Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops (1962)In September 1975, while touring with the Dick Clark revue, Wilson suffered a near-fatal heart attack onstage at New Jersey's Latin Casino. He struck his head on falling and the resulting brain damage left him comatose.
He remained hospitalized until his death on 21 January 1984.Wilson's career remains a puzzle; he never did join Berry Gordy's Motown Records empire, despite their early collaboration and friendship. Instead, the singer's legacy was flawed - dazzling in places, disappointing in others.
Immortalized in the Van Morrison song "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)", which was also a UK Top 5 hit for Dexys Midnight Runners in 1982, his name has remained in the public's eye. Fate provided a final twist in 1987, when an imaginative video (which some claimed belittled the singer's memory), using Plasticene animation, propelled "Reet Petite" to number 1 in the UK charts. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the same year.
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