The 'Reet Petite' Man, Is Back
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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<J really big hil records we have built up our nwn which established them as a foUowmg round the country 'name.' Now they ,:t>t respect ...,-ho come and u'" u, and d,~ from everyone STOLEN what we arf' playm~ " Besides, we: don't want l() 0 s r~:y cl~~:~r1y nie e~!~~ fi rotai'1~ev::ce:~~k ~~~:n~1 RISE 0 ~h~·1~ rci;~ry~~d ac:te~ny~~d t:iet/!~g.~p~t "':~!n't h~ilhc::: Rn,tt-r likened the progress that mt'ans workin,t rou nd lhe passpnrt stolen from the hotel of Family t,, tht rise in country a lot." and wasn·t allowed into popularity of lhe Incredible de~~~!ca~~;;[.~m;!{,:Oa,;~ ;~ CanadD J had to hong around 5t i:!i,) Baunpd to anyr.,ne 1n the ~ ~~:cu~;;upJo;;;; ~~~s~1w:~~1e:hl~ti~~; :h~~en00 ~:i~:~h' :~:,t ~h: ~~~r:~~b/o-s d +~~~ We1d~r, the former member of ~~~stn:e:'e~!1t:f~ 31nd~:~a'fa~ probably won't have heard of Eric Burdon·, Animals on .. Generally the audiences thie-m Dul the ,:roup 15 bau and acoustic guitar - were, nice. It's a change to drawing fantastic- c-rowd! have wlde musical l.Utes. And piny to people who don't \\bercver they play it shows m lht:ir music kn<1w w, fl's a challenge. too _.:...;, __________________7 ;"h~;Jgh re~~~vr~d !!re w~II, r:~ problems with promoters al 11 ..--------------------,1 R~'/' they found that the people who did know them, expected their music to be Then you·,e .1ho we,y w11c like their alhums made some lim1- ago. A sm.1II •cf,..c,t11en,cnt in the cl.1u1f1rd colun,ns of Melody ~hlic, lt'h thing-, n,o,..in1- ARE YOU f~.1-1- f1 Whcrhrr you'rr EXPLAIN buy,n,: o, selltn,i looltintc: fo, mu1ic1 .1n1 or ;iiftc, boolun,:1. "We used tt, xet requ£'sts SMALL Mclodr M.1k c, u there 10 ror numhers from our first help yov album. I used tn have to expl:un that we just didn't AND en R.ESUL TS FAST' ph1y like that any morr. I don'l think they liked that reallv " But,'' said Roger cheer• MINDED? fully, "you can'I look back• Melody w,1rd1 when you'rt playing mu sit. You•v~ got to look for ward Th•t music was two yeurs old. We don't reel it that Maker way nny mnre and W(• Just couldn't play it" SMALL ADS tlrnrbirt MEAN BUSINESS! -.