- Nacimiento
- Defunción21 de enero de 1984 · Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos (una neumonía)
- Nombre de nacimientoJack Leroy Wilson
- Alias
- Mr. Excitement
- Mr. Entertainment
- The Black Elvis-Jackie Wilson
- Jackie Wilson nació el 9 de junio de 1934 en Detroit, Michigan, Estados Unidos. Fue un artista musical y actor, conocido por Un príncipe en Nueva York (1988), Los cazafantasmas II (1989) y Una noche fuera de serie (2010). Estuvo casado con Harlean Harris y Freda Hood. Murió el 21 de enero de 1984 en Nueva Jersey, EE.UU..
- CónyugesHarlean Harris(abril de 1967 - 21 de enero de 1984) (su muerte, 2 niños)Freda Hood(febrero de 1951 - octubre de 1965) (divorciado, 4 niños)
- FamiliaresLevi Stubbs(Cousin)
- Dance moves which include knee-drops, splits, spins, backflips, one-footed across the floor slides and basic boxing steps (advance and retreat shuffling)
- Gets some of the unattractive girls in the audience on stage to kiss him
- Four octave vocal range
- Charismatic and dynamic stage presence
- Usually removes his tie and jacket and throwing them off the stage
- In 1975, he had sustained brain damage from the heart attack he suffered while performing in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. After stabilizing him in a hospital, he was brought to a rehabilitation hospital, Morris Hall, in Lawrenceville, outside of Trenton, New Jersey. He remained there for several months until he was sent to a nursing home.
- Shortly before his heart attack in 1975, he appeared in concert on U.S. Public Broadcasting's Soundstage (1974).
- On June 9, 1987 (his 53rd birthday), a ceremony was held and he was interred in the mausoleum at Westlawn Cemetery in Wayne, Michigan. His mother Eliza Wilson (who died in 1975) was also interred in the mausoleum.
- Godfather of Jody Watley.
- Cousin of Levi Stubbs and Hubert Johnson, one of the original members of The Contours.
- A lot of people have accused [Elvis Presley] of stealing the black man's music, when in fact almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis.
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