more than him being such an incredible performer, is that he and artists such as Sam Cooke, paved the way for...
indure08 11 months ago
Jackie always defended Elvis against the onslought of racial rumors circulating Elvis. Jackie even went so far as to say that Elvis himself didn't steal from blacks; in fact, many black artists were influenced by Elvis. While I disagree with Jackie's statement to a certain degree, I believe in taking the good with the not so good. Elvis never VERBALIZED the evident influence Black music had on his career, and that is shameful.
indure08 11 months ago
@indure08 Let me be clearer. The comment about Elvis and Black music is a half truth. Sure he stated "rock and roll is really R&B" and noted in the press the fact that what he was bringing to white America was something Blacks were doing before he was born; just no one paid it any attention until he showed up. I wish there were more direct R&B musical links stated...the kind of direct affection Chris Brown and Usher, for example, give towards Micheal Jackson's inspiration.
indure08 11 months ago
...only his friend, but an artist he heavily admired and emulated. We also can't forget that Elvis paid for many of Jackie's hospital bills while Jackie was in a coma. And when Jackie's own label, who made hundreds of thousands, if not millions, off of Jackies raw talent, let Jackie be buried in an UNMARKED GRAVE like a pauper, Elvis was the one who paid for Jackie's reburial, fit for a king. The grave we can all see now, the one that says NO MORE LONELY TEARDROPS, that was Elvis's gift.
indure08 11 months ago
Jackie Wilson wasn't as big, IN LIFE, as he should've been, largely because he was on a small label, and the mafia heavily extorted and controlled his career. Even though I agree that Elvis HEAVILY took from Jackie's repetoire without ever, in life, giving him his credit (unlike Michael Jackson), Elvis was a good friend of Jackie. When Jackie's career began to wane in the early 70's, Elvis would go to his shows, just to attract more people. I guess in this way Elvis was "giving back" to not...
indure08 11 months ago
DAMMMMMN! jackie
luviananna 1 year ago
The Real Intertainer....work out !
donniebrasco313 1 year ago
the sheer energy in the place is amazing
jaroncreed 1 year ago
i think i might be at the point where i should stop hitting replay but...i just can't.
carm8421 1 year ago
You can NEVER go wrong with a CLASSIC HIT!!!!!
COFFEEBROWN1970 1 year ago
What a great performer! Keep singing in Heaven Jackie !
LOMBARDISPACKERS1 1 year ago 14
I remain speechless of his raw talent. What a man and real show business, then and today.
cesrun1 1 year ago
Its soo funny to hear ppl down talk. Its just disgraceful that in this day in age race is still an issue. Jackie was the best at what he did, and so was Elvis. In fact they were the best of friends and even though Elvis started out BEFORE Jackie, he did truly admire him. Why wouldn't he?...... the man was phenomenal. Saying Elvis copied Jackie is like saying MJ invented the moonwalk...neither of them are true..
paulita0513 1 year ago
@paulita0513 Oh yes, race IS an issue. Especially when it comes to musical quality :-) Black music got more soul and more deep emotion - it has always been like this, and it won't change ever. Am i a "racist" now saying this? OMG, I feel so ashamed. ;-)
pianoman74 1 year ago
@paulita0513 CORRECTION Elvis did not start out before Jacky. Jacky was in a group before elvis. He tryed the solo thing before but did not make it. After being in a group he started back in1957 and made it.
1976tech 1 year ago
@paulita0513 Elvis was not out before Jacky started off solo but did not realy make it until he joined Billy Ward and the Domonoes in 1953, which also had Floyed Mcphatter (the platters) he went solo again in1957 his first hit was Reet to say Elvis made it before Jacky is debaitable.either way, both were great artists and very much missed.
1976tech 1 year ago
i would say..people who are trying to compare the big "E" and Jackie are just wishing and hoping about something that is already over and done. Elvis and the team behind him...made him the voice of rock n roll. Jackie is and always will be a huge talented top quality voice and performer,,,but to think he was better than EP...is a issue of personal taste,,,not fact. AND,,,watch the first dancer guy seen at very start,,how he's on the wrong beat,,at first,,and the weird look on his face.LOLOLOL.
CHUCKLOVES1969 1 year ago
Vocals, moves...no one can touch this cat. I love Jackie.
LuccaBB1 1 year ago
Another great party record - Jackie Wilson was just brilliant
ZACKECW 1 year ago
This is The Final Point: Jackie Wilson was/is Great. I'm his fan so much. I like his voice, choreography and his repertoire. Everybody needs hear Jackie Wilson. He was a complete artist. But Elvis was/is Great, too. He was a big SuperStar for all the things that we know. But their dimensions are different. Last Sunday I heard both of them all the day. Viva Jackie Wilson! Viva Elvis PRESLEY!
castelobrancopaulo 1 year ago 2
I am laughing until now... To say "if Jackie Wilson were white noone would have paid attention to Elvis"... Oh, don't make us laugh so much... When Elvis arrived to musical scene (local: 1954, 1955 / national: 1956) Jackie Wilson were a polite substitute to Clyde MacPhatter at The Billy Ward & The Dominoes, singing gospel and blue songs. His solo working started in 1957. Elvis were already "the King". Please, Jackie Wilson were Great, but, please, stop exactly there.
castelobrancopaulo 1 year ago
@castelobrancopaulo Jackie was already doing his "thing" when he was with the Dominos...not some kind of "polite substitute for Clyde McPhatter"...there was no one who could top Jackie.In 1966, Elvis told Jackie,"There is no reason why you're not the #1 singer in the world today" If Elvis can say that, well, it speaks for itself.
Jackie WAS the whole package and any artist that ever worked with him will tell you that...he had it all, & sounded even BETTER in person than on his hit records...
PutOnASweater 1 year ago
@PutOnASweater All true. Elvis was a big Jackie Wilson fan who could see his immense talent. IMHO there was never a more exciting performer or soulful dynamic singer than Jackie !
ridingroy 1 year ago 2
Pardon, but about opinion about Elvis PRESLEY I would wish to speak the following: I am not a Elvis' lawyer, but it's necessary to understand Elvis was/is the King of Rock 'n' Roll because he had various qualities that were important for this. Voice, Originality, Beauty and Sex-Appeal (why not?) and much personality to face the puritan society, actually. Let's according: Was Jackie Wilson all of this?
castelobrancopaulo 1 year ago
Someone in this group wrote: "Elvis Who"? Oh, please, Does someone want to compare Jackie Wilson to Elvis PRESLEY? Please, it's better Someone to grown up. Elvis has his value and Jackie Wilson has his. But Elvis was the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" with a great voice and Jackie Wilson was a special performer with a great voice. Both are great! I like both of them.
castelobrancopaulo 1 year ago
If Jackie were white, noone would have paid attention to Elvis. Jackie is magnitudes better than Elvis in all measures. Even though my favorite singer of all times is Buddy Holly, I have to admit he pales to Jackie as far as the total package. Nobody had a better presentation, a better face, better moves, or a better command of the rhythmical pace. In Rock/Pop/R&B, he was the closest thing to God EVER!!
doowopper1951 1 year ago
thank you for posting this! love this clip. half of the views are mine! lol
carm8421 1 year ago
can't we get a better copy of this?
gonzocurt 1 year ago
love this. just forces you to move. love love this. also jackie wilson has a great voice.
carm8421 1 year ago 2
This is LIVE shit!
CrAzzyWak 1 year ago 2
beautiful moves ..love him music so so much ..always annoying my kids hahaha bless them lol ..bless
badboybaldy1 1 year ago
This is a great song to stroll to!
LooserLover 1 year ago
From everything I have read Elvis really loved Jackie Wilson and told him so in person. As we all know imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
MrScepter007 1 year ago
@dede1265 By both, I meant Little Richard and Chuck Berry.
DominickFontana 1 year ago
@dede1265 I dom't think they forget them. Both of them are in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame and both are still performing. Plus, they are always played on Oldies stations, along with Elvis.
DominickFontana 1 year ago
I'll Just say this is the real shit, not trying to take anything from Elvis or anyone else but Jackie Wilson was'nt called Mr. Excitement for nothing.
Vincentdeep 1 year ago
@dede1265 Well yes, Elvis was influenced by the Southern Blues singers, as most Rock artists were. He was also influenced by Gospel. But he took it a step further and became the best Rock 'n' Roll singer there ever was, IMO. Then people copied him.
On another topic, I thought it was taken for granted that Elvis was the best looking of all of them. That added to his popularity. There really hasn't been anyone like him before or since. That's why he's more popular than all the others.
DominickFontana 1 year ago
Elvis stole alot from this dude...shame!
RememberTheTime09 1 year ago 25
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youneedhead 1 year ago
@RememberTheTime09 Elvis stole alot from every black musician there was.
92463mike 9 months ago
@92463mike No he did not. He admired Jackie Wilson, they were friends. Elvis wd stand in the wings watching Jackie perform. Jackie tried to help him learn how to dance. Elvis also admired that black men wd wear pink, yellow, etc., coloured shirts, so he wd go into the black neighbourhoods and buy his shirts. Talk about stealing, jews controlled Jackie, he was big but not paid big. What about the Beatles, Rolling Stones. They made it big on black songs.Listen to the Brits they love soul music
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Why tell " to steal ?... Elvis stole nothing, he was maybe simply inspired by this excellent dancer whom is Jackie Wilson.
louise81166 7 months ago
@RememberTheTime09 Jackie and Elvis were good friends, Elvis was influenced by Jackie he didn't steal shit...moron...do some research 1st and see what Jackie had to say about Elvis himself.
GG74K 6 months ago
@GG74K Chile please Ray Charles could see that he stole alot! I just love how blind the Elvis fans are. Elvis was good at what he did but lets not pretend. Seen it all,heard it all. Next?!
RememberTheTime09 6 months ago
@RememberTheTime09 I'm a Jackie Wilson fan actually, that's why i was watching a Jackie Wilson video. So Jackie never accused Elvis of stealing from him and yet we should believe that you know what the truth is more than Jackie himself did. It's like saying Eddie Hazel or Stevie Ray Vaughn stole from Jimmy Hendrix or The Rolling Stones stole from Howling Wolf or BB King....are you naturally thick or do you work at it?
GG74K 6 months ago
@RememberTheTime09 Elvis can't steal if he was aloud to do it. Jackie wilson and Elvis were the best of friends and Jackie help Elvis with some of Elvis moves. Elvis learned from Jackie and Jackie learned from Elvis nothing was stolen.
icewolf95 5 months ago
SPECTACULAR!!!
FIERCE!!!
POWERHOUSE!!!
just some of the words that fit Jackie Wilson live
we need him more than ever right now.
check your radios lately??
jctoronto
jctorontojctoronto 1 year ago
I loved this song when I saw it in the miniseries about the Jackson family.
promisedeyes 1 year ago
The background choreography was mostly hurtin' back then. Workout!!!
speedoflite1 1 year ago
The vocal range, the excitement, the spin moves, the hip moves, the knee splits. There was no one else that all that Jackie had until James Brown picked up the mantle. Then Michael Jackson came along and took it through the roof.
DonHarMusi 1 year ago
@linkcogirl Yes, I know Elvis' influences, but he took those influences and made them his own. He developed his own style and then he became a major influence for those that followed. Look at the Beatles and other British Invasion groups. They were all copying the American artists, and with the Beatles, they surpassed them. The botton line is that I liked Elvis the best and it wasn't because he was white. For me, it's not an issue of white vs. black.
DominickFontana 1 year ago
I like Jackie Wilson, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard. The reason they called Elvis the "King of Rock & Rolll,' and HE WAS, was not because he was white, but simply because he was better than all the others. Musicians always have prior influences. Even the Beatles did cover songs on their first 6 albums. Elvis and the others basically all came out at the same time, but Elvis was simply the best at what he did. Elvis, the KING, is dead. Long live the King.
DominickFontana 1 year ago
@DominickFontana Yeah, Elvis WAS good but he got a lot of his stuff from the greats like Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Etta James, and many of the jazz and soul singers, he himself said he was a great fan of Jackie Wilson and No HE WAS NOT BETTER THAN ALL THE REST he just was good and copying them!!!!!!!!!!
linkcogirl 1 year ago
What's Elvis Presley got to do with it ? What about James Brown and Sam Cooke ?
Elvis was not a souls singer. That's like comparing Bob Marley to Nat King Cole. But one thing we do know, though, is that Elvis was better looking than all of them. So get the fuck outta here.
truthhitmanisback 1 year ago
@truthhitmanisback - Elvis was not better looking than Sam Cooke! So you get the fuck outta here!
crazydaysful 1 year ago
@crazydaysful Sorry but sam cooke wasn't even better looking than a young Cassius Clay, who was a prize fighter. The young Elvis Presley was the best looking even until today. The Planet hasn't seen the likes of him before or since. Not the young Elvis Presley. The only thing people can brag about on part of these singers is .... they were black. THIS is what gives them their big talk in the hood.
truthhitmanisback 1 year ago
@truthhitmanisback - only spoken by a white person - only white people think Elvis was better looking. But no way! Way no!
crazydaysful 1 year ago
@crazydaysful Prove it ! Sam Cooke had a spam head ! Elvis Presley was the king of looks.
truthhitmanisback 1 year ago
@crazydaysful From Chinese in Asia: I love the old American Nigger music not the new Nigger rap tha is now banned on our radio! Elvis was American King here in all of Asia!
ccasia2008 1 year ago
@ccasia2008 - you are stupid third world and you can't tell me nothing about our music or country! you like Elvis because that's who white people put in front of you and you are close to white skin color yourself. Elvis copied the blacks only and he was no damn King. Jackie wilson was a God over Elvis!
crazydaysful 1 year ago
@crazydaysful VERY WELL PUT, Elvis was good but far from great, I like Elvis but if he didn't have GREATS like Jackie Wilson he would have never been as big as he was even if he was white.
linkcogirl 1 year ago
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dutchdawn 1 year ago
@ccasia2008 they are called african americans not niggers!
its 2010 get educated!
dutchdawn 1 year ago
Always had those moves! And of course that great voice!
msros60 1 year ago
Best live performance on Youtube. So intensely life affirming it almost made me cry. Sing that thing, brother.
houseadrian 1 year ago
mto....bom
ROGERIUS1000 1 year ago
You always hear about the greatness of Sam Cooke, James Brown and Ray Charles but not much about Jackie Wilson. It's a shame, because like them he was one of the greatest of all time.
TheGoodCrop 1 year ago
This video is the closet I come to see a real party on TV.
jivefyve 1 year ago
Sloppin', doing the Bop and still working out...Dancing keeps us Original Rock & Roller's young and fit... A great fan, Peace Love and a Smile...MARIA GONZALEZ
magcarril 1 year ago
Thanks!
edjamessr 1 year ago
I luuuv Jackie Wilsons' music. So swingin' !!!!!!!
auaiao9 1 year ago
Jackieee Is,The First Man!!!!!!!!
The Sexy Soul Guy,Al Green's The Follower,For Examble,Man.
mojohands0909 1 year ago
I Wish I Could Embed this Song into my Playlist Player
Playlist Does't have this Song Damn it
Parrotluver2 1 year ago
@Parrotluver2 Jackie has a greatest hits cd and it's wonderful . When I play it I crank it up!
auaiao9 1 year ago 2
Awesome! Wish the video was clearer.
msros60 1 year ago 2
im only 14 but i love this song
misdajania 1 year ago
shit that's some good music and moves
playgirlc 1 year ago
Utterly Fantastic.
DominickFontana 1 year ago 2
great voice great moves
lordhoho 1 year ago
this is so awesome.
SupaAmi 1 year ago 2
1:06 haha, gotta love Jackie
CMStrike316 1 year ago
Elvis who?
Mokiasheri 1 year ago 77
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who...?? lmao
lifeblood67 1 year ago
@Mokiasheri THE KING!!!!! is who
jmf3353 1 year ago
@Mokiasheri Your kidding right?
Robertdesoto 1 year ago
did he really hit someone?
The94Moonwalker 1 year ago
He's Soooooooooo CUTE! AND OH SO LIGHT ON HIS FEET!! ;) LOOKS LIKE FUN!
bobbysocksbaby21 1 year ago 3
jackie ruled this show!!!!!! awesome wilson just awesome!!!!!!
brianemc 2 years ago 2
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gogitta25 2 years ago 7
Stop lying! LOL! Darlene Love?! 3 ladies are the Blossoms.They sang backup for Sam Cooke, Dionne Warwick, Paul Anka, Elvis Presley, etc., and sang on just about every Phil Spector production. You know your 'great grandmother" portrayed the wife of Danny Glover in "The Lethal Weapons" movies and that your "great aunt" Edna Wright was the lead singer of the Honey Cone - "Want Ads", "Stick Up" , "It Ain't Easy Girls" ? Blossoms were regulars on the show, so why would she need to get tickets?
luvureally 2 years ago
Your page says you're 38, Darlene Love is 68. So that means your "great grandmother" was 30 when you were born?! I've heard of 30 year old grandmas, but 30 year old great grand is a new one for me!
luvureally 2 years ago
jackie had all the moves..goatman
mmcattle 2 years ago 2
Looked like Diana Ross with Jackie in that video
jhc58 2 years ago
OMG What an entertainer! So glad these clips of JW are available so we can see great talent.
Teaser0424 2 years ago 3
Has anyone heard that he allegedly raped Patti LaBelle when she was doing a show with him back in the early '60's? I don't know the whole story, but it was supposed to be him and another guy, or the other guy held her down, or something to that effect. She never said anything til years later.
jennifersenn 2 years ago
yes i heard said too at the apollo. i belive her and it affected me alittle but I still love his music. Us woman knows alot shit happened tto us women and nothing happens. I can see any woman keepin quiet back then. I remember jasmine guy said something about dorothy daindrige and diahann carroill said somthing about that was the time. It was messed back then. i thoght she said he tried. I think it is a book she was plugging when I her mentioned it. I do kno she said it happened at the apollo
ziggysway 2 years ago
@ziggysway WOW! I did not know that. That is messed up. He is a brilliant performer though!
dyhard678 2 years ago
I like your homepage if that what u call it. I see your tribute to MJ. I will visit again.
ziggysway 2 years ago
Patti accused him of "trying" to attack her....what is interesteing is that she never brought this up while Jackie was alive, and only did so when she had a book to sell. You should also note that in her book she says she and one of the girls were "coming on" to some guy into thinking he was gonna 'get some' and when he got undressed, they ran off with his pants....Patti, are you sure you weren't leading JW on as well??? Play with fire and you're going to get burned!
PutOnASweater 2 years ago
Elvis Stole All His Moves & Even His Style, From The Great Jackie Wilson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mj4Eternity58 2 years ago
elvis didnt steal anything, no one stole anything, jackie wilson even talked about in an interview how people say elvis stole the black mans music when really he was inspired by a lot of what elvis did onstage
bckicksbutt 2 years ago
@Mj4Eternity58
Yes he did. Some people try to fool themselves and we know who they are.
Teaser0424 2 years ago
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BabybluesLand 2 years ago
Jackie Wilson Is The Black Elvis!!!!!!!
Mj4Eternity58 2 years ago
Jackie Wilson IS The Godfather of Soul Music!
and So Many Great!! and Beautiful Songs!
as is James Brown and Smokey Robinson
THANK YOU !! So Much chinkoo For taking the time to
Find and upload these Videos! and Songs!!
Oldies Music is Forever!! Baby!!
Parrotluver2 2 years ago
He really enjoyed singing and dancing. He was one of a kind. No one else in the world has stepped up to the plate. They can't touch his talent. He left wonderful music for the world to listen to forever.
Thanks for posting,
Ros
msros60 2 years ago
My grandma loved him. Well, she still loves him, but I said loved because Jackie Wilson is dead.
bgirl788 2 years ago
My Grandma Loved Him Too
That Was Her Boy
Shes Saw Him In Concert around 1963-1966
GodGirlsGuitarz 2 years ago 2
Oh, cool!
bgirl788 2 years ago
like i alway's say jackie wilson + james brown= micahel jackson!
rtfuhj 2 years ago 4
the music black americans gave to the world and look how they were treated.
malt8291 2 years ago
omg, quit making it a black and white issue....you're the one pointing out that he's black, when instead, you could have said, "wow, this GUY is incredible"..blacks did contribute to American music, so did British, Italians, Germans, Russians, and everyone else in the world...black people were not the only oppressed people in all of humanity...ask the Jews, Irish, Native Americans, Indians (India), to name a FEW...when people start seeing others as PEOPLE, then racism won't become an issue
Fenderstratus 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Now black music is SHIT !!!!!
tumsabai1 1 year ago
It has nothing to do with color...ALL music is awful today!
PutOnASweater 1 year ago 24
@PutOnASweater You are so right. The music of today stinks
frankieb2smooth 1 year ago
@PutOnASweater YUP AND KNOW ONE CARES ANYMORE....AND IT SHOWS TODAY.,....
ITALIANJRZYGUYNNJ 1 year ago
he was the big class,the voice, the beauty,big songs, what else,he was unique ,that's all.
dannpenn 2 years ago
He wasnt called "Mr. Excitement" for nothing. He died in nursing home alone. Sad ending to a great performers life..
AstralPlane1951 2 years ago
he was actually in a vegetative state when he died...alone is hardly the appropriate word in his case....but nonetheless a great talent to music and the world...RIP Jackie Wilson
Fenderstratus 2 years ago
I think it's hard to convey the excitement these shows had to today's crowd. When they aired, there were no computers, no youtuve, no video tape/dvds, and it wasn't rerun!..You either SAW IT when it was on...or you felt you'd never see it again!
I"m so glad we DO get to see them.
The poor quality is due to kinescope- filming the show off a studio monitor!
It was never video taped! Crystal clear and LIVE had IMPACT!!
Rowlandph 2 years ago
Were you lucky enough to be around in them days? Please answer :)
I have some questions.
jordanownjoa 2 years ago
To jordanownjoa....Yes, I was! Sorry to see you message so late. Ask away!...
Rowlandph 2 years ago
Elvis describes a Jackie Wilson live performance on "The Million Dollar Quartet" recording; Elvis demonstrates Jackie's style as Jackie performed "Don't Be Cruel". Elvis knew Greatness when he heard it.
mgoos9 2 years ago 3
This guy was a "show stopper", if I've ever seen one. Man, I thought Elvis was exciting, he gives Elvis a run for his money with his pure excitement of his performances in my book. God, what an entertainer. Marc
marctrainor 2 years ago
so true!
rtfuhj 2 years ago
He is jody watley godfather
isayrealallday 2 years ago
JACKIE WILSON is MUSICAL DYNAMITE !!! ONE OF THE GREATEST, MOST DYNAMIC PERFORMERS EVER !!! and , by the way, HE WROTE THIS SONG, and it was a TOP 10 POP SMASH !!!
williamg2552 2 years ago 2
Elvis is an imitation of the Black men who created the music and the style.
PatsBooks 2 years ago 4
JW, His songs alway's make you what to move! Just Awesome!
MusicHawk5 2 years ago 5
jackie wilson brought james brown uptown!!! style, class and the pipes to back it up!!
sickkat44 2 years ago
sssssSSSSSSSMOKIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
boirlesnow 2 years ago