Jackie Wilson - He's So Fine

Rumble Records

£17.98

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: RUM2011074
Barcode: 889397103514
Release Date: Nov 2022
Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul

Detroit native Jackie Wilson aka "Mr. Excitement," left jump blues and R&B group The Dominoes in 1957 to pursue a solo career. The following year he released this, his debut LP, a rollicking collection of orchestrated pop R&B of the highest caliber. Including the hit "Reet Petite," half the songs on this LP were written by Berry Gordy, Jr. nearly two years before he founded Motown, which was partially funded by songwriting royalties Gordy earned writing hits for Wilson. A fine debut from one of the great soul and R&B singers of the late '50s/early '60s, a man who counted among his fans and followers no less than James Brown, Michael Jackson, and The King himself, Elvis Presley.

TRACKLIST
A1 Etcetera
A2 To Be Loved
A3 Come Back To Me
A4 If I Can't Have You
A5 As Long As I Live
A6 Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet)
B1 It's Too Bad We Had To Say Goodbye
B2 Why Can't You Be Mine
B3 I'm Wanderin'
B4 Right Now!
B5 Danny Boy
B6 It's So Fine