The likes of Brian Mar 18, 2008
Reet Petite - Jackie Wilson. I've always wondered if Elvis heard Jackie Wilson and was influenced by him. (Guardian Unlimited)
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And McDonald finds equally solid footing with (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, a hit for Jackie Wilson. SOUL SPEAK Michael McDonald March 4. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Buffett's offer to reinsure municipal bonds may not be appealing Feb 13, 2008
Berkshire spokeswoman Jackie Wilson said Buffett was traveling Tuesday, and no one was immediately available to comment. Edward J. Grebeck, chief executive of Tempus Advisors, said he doesn't think the bond insurers will want to do this reinsurance deal with Berkshire because municipal bond risk isn't their problem. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Aretha Franklin earns more than a little respect Feb 7, 2008
"You had stronger artists, unquestionably. Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, Etta James, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson. C'mon, you know. Please.". After the Grammys, she plans a new album this year, Aretha: A Woman Falling Out of Love, a Christmas album and a collection of operatic arias. (USA Today -- Life)
Berkshire shareholders won't be able to vote on stock split Jan 30, 2008
Buffett's spokeswoman Jackie Wilson said no one was immediately available to comment Tuesday. But Buffett has previously said he hopes Berkshire's shareholders think of themselves as partners in the company who are interested in its long-term prospects, not the movement of its share price. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Michael McDonald Scores Rare Triple Play on a Trio of Hit Radio Formats Jan 24, 2008
The triple play pulled off by McDonald includes his version of the Jackie Wilson classic Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher, which debuted at #21 on the Adult Contemporary chart. His raved about rendition of the Teddy Pendergrass gem, Love TKO, impressively cracked the Adult R&B chart at #39, with McDdonalds soulful take on the song Walk On By, made famous by vocal legend Dionne Warwick, kicking off at #28 on the Hot Contemporary Jazz chart. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
New Michael McDonald Album Soul Speak Due in Stores March 11 Jan 10, 2008
Produced by frequent Eric Clapton collaborator Simon Climie, this new elegantly-mounted collection burnishes McDonalds flawless vocal delivery over an array of soul-inspired nuggets made famous by legends such as Stevie Wonder (Living For The City), Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher), Van Morrison (Into The Mystic), Dionne Warwick (Walk On By), Bob Marley (Redemption Song) and Leonard Cohen (Hallelujah). McDonalds 3 new offerings on the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
More of this story Jan 8, 2008
You can t quite decide if he reminds you more of Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding or Jackie Wilson, but the schlumpy-looking Jewish kid leaves audiences in open-mouthed awe. The roaring soul-rock of Stake Your Claim got Reed and his backing sextet off and rolling, and his plaintive glissandos on Am I Wasting My Time made that torchy ballad indelible. (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
If music be the food of voter love, play on Jan 7, 2008
Favourites include Respect, by Aretha Franklin, Higher and Higher, by Jackie Wilson, and Move on Up, by Curtis Mayfield. And when Senator Obama finally strides out onto the podium, it is invariably to U2's epic song City Of Blinding Lights, which never fails to send a tingle down the spine. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Michael Jackson, proud father Nov 13, 2007
When asked if he plans to record and perform into old age, the 49-year-old star said, Not the way James Brown did or Jackie Wilson did. They just kept going, running, killing themselves. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Jacko Chats Daddyhood Nov 10, 2007
"Jacko has three children - two sons, Prince Michael Jackson II and Prince Michael Jackson III, widely known as Blanket, and a daughter, Paris.When asked if he'll continue recording songs and performing into old age, he said: "Not the way James Brown did or Jackie Wilson did. They just kept going, running, killing themselves. (Sky News)
Jackson 'ignores negative press' Nov 9, 2007
He said: "Not the way James Brown or Jackie Wilson did, where they just killed themselves. I wish James Brown could have slowed down and been more relaxed and enjoyed his hard work.". Ebony reported the singer is working with Kanye West and Will. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Jackson: 'I don't want to kill myself onstage like James Brown' Nov 9, 2007
He explains, "Not the way James Brown did or Jackie Wilson did. They just kept going, running, killing themselves."I wish he (Brown) could have slowed down and relaxed and enjoyed his hard work. " Copyright World Entertainment News Network Save/Share Story Email Story To Email: To Email is Required. A valid email address is required. Your Name: Your Name is Required. Your Email: Your Email is Required. A valid email address is required. Message: Send a copy to my email You can send a story to... (FOX23.com, OK)
Has Britney Spears Found Her Howard K. Stern? Oct 25, 2007
And while McDonald warbled Gordy s Jackie Wilson hit Lonely Teardrops (he wrote it, in 1959) soulfully and BoyzIIMen wowed us with a medley of Motown hits, it was Stevie and Smokey s night. They joshed with each other on stage Smokey said Stevie used to drive him to school. (Fox News)
Berkshire reduces holdings in PetroChina Oct 13, 2007
A Berkshire spokeswoman, Jackie Wilson, declined to comment. PetroChina rose 2. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Buffett may have sold his entire PetroChina stake, JPMorgan says Oct 11, 2007
Jackie Wilson, a spokeswoman for Berkshire, which is based in Omaha, Nebraska, did not return a telephone call or e-mail. Today in Marketplace by Bloomberg. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Berkshire exercises options to buy 7.8 million shares of BNSF Oct 6, 2007
Berkshire spokeswoman Jackie Wilson said Friday afternoon that no one was available to comment on the railroad stock purchase. Berkshire officials do not typically comment on the company's stock holdings. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Berkshire sheds more of its PetroChina shares Oct 1, 2007
Buffett, through a spokeswoman, Jackie Wilson, declined to comment on his latest sale. Today in Marketplace by Bloomberg. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Sunday alcohol sales vote nears Sep 6, 2007
Jackie Wilson of the Warwoman community was more adamantly opposed to alcohol sales on Sunday. "I don't think it should go through," she said. (Clayton Tribune, GA)
Renowned record store fading out Sep 5, 2007
" The Cab Calloway logo came from a teenage customer who drew the cartoon in the store's backroom for $100 of store credit. Goddard already knew he wanted Calloway because he looked so cool. Calloway eventually visited the store, and someone snapped his photo with Goddard out in front. Goddard bought half the photo archives of the great postwar Broadway jazz and pop photographer William "PoPsie" Randolph in a bankruptcy auction in 1987, a trove that turned out to be around 12,000 negatives. He... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Junkyard Blawg Aug 30, 2007
Jackie Wilson s Doggin Around. The Atlanta Rhythm Section s Dog Days. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Ryan Shaw has got vintage soul covered Jul 29, 2007
"This Is Ryan Shaw," his debut album, is unapologetically retro, right down to the material: Nine of the 12 songs are covers of old soul sides, from "I'll Be Satisfied" (previously performed by Jackie Wilson) and "I Found a Love" (Wilson Pickett) to "Lookin' for a Love" (Bobby Womack) and "Do the 45" (the Sharpees). Just as the CD format is dying a slow death, here comes Ryan Shaw, singing about a dance based on. (Boston Globe)
Weekend's best bets: Jul 23, 2007
These would include the music of Rts like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and early James Brown. Grooving to future indie darlings The Apples In Stereo who were already putting together their own trippy mix of sunny mod-indie and neo-psychedelia Mercer wondered if he could do the same with his own musical loves and increasingly softer, folk-leaning songwriting skills. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Mingle through the best of '67 Jul 18, 2007
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, Jackie Wilson. A perfectly ambiguous distillation of love-and-drugs culture. (USA Today -- Life)
Walker and Dynamites blast onto the scene Jul 7, 2007
Five decades into a career of early highs (opening for the likes of James Brown and Jackie Wilson) and later lows (long stretches of near anonymity), 63-year-old Nashville singer Charles Walker never expected to be here: hurtling down the highway in a van en route to another sold-out show with a hot funk band aptly named the Dynamites, most of whose members hadn't even been born when Walker was cutting soul sides for record labels like Chess and Decca. And Walker certainly never imagined he'd be... (Boston Globe)
A Star is Born Jun 28, 2007
"It reminds me a lot of a rock concert. It's a really cool theatrical experience." One memorable scene places Holly and his group, the Crickets, at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, N.Y. The group had no idea the Apollo, at that time, booked only black acts such as Ray Charles, James Brown and Jackie Wilson; the Apollo audience, only hearing Holly's music on the radio, had no idea he was white. The emcee has a good laugh at the group's expense as one Cricket cries out, "We're going to die." Other... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
This Week in Entertainment History: 1/16/16 - 1/22/06 Jun 27, 2007
In 1984, singer Jackie Wilson died at the age of 49. He had been in a coma since his 1975 heart attack during a concert in New Jersey. (KWTX.com, TX)
Mary Shepard's life told in words and pictures Jun 24, 2007
Over the years, the club became famous for performances by B.B. King and other blues greats, including Bobby Rush, David Lee Durham, Howlin' Wolf, Ray Charles, Little Milton, Little Richard, Ruth Brown, Ike and Tina Turner, Lou Rawls, Jackie Wilson, Willie Clayton, Bobby Bland, Albert King, Clarence Carter, the Staple Singers, Denise LaSalle, John Lee Hooker and Rufus Thomas. Each year after the B.B. King Homecoming Festival at Fletcher Park, the King of Blues performs a concert in the more... (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)
Miracle worker Jun 21, 2007
When Smokey met Berry, the Miracles were still called the Matadors, a singing group of Robinson, Ronald White, Emerson and Bobby Rogers, auditioning for Jackie Wilson's managers ... It was the Miracles all squished into the car his mechanic father made for him, it was 12-hour journeys on Greyhound buses to New York to play the legendary Apollo theatre, with a mural of Eartha Kitt and Sammy Davis and Jackie Wilson on the lobby wall, and butterflies in his stomach. (Guardian Unlimited)
Get inside Bonnaroo with on-site insights Jun 18, 2007
Listen Up - Category Archives - USATODAY.com. Other USA TODAY blogs. (USA Today -- Life)
These famous offspring sing to their dads' tunes Jun 14, 2007
A dancer who could hang with the likes of James Brown and Jackie Wilson, the elder Head also had a string of minor country hits during the '70s and early '80s and still tears it up on the oldies circuit. How dad was instrumental: "As soon as I realized I couldn't be the showman that he was, I decided to play guitar," Sundance says. (USA Today -- Life)
Teddy Pendergrass is celebrating quality of life for all Jun 7, 2007
"I think of him like Marvin Gaye or a Jackie Wilson. No one can turn you on the way he did. No matter what he sang, he just turned you on. And he's still very sexy in a wheelchair.". Pendergrass sold more than a million copies of Love Language, the 1984 album that was his first after the accident, during which Pendergrass was trapped in the Rolls for 45 minutes with a transvestite dancer named Tenika Watson. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Campaign tunes not so simple in campaigns May 29, 2007
Barack Obama (, , ) of Illinois weighs several factors when it plays such songs as "City of Blinding Lights" by U2 and "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher" by Jackie Wilson, said spokeswoman Jen Saki. "It's a combination of the feel of the campaign, songs that he enjoys and the venue and the environment that we're visiting," she said. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Central Park SummerStage 2007 Concert Calendar May 23, 2007
His debut, This Is Ryan Shaw, shows how well he succeeded: the album is all pared-down soulwarm, organic covers of artists like Jackie Wilson and Bobby Womack, as well as funky originals like Nothing and We Got Love. . (WNBC.com, NY)
Sulking superhero subverts 'Spider-Man 3' soundtrack May 7, 2007
Shaw and producers Jimmy Bralower and Johnny Gale "doctor"/reinvent songs by the likes of Wilson Pickett ("I Found a Love"), Bobby Womack ("Lookin' for a Love") and Jackie Wilson ("I'll Be Satisfied"), sweetening the mix and laying down Shaw's shrieks where the original shrieks would be. The guy from Decatur, Ga. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
At 44, James Hunter is a soul survivor Apr 18, 2007
Hunter and his six-piece band showcase a style that harkens back to the smooth soul of Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson. Hunter's smoky voice rides Latin-tinged beats, while a horn section jabs and his guitar chimes with bluesy grit. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Listen Up music reviews: Some 'Year' for Nine Inch Nails Apr 17, 2007
This week's reviews: Nine Inch Nails, Ryan Shaw, Bucky Covington, Clay Walker, more - Listen Up - USATODAY.com. Other USA TODAY blogs. (USA Today -- Life)
Up Front: Indie adoration Apr 13, 2007
He was influenced by the soulful sounds of Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett and Jackie Wilson. And then he heard the music of fellow indie pioneers, Apples In Stereo, and realized it was possible to mix genres to create something unique. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
At 81, B.B. King is still going strong Mar 29, 2007
"I was never like James Brown or Jackie Wilson," he says. "Kids were crazy about them. I never danced in my life, and I don't get no trophies in Hollywood for looking good. So I never had that audience.". (USA Today -- Life)
Virus hits Langerhans Mar 24, 2007
Get Van Morrisons Greatest Hits - thats a good start- you can skip over Brown Eyed Girl if you like, but dont miss Moondance (probably the best jazz/rock song ever), Jackie Wilson Said, Bright Side of the Road & Full Force Gale. If none of those songs do it for you, then you wont ever get Van. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Anna Nicole Smith's Doctor: She Ordered Drugs Mar 17, 2007
There are no albums on it by Janis Joplin, for example, or Elvis Costello, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Jefferson Airplane or The Kinks. It s the kind of list in which a Kenny G album is listed at number 107, above "Beggars Banquet," "Rubber Soul," "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water.". (Fox News -- Views)
Staying up late with the Shins Mar 11, 2007
Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, those guys, that's what I'm referring to when I think of R&B. It's really moving stuff to me. Q How sick are you of talking about "Garden State". (Boston Globe)
A-Head of the curve Feb 27, 2007
The full footage has become a popular YouTube clip, showing Roy doing moves learned from such R&B greats as Joe Tex and Jackie Wilson, footwork that once prompted James Brown to ask Roy to leave a tour. IDOL' CHATTER. (USA Today -- Life)
Van takes an aisle seat Feb 23, 2007
References to Coleridge, Yeats and Kerouac bop up regularly alongside tips of the porkpie hat to Jackie Wilson, Big Bill Broonzy and Gene Vincent. Until now, however, Morrison's cinematic influences and filmmaking heroes haven't popped up much in the press or on the disc or stage. (Variety)
TROMBONISTTAKES LONG VIEW OF HISTORY, JAZZ Feb 21, 2007
He was the prototype for Michael Jackson and James Brown and Jackie Wilson and many of those guys. "Sitting next to McCoy Tyner six nights in a row at the old Yoshi's was like ... a lesson. I just sat there and listened to him play, and thought, so this is what it was like to play with John Coltrane.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Bless Your Heart Music to Release Solo from Mother's Finest Bassist, Wyzard Feb 15, 2007
"Wyzard began his career at the age of 13 working with Jackie Wilson. Along with Mother's Finest, he is considered a major Funk Pop influence by such noted artists as Prince, Living Colour, Eddie Van Halen and more. In addition to penning the hit songs "Baby Love," "Fire," and "I Don't Wanna Come Back" (which was the sample source for Puff Daddy's "I Got The Power"), Wyzard works with the likes of Stevie Nicks, Waddy Wachtel, Mick Fleetwood, Jimmy Iovine, Ian McLaughlin, Levon Helms, and Sonny... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
CRISP IS NAMED BEST IN COUNTY Feb 9, 2007
Crisp was chosen for the award out of about 50 nominees by an eight-member commission committee, said committee member Jackie Wilson ... For more information about the award ceremony, call Jackie Wilson at 410-887-3448. (Dundalk Eagle, MD)
A pie in the sky comes crashing down to earth Feb 8, 2007
Berry Gordy had started Motown and written songs for Jackie Wilson and Etta James, ska was taking hold and blues and reggae recordings were released amid revelry in Europe. There were Ray Charles, Willie Dixon, Sonny Boy Williamson II - the list goes on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Diana Ross' New Manhattan/EMI Music Marketing Album, I Love You, is Week's Highest Debut on Billboard's Top 200 Chart at #32 Jan 25, 2007
"To Be Loved" was written by the legendary Berry Gordy, Jr. and was originally recorded by Jackie Wilson in 1958. It is the ultimate declaration of love, and Ms. Ross deftly balances the emotion of the song's sensitive lyrics with an upbeat and boundless delivery. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Man in the Mirror Jan 24, 2007
The difference between Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake is the difference between genius and talent, between studying Jackie Wilson backstage and waiting to sing "When a Man Loves a Woman" for Mouseketeer scouts, between having a preternatural command of the African American vocal tradition and having a good shot at matching Daryl Hall in the blue-eyed soul pantheon. But I'm a crazy loyalist who thinks Invincible, Jackson's 2001 album, is pretty good, and I don't want to get all Lloyd... (City Pages)
'Dreamgirls' Leads Golden Globes, Wins Best Musical Jan 16, 2007
He watched videos of James Brown, Otis Redding and Jackie Wilson ``just so I could learn how to move,'' he said. Dancing was kind of scary. (Yahoo News -- Golden Globe Awards)
The hype about hyphy: It's a West Coast thang Jan 15, 2007
Perhaps too often, Ross is a minor figure on her own release as she plays second fiddle to a horn on a cover of the Jackie Wilson hit "To Be Loved" and she becomes just another instrument in the mix on a torchy version of the Hal David/Burt Bacharach song "The Look of Love." Meanwhile, there's so much going on with the track "I Want You" (co-written by Ross's brother, T-Boy Ross, and originally recorded by Marvin Gaye) that the singer is barely noticeable within a framework of a simmering... (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Imperfect Pitch Jan 3, 2007
(Eddie Murphy, for instance, begins the film sporting elements of Sam Cooke, James Brown, and Jackie Wilson; by the end of the tale, he s shamelessly patterned after Marvin Gaye s tragic phase. . (San Antonio Current, TX)
