MFLODY MAKER. June 21, J9G'l-PaRt: 13 Jackie Wilson, the 'Reet Petite' man, is back
Sahara m Las Vegas. THIS YEAR has been He manages to gene.rate the year of the re excitement in a II his songs although he is _ not vived singles with BY ROYSTON ELDRIDGE confined to the wilder re - issued records R&B numbers. With a In America though Jackie came when Elvis Presley. vocal style that 1s a cross becoming a domi Wilson's name was often Sammy Davies, Frankie between Sam Cooke and nating force in the in the chart. Jn 1958 he Avalon and Fabian Marvin Gaye, his reper· won his first gold disc among others all came to toire includes slow charts. with " Lonely Teardrops " see him in hospital. ballads, jazz and blues ... Amidst all the revivals, a combination that meets to be followed two years And more recently Jackie none is stranger than later with " Night " and with great success in the success that has "Doggin' Around." even managed to bring cabaret. Presley away from his With a sixteen day tour of ROCER CHAPMAN : no commercial success yet greeted Jackie Wil The rollowing year Jackie closely guarded home to Britain lined up for son's two• year• old was shot by a girl fan the Trip Club in Holly September with the Band outside his apartment jn single "Higher And wood where he was wagon and _The . Fla Manhattan and was on appearing. mingoes. Jackie Wilso_n Higher" which has the danger list for several climbed steadily to It is his stage appearances should consolidate his days as doctors round it success with " Higher difficult to remove one of that have kept Jackie ~l the higher reaches of 1s and Higher'' and make WHATEVER the chart. the two bul(ets that hit the top whether he him, appearing at Harlem·s sure it's not another Apollo or in the top night twelve years before he Proor of his status as a top clubs like the Copaca gains the recognition his VIRTUAL entertainer in the States bana in New York or the talent deserves in Britain HAPPENED TO .. What is so unusual about ? Jackie's apart hit is that T A.LL FAIR. bi-erdt"d Rog er from one hit lWELVE t " "'P"'•n ,-.f rh.,- Fam11> p u ffNJ " We play whDt we IJk e and years ago, the Detroit• h•• tlflh c,aa ~Ut' in half an wha t we reel Wht:n he have a born singer has remained MARK LINDSAY r and said: ·• It"s been a Alan Walsh finds rehea rsal, we all contribute a virtual unknown in •k>w pn.gress. but the group ideas and mlluences and it Britiam despite tre• ha& n:alt) bet'f"lme pc,pular hy !~:m';';~a~~s~~~ only ~:c~~s o u s American ,...!Td rl{ mou1n ~~~~= : Family. one Of th'!" bttt and out what's been roc.,st muotically proficient pl~/ ~~n·~~=:~';\~: v.;~at Y~~ Jackie's big Bntlsh hit was hands oper.atme here, were can't put yourself in a bag " Reel Petite," a number \rppcd as \he bta new thing l ~ happening with Others have to do tha1 All I he recorded soon after •,nth& ,:r so ago. Thal mau know ii. thal people come up leaving Billy War's Do- rtc:c,gmtion as a commerc,al and. say we are 'orJRmal.' The minoes to be replaced succesi. has n<,t yet arrived, audience says It, not u1. We: later by Clyde McPhatter. but they are well pleased with the Family iu1t play our music our way." That was the last time the life of the poup and tts Smee John Weider Joined Jackie hit the British pc.gh,on ,n thr music scene the group six weeks ago to chart, ·• J can see what 1ou mean "We haven·t had the com 0 PACE 17 when you say that big success mercial success yet, but, hun't hap~ned y"t." said ~ft~~heRi~~c~r~~hu'n~eFa1th, he has made his tmusical e~/;d r.::======::-::-::-::-::------Rozer as we sipped a lagPr 1n :/~h:tgtia:·vrhi~~ut~~/ b~~~ mark on the group " He plays • Fl~t S1eet pub in the ,low, really I know that this bcautifol acousllc R,uilar and m1ddlt' c,f Lnndon's heatwave 1, the best way we have starled to feature •• We ha,·en't made the t1'p of " Flt>etwood Mac did the: him," said Roger. tht charts or anything like same: They built up a big " II adds something fresh that But we are workint five ~nd gives us a break from the nishts ,a week. aettini re~ ~,~~o~h:n rf:,~wet:e u~ou:~3: :a~~~.nl energy thing on bookNI wherever we grJ and tW