A connoisseurs' package of 24
Jackie Wilson sides, and an indispensable treat, because other than the obvious hit, "Whispers (Getting Louder)," the rest were chosen with no regard to chart action or popularity, though many did chart R&B. Some of these will be new to you if you didn't purchase any of the albums Brunswick Records flung on the market by
Wilson. Check his version of the
Holland, Dozier, Holland's hit on
the Supremes, "You Keep Me Hanging On." If Brunswick hadn't held
Wilson under contract you would have got a taste of the artist cutting
HDH tunes at Motown, but
Wilson's management never let it happened, for
Wilson signing with Brunswick was akin to joining a gang -- blood in, blood out. His version of "Love Uprising" -- also recorded by
Otis Leavil and
the Chi-lites -- is the best, ditto for "You Got Me Walking," also done (unreleased when recorded) by
Cicero Blake, and a rip snortin' rendition of
Darrell Banks' "Open the Door to Your Heart."