Jackie Wilson: Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Class of 1987

His life and career in links.

Rock Hall Bio:

http://rockhall.com/inductees/jackie-wilson/bio/

Reet Petite (1957):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ3-NnNx6Zs

Lonely Teardrops (1958): His breakthrough and signature:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nEfuE8Pw4U

1959:

That’s Why (I Love You So):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRL6ebkVwr4

I’ll Be Satisfied:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBLT1kDaj2c

You Better Know It:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhFkg3HZ5XU

1960:

A Woman A Lover A Friend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIGkygiv8RA

Night:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ctJX8qmfM

Alone At Last:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPvfVRwQdVY&feature=related

Baby Workout (1963):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJVcgP9ve-c

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher (1967):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQKR0GwOoE

During a benefit concert in 1975, Wilson collapsed and entered into a coma never to awake. He died in 1984.