The Person That ELVIS Stole From | The Untold Truth Of Jackie Wilson | The Brunswick Tales Ep1 

Jackie Wilson could sing like an opera singer and his dancing was like no one else's.

My compliments to the uploader.....I admire your positive appreciation of Jackie Wilson. As a former NYC recording engineer in the late 1960s ; I was fortunate to become friends with Jackie Wilson.....and as you accurately stated in this video, Jackie Wilson was a great and legendary recording artist and extraordinary on stage performer . In my my opinion the most talented and gifted rock and roll and rhythm blues recording artist that ever lived....period . Sincerely Mike Vallen .

I still love his MUSIC today. I lose my depression listening to his MUSIC today.

One of my very favorite singers. Elvis went to visit him after his stroke. He got the ceiling. The home wasn't good enough. So Elvis took him out and found a much better facility. Elvis paid his bills until he died. They were friends. FACTS.....

I was a teenager when JACKIE WILSON was topping the charts I met HIS daughter few years ago and I COULD NOT 🚫 BELIEVE ONE 🕜 DAY I MET HIS daughter, she was so humble, I knew her months before I REALIZED Jackie was her daddy!! Said Grill do you know who that IS, SHE TOLD me about that nursing home thing!!! When he collapsed in his last performance

One of my favorites. It's crazy how someone so great to be treated so badly like he was not important. Especially the way he died and how his funeral was handled

Mr. Wilson was handsome, charismatic and very energetic on stage. He had a killer voice that can mot be beat❤❤❤

I was born and raised in HP jackie will forever be in All HIGHLAND PARKERS HEARTS

Hearing Jackie Wilson always makes the day better . No one had a voice like that!

Yes Jackie Wilson and Levi Stubbs & his brother were 1st cousins..❤️❤️❤️ Music runs deep in their families.

This is exactly what Prince fought against while he was alive.

Thank you for this video. He was an awesome performer. His memory deserves so much more.

My mother went to Jackie Wilson's funeral and she said they buried him in a cheap little suit and he didn't even have a headstone for a long time sad

I think about Jackie Wilson all the time. I think his son Bobby is very talented. Hopefully, he has a good career. His father had a beautiful voice that will never be forgotten.

He also had a comeback hit in 1966, "Whispers (Gettin'Louder)" that went #11 pop and top ten R&B. You have done your research! Most excellent!

Thanks…. This was a great video! I wish someone would make a movie of this incredible man’s life…

I'm only 43 yrs. old I started getting into classic R and B around age 13 because my parents were baby boomers born in mid and late 40s so I was raised on it, Mr. Wilson was well known in our living room, along with so many other legends like Sam Cooke, Joe Tex, Otis Redding, James Brown etc. But he has always been one of my personal favorites, I still jam his songs! Great job sir on this documentary about him.

Thank you so much for sharing this story!

Jackie Wilson, my all time favourite with Sam Cook.

Great job, young man. Thanks for the update on this wonderful legend. My pray to GOD is that justice will prevail and that Jackie Wilson's heirs will receive what is rightfully theirs.

Jackie Wilson was truly something SPECIAL !!! RIP to a LEGEND 🕊🙏🏽

The Brunswick record label has more of my favorite music, just like Motown and Atlantic records have. I have enjoyed the music by Jackie Wilson when I was a youngster. I am 69 years old, until April 2023. This music has been the best and will always be the best, even better than the lives many of these musicians have lived.

I loved hearing Jackie Wilson and watching him perform. But to this day, I don't understand how he laid on the stage for a half an hour. What the hell did they think he was doing?😢

Thanks for all the comments Jackie was the greatest singer ever like I told him in 75 I know he would appreciate it . I stayed with him and my sister Lynn from 70 till 75 when he went to Jersey and didn't come back

To the brother who put this together, you did a superb job!

What a tremendous talent ,not many vocals or vocalist that sang better .Sure wish he would have signed with people who really realized his potential.

I was so sad when Jaki collapsed on stage 25th September 1975 he was in a coma for years and his money stolen by awful crooks in the industry managing him they will get their karma in due course, poor Jaki he never recovered he died in 1984 he was a great artist RIP Jaki another star gone too soon🙏🏽😞

Wow!! Thanks for Sharing this Knowledge of Jackie Wilson💕😇...🎶Baby Workout🎶🎶Reet Petite🎶🎶Stop Doggin' Me Around🎶🎶Lonely Tear Drops🎶 & Many More!! 'Mr. Excitement' is Still Solely Missed😢 and His Music/Lyrics Lives On, R.I.P Mr. Wilson💕😇and May the Children & Grandchildren get what's Rightfully Due and those that Wronged Reap what They Sow...

That's a sad story for such a great legend ...hopefully his children/grandchildren will get some type of closure. rip 🙏 Mr.wilson

How awful how he was treated. I'm 40 love jackie Wilson who I found through my boomer mum and dad who loved motown. I thought jackie was so handsome. The way he was treated is nothing less than disgusting. And that fan at the end selling his vulnerable pictures. Shame on you, woman!!!

Michael Jackson idolized Jackie Wilson.😊

They were wrong to show him in his last days and in death. He deserved to be treated with dignity and respect. Our entertainers are done wrong on so many levels.

Awesome documentary well researched

Revisiting your earlier pages because of being a new subscriber of 3 months. My mom loved Mr. Jackie Wilson. She spoke of her and my father attending his concerts when he would visit their city. Brilliant showman and dynamic singer. One of his sons really favors him and is a performer as well.

The love for Jackie is great, but all the hate toward Elvis in these comments are ridiculous. Just go back and listen to what Jackie said about Elvis he loved him..

All praises to the mosthigh and much much honor to our savior the messiah. Yes Jackie Wilson was and still is one of the greatest singers and entertainers on the planet 🌏 he's gone but not for gotten the brother influenced a lot of artists in his time and he's still influencing many young artists today my condolences goes out to his family members and loved ones. And to those who were close to him may he rest in peace maybe someday I will see him again in the new kingdom to come take care and stay safe and stay blessed family.😇🙏🙏😇

Jackie Wilson was an excellent entertainer. The name "Mr. Excitement" was an appropriate name 4 hihJaclirm! He cud excite any audience with his high energy performances. I loved his ever popular song "Lonely Teardrops." He was another artist gone too soon. He may be gone but his music will 4ever live on! He is unforgettable! Rest n Peace.

This is an excellent video. The research and the delivery. Perfect!!!!! Keep the GREAT videos coming!!!!

Lol he said “I started with a small record company… I think it’s called Motown..” Danng started Motown off

I was a manager for ASCAP there's an old saying in the business that Jackie Wilson was the black Elvis Presley. The people that really know music say no no no, Elvis Presley was the white Jackie Wilson. Rock in Peace, Mr. excitement. ( I saw Jackie perform live in Cleveland Ohio at Leo's casino)

What a sad story . I had no idea. Great channel with so much history

Remembering #JackieWilson who passed on this day 39 years ago today.

I would like to say Jackie Wilson was one of the greatest man and performers I have ever seen or met in life I knew him as a teenager in my hometown of B'HAM Ala. 👍🏽 he was a friend of a friend that later became a friend of our family Mr.Wilson was soon become like 👍🏽 family he would come looking for my cousin Charles (man)Oliver)to dance and sing I would dance with my cousin and he's really liked our dancing he wanted my mom to let my cousin travel and dance and sing with him however she wouldn't my cousin came to Calif. and he continued to visit and eat, sing and dance 🕺🏾 with the family and became like a member of the family long lives Mr.Jackie Wilson may he 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🕊 👍🏽 today my cousin still says 💙 he could have been famous 😆 😆 💙 smh ❤

Thanks for all the great video clips and information. Like any person with ears, I have been a fan of Jackie Wilson, The Four Tops, and the great years of Motown, but I had never heard that Jackie and Levi Stubbs w e r e cousins and w e r e also in a band together with Levi's brother Joe. The level of talent on that stage when they performed must have been Beyond imagining.

Jackie and Elvis, two of my very favorite singers!!! Great doc, my man. Enjoyed it a lot!

CORRECTION: SAM COOKE, JAMES BROWN, ELVIS PRESLEY, ECT, EVERYONE WAS LEARNING FROM JACKIE LEROY SONNY WILSON ♥️💞💕 HE WAS THE ONE THAT TAUGHT EVERYONE ELSE THAT YOU CAN DANCE AND SING LITERALLY!!! I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU JACKIE LEROY SONNY WILSON ♥️♥️♥️

Jackie danced AND SANG HIS TAIL OFF AND WAS FINE AS 🍷 WINE 🍷

Many of our Artists were taken for a ride like that back in the day because of other people robbing them in every way that they possibly could and still can even today if possible.

have they ever done a movie about jackie wilson if not ,they need to

I love Jackie Wilson

My all time favorite singer.

Excellent job here WB. I've enjoyed your other documentaries on Eddie, David and others. From elsewhere, I'm sure they greatly appreciate you doing this and providing the history and insights into their careers and themselves as individuals. You also set the record straight on many things. So great kudos to you. There are so great videos on RU-vid of so many performers and for Jackie, the one that stands out to me is him singing and dancing to Baby Workout on ABC's Shindig program. Oh man! Incredible strong and unique voice. Great dancer. Dynamic stage presence and all around entertainer. I'm sorry I never got to see him in person as I'm a little younger than those who came to love him and see him in person. My loss. And the tragedy of his being deceived and taken advantage of, which no doubt was a significant contributor to his health issue and ultimately his passing, just so sad and all of our losses that we could not enjoy him live for more decades.

i am simply lovin this little documentary about Jackie Wilson! love the narrator! love the photos and film clips! really great job done! fascinating!

Such a Treasure and Legend with a golden voice 😍💘🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such a great voice and performer. He was surrounded by vultures.

Damn. This was fine man I can only imagine the competition amongst the women. They don't make them like this anymore. This man was a total package.😘😘😘. Elvis could never ever be compared to Jackie Wilson No not ever.

That is a sad sad ending and story for one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived

Thank you for bringing this to to us 💖 I have no idea he had such a sad ending😢 it's horrible about all the fighting over the money 💰 I do hope that his family did look after him in the nursing home but you do wonder 🤔 Jackie Wilson was such a star 🌟 and he's a star in the sky shining bright🌟

What a great singer. He "was" Mr. Excitement. Too bad that there were, and still are these "sleezey" "scun-bag" people, who defraud these wonderful entainers like Jackie Wilson.

I've heard different stories about how Jackie Wilson had died but I think it was Nat Turnapaugh who had Jackie Wilson killed due to Jackie Wilson finally getting wise of being ripped off Nat Turnapaugh

That music business is as cutthroat as it gets. Lots of brothers and sisters were chewed up by it. Terrible the way he had to spend his final years.

Legendary

I didn’t even know that the late great Levi Stubbs was related to Mr. Wilson and it just seems to make sense that they’re related to great vocal talent and stage presence too.

great singer be missed. one of jackies sons singing now.

Whoa!!! it feels good to hear the youngins researching the greats furthermore this is the dude that start it all and and influence many of the greatest entertainers like Mj and eta......

I still listen to Jackie Wilson today. He was one of the GREATEST ever. Black boy.

Sad how they did him,they all rotting in hell

**Jackie Wilson** Yes, He Is **Mr.** **Excitement** It's A Shame The Way He Transitioned. GOD FORBID. **Jackie Wilson** Is Indeed A Great And **UnSung** **Musical Legend**

Heavy Gratitude. Ps The Entertainment Industry is no joke and The Mafia was extra cold.

Even Gene Simmons from KISS mentioned the influence of Jackie Wilson.

Damn shame how they done Jackie 👍

Jackie was a smooth cat back in his hey days, with a smooth voice to match. I had no idea he was related to Levi Stubb of the Four Tops but is quite shocked to hear of the allegations made by Patty Labelle as Jackie doesn't seem the kind of dude to result to sexually assaulting any woman, being the ladies' man he was. The name Mr. Excitement definitely fits his character as one of the greatest performers of that era. The movie "Coming to America" uses one of Jackie's songs "To be Loved" which is one of his well-known top hits. His money problems due to mismanagement and the last years of his life were so sad and heartbreaking. I always say a biopic movie should be done on this great artist. Hopefully someone will make that happen. Much love to you Jackie, R.I.P

I grew up going to visit Jackie Wilson's grave on Sunday mornings with my Dad.

Thanks for sharing 😊. New subscriber here

SAD, VERY VERY SAD 😭😔 R.I.P. JACKIE WILSON

Thanks for posting this video.

He made millions for thee record company and only got paid hundreds shame on the company 😢😢😢😢

The real king of rock and roll..

How many have you heard the last album that Jackie in the mid 70s before he collapsed called Nobody but you ? Even though he was playing the oldies circuit on that album he had updated his style to the mid 70s.

As for two women arguing over his estate, why not just split the estate down the middle ? Seems fair to me..

Incredibly sad story. I notice little was said of drug or alcohol abuse, He looked consistently in good shape in this video. So what drug contributed to the heart attack or was it just the cigs? Great video, but I would also have liked to know why he never left Brunswick for Motown, or did I just miss that part?. He obviously knew Berry Gordy who wrote Reet Petite.. The photos in this video just tear your heart out. Great work!

Correction: Sam Cooke had a voice that could be compared to Jackie Wilson

Fond memories of Mr.Jackie L Wilson. My Sister Barbara adored him. Funny stories about the memories ♥️❤️🥰🥰🥰😊😂

I'm a fan of your content I had to sub you up bro this is the 3rd video I seen all 🔥 keep up the great work God bless 💯

Lonely teardrops is still one of my all time favorite songs and his voice you could feel , he felt his songs

Thanks for the story about his name "Sony", hence his first release was as Sonny / Sony Wilson and not Jackie. I have it on 78

Can you just imagine how many performers we could cancel by claims of stealing styles, moves, techniques? 90% of female singers imitate Madonna. Pop culture controls what people like and dont , Pretty much every UK performer claimed that they were inspired by Elvis. I’ve always understood most Black performers respected and liked Elvis. We all know where and how he grew up. True that most thought Elvis was black when first hearing him but many black performers of that time said Elvis opened doors for them as the entire genre benefited.

He was so handsome and talented. Michael Jackson always mentioned him as one of his idols. Rest well Mr Wilson 💜🙏🏽💐

.... and Smokey Robinson is Levi Stubbs' nephew.

They once made a joke on Everybody Hates Chris: that if Rochelle was a Jackie Wilson fan she's be in the ER now*. *Rochelle was actually a James Brown fan on the show, which Brown was known for excellent dancing...She hurt herself dancing to James Brown.

that is my man could sing his heart out

What ever he gets it should be shared between all his kids...

Thank you for this documentary about Jackie Wilson. It is so sad for Jackie of how his life went. I hope Jackie can now see how much his fans love and appreciate him. He was truly a legend.

Rip Jackie Wilson

He song the hell out of Danny Boy.

My mom's so Jackie Wilson back in the fifties when he came to Newark New Jersey and she said he was so he was just so on time that she was in the front and she had a handkerchief in his hand he kissed it and threw it to her and I said Mom where's handkerchief at she said I was 16 and I don't know what I did with it but he kissed it and threw it to me and I just was all over your dad so Jackie Wilson we just love Jackie Wilson yes indeedy my soul brother Jackie Wilson my moms will never forget that handkerchief he kissed him through to her such a gentleman

We always party with him American legion after he shows in Memphis

My favorite Otis Redding second favorite Jackie Wilson third little known Joe Tex by the way try listening to Danny boy by Jackie Wilson

so 😢... terrible tragedy r.i.p. bro gog bless.

Messy life, but a great artist. I believe, along with other artists, they didn't have structure in their life. I pray that has changed with up coming young artists. Everyone needs wisdom to whom they should allow in their space😊