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Jackie Wilson......Damn what a sick voice. (Original Post) Glamrock May 2018 OP
Great voices ran in his family. brush May 2018 #1
No shit? Glamrock May 2018 #2
Yes, he was great. whathehell May 2018 #3
Nah Glamrock May 2018 #4
Really? whathehell May 2018 #5
Hahahaha Glamrock May 2018 #6
Okay whathehell May 2018 #8
Elvis saw him in Vegas in the 50's Docreed2003 May 2018 #7
Rightfully so! Glamrock May 2018 #9
Amazing how he so effortlessly Glamrock May 2018 #10

brush

(53,778 posts)
1. Great voices ran in his family.
Sat May 12, 2018, 03:42 AM
May 2018

Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops and "Little Shop of Horrors" was his cousin.

Glamrock

(11,800 posts)
6. Hahahaha
Sat May 12, 2018, 05:01 AM
May 2018

It's true man, it's true. I've heard many a guitar player describe Jimmy Hendrix as sick, many a drummer describe John Bonham as sick, etc. Maybe it's a musician thing. That's the circle I travel in.

Docreed2003

(16,859 posts)
7. Elvis saw him in Vegas in the 50's
Sat May 12, 2018, 06:09 AM
May 2018

Wilson was doing a cover of "Don't be Cruel" and Elvis couldn't stop talking and raving about how great it was...even in later years Presley would rate Jackie as one of the best voices he'd ever heard!

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