Jackie Wilson discography

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This is a discography of American singer Jackie Wilson.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleYearPeak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
He's So Fine1958N/a
Lonely Teardrops1959
So Much1959
Jackie Sings the Blues1960
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend1960
You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet1961
By Special Request1961
Body and Soul1962
Jackie Wilson at the Copa1962
Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies1963
Baby Workout196378
Shake a Hand (with Linda Hopkins)1963
Somethin' Else!1964
Soul Time1965
Spotlight on Jackie Wilson!1965
Soul Galore1966
Whispers196610815
Higher and Higher196716328
Manufacturers of Soul (with Count Basie)1968
I Get the Sweetest Feeling1968
Do Your Thing196950
This Love is Real1970
You Got Me Walkin'1971
Beautiful Day1973
Nobody But You1976
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Charting singles

1950s

Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[3]
US
R&B

[4]
AUS BEL (FL)
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7] [8]
"Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)"
b/w "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (from Lonely Teardrops)
1957625101 [a] 1 [a] 1 [b] He's So Fine
"To Be Loved"
b/w "Come Back to Me"
1958227641923
"As Long as I Live"
b/w "I'm Wanderin'"
7011
"We Have Love"
b/w "Singing a Song"
9315Lonely Teardrops
"Lonely Teardrops"
b/w "In the Blue of Evening"
7153
"That's Why (I Love You So)"
b/w "Love Is All"
1959132
"I'll Be Satisfied"
b/w "Ask"
206So Much
"You Better Know It"
b/w "Never Go Away" (from So Much)
371Lonely Teardrops
"Talk That Talk"
b/w "Only You, Only Me"
343So Much
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1960s

Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[3]
US
R&B

[4]
AUS BEL (FL)
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7] [8]
"Night"1960431917A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"Doggin' Around"15176Jackie Sings the Blues
"(You Were Made For) All My Love"123033A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend"15130
"Alone at Last"8201150Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"Am I the Man"3210A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"My Empty Arms"925Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"The Tear of the Year"4410Body and Soul
"Please Tell Me Why"19612011Jackie Sings the Blues
"Your One and Only Love"40A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"I'm Comin' on Back to You"199By Special Request
"Lonely Life"80
"Years from Now"3725Non-album tracks
"You Don't Know What It Means"7919
"My Heart Belongs to Only You"65By Special Request
"The Way I Am"58
"The Greatest Hurt"34Body and Soul
"There'll Be No Next Time"75
"I Found Love" (with Linda Hopkins)
b/w "There's Nothing Like Love"
196293Non-album tracks
"Hearts"
b/w "Sing (And Tell the Blues So Long)" (Non-album track)
58Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"I Just Can't Help It"
b/w "My Tale of Woe" (Non-album track)
7017Somethin' Else!!
"Forever and a Day"
b/w "Baby, That's All" (Non-album track)
82Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"What Good Am I Without You"
b/w "A Girl Named Tamiko"
121Baby Workout
"Baby Workout"
b/w "I'm Going Crazy (Gotta Get You Off My Mind)" (Non-album track)
1963516693 [a]
"Shake a Hand" (with Linda Hopkins)
b/w "Say I Do" (Non-album track)
4221Shake a Hand
"Shake! Shake! Shake!"
b/w "He's a Fool" (Non-album track)
3321Baby Workout
"Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)"
b/w "The New Breed"
61Non-album track
"I'm Travelin' On"
b/w "Haunted House"
1964123Non-album tracks
"Call Her Up"
b/w "The Kickapoo" (from Baby Workout)
11048
"Big Boss Line"
b/w "Be My Girl"
9434Somethin' Else!!
"Squeeze Her - Tease Her (But Love Her)"
b/w "Give Me Back My Heart"
89
"Give Me Back My Heart"64
"She's All Right"
b/w "Watch Out" (Non-album track)
10239Soul Time
"Danny Boy"
b/w "Soul Time"
19659425
"No Pity (In the Naked City)"
b/w "I'm So Lonely" (Non-album track)
5925
"I Believe I'll Love On"
b/w "Lonely Teardrops" (from Spotlight on Jackie Wilson)
9634Non-album tracks
"Think Twice" (with LaVern Baker)
b/w "Please Don't Hurt Me"
9337
"Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"
b/w "The Fairest of Them All"
1966115Whispers
"I Don't Want to Lose You"19678411
"Just Be Sincere"9143
"I've Lost You"
b/w "Those Heartaches"
8235Higher and Higher
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
b/w "I'm the One to Do It"
612457 [a] 11 [c]
"Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy"
b/w "The Who Who Song" (Non-album track)
3222I Get the Sweetest Feeling
"For Your Precious Love" (with Count Basie)
b/w "Uptight (Everything's Alright)"
19684926 Manufacturers of Soul
"Chain Gang" (with Count Basie)
b/w "Funky Broadway"
8437
"I Get the Sweetest Feeling"
b/w "Nothing But Blue Skies"
341219 [a] 21 [a] 3 [a] I Get the Sweetest Feeling
"For Once in My Life"
b/w "You Brought About a Change in Me" (from I Get the Sweetest Feeling)
70It's All a Part of Love
"I Still Love You"
b/w "Hum De Dum De Do"
196910539Non-album tracks
"Helpless"
b/w "Do It the Right Way" (Non-album track)
10821Do Your Thing
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1970s

Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
[3]
US
R&B

[4]
AUS BEL (FL)
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7] [8]
"Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby)"
b/w "Didn't I"
19709134This Love Is Real
"(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real"
b/w "Love Uprising"
569
"Love Is Funny That Way"
b/w "Try It Again"
19719518You Got Me Walking
"You Got Me Walking"
b/w "The Fountain"
9322
"The Girl Turned Me On"
"Forever and a Day"
197244
"Because of You"
b/w "Go Away"
197345Beautiful Day
"Sing a Little Song"
b/w "No More Goodbyes"
95Non-album tracks
"Don't Burn No Bridges" (with The Chi-Lites)
b/w "Don't Burn No Bridges" (Instrumental)
197591Nobody But You
"Nobody But You"
b/w "I've Learned About Life"
1977
"It Only Happens When I Look At You"
b/w "Just As Soon As The Feeling's Over"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

* - Through a period between November 1963 and January 1965, Billboard didn't publish an R&B chart. Ratings from Cash Box Top 50 in R&B Locations chart.

Billboard Year-End performances

YearSongYear-End
Position
1959 "Lonely Teardrops"56
"That's Why (I Love You So)"90
1960 "Night"34
"Doggin' Around"95
1963 "Baby Workout"60
1967 "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"53

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Chart position from 1987.
  2. Chart position from 1986. Originally charted at number 6 in 1957. [8]
  3. Chart position from 1969.

References

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  2. "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 "Discografie Jackie Wilson". Ultratop Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Discografie Jackie Wilson". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  7. 1 2 3 British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. 2006. p. 606. ISBN   1-904994-10-5. OCLC   64098209.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Jackie Wilson - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company . Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  9. "Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  10. "British certifications – Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  11. "British certifications – Jackie Wilson – I Get the Sweetest Feeling". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved July 11, 2022.