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Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Highland Park, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life... See full bio »

Born:

Jack Leroy Wilson
in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Died:

(age 49) in New Jersey, USA
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2011 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
– Episode #19.35 (2011) (writer: "Baby Workout" - uncredited)
 
2011 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (TV series)
– Top 10 Performance (2011) (performer: "Reet Petite")
 
2010 Date Night (performer: " YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME HIGHER AND HIGHER")
 
2010 Dancing on Ice (TV series)
– Episode #5.12 (2010) (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher")
– Episode #5.13 (2010) (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher")
 
2008 Seuls Two (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher")
 
2007 Norbit (performer: " Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher and Higher")
 
2006 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
– Top 6 Perform (2006) (performer: "Reet Petite")
 
2006 Take the Lead (writer: "Baby Workout" / performer: "Baby Workout")
 
2004 Against the Ropes (performer: "Baby Workout" / "Baby Workout")
 
2003 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (video) (performer: "That's Why")
 
2002 Death to Smoochy (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher")
 
2001 Sweet November (writer: "Baby Work Out" / performer: "Baby Work Out")
 
2001 Blow Dry (performer: "I Get The Sweetest Feeling")
 
2000 The Kid (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher")
 
2000 Jam (TV series)
 
2000 High Fidelity (performer: "I Get The Sweetest Feeling")
 
2000 The Closer You Get (performer: "I Get The Sweetest Feeling")
 
1999 K-911 (video) (writer: "Baby Workout" / performer: "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher", "Baby Workout")
 
1999 The Bachelor (performer: "Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher and Higher")
 
1998 Dance with Me (writer: "Baby Workout" / performer: "Baby Workout")
 
1997 Two Girls and a Guy (performer: "You Don't Know Me")
 
1997 Telling Lies in America (performer: "Lonely Teardrops")
 
1995 Operation Dumbo Drop (performer: "YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME HIGHER AND HIGHER")
 
1994 Takin' Over the Asylum (TV series)
– Fly Like an Eagle (1994) (performer: " Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher And Higher")
 
1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: "REET PETITE THE SWEETEST GIRL IN TOWN")
 
1993 When Pigs Fly (performer: "DANNY BOY")
 
1993 The Night We Never Met (performer: "Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me Higher and Higher")
 
1993 Born Yesterday (writer: "BABY WORK OUT" / performer: "BABY WORK OUT")
 
1992 That Night (performer: "DOGGIN' AROUND")
 
1992 Innocent Blood (producer: "Night")
 
1990 Mermaids (writer: "Baby Workout" / performer: "Baby Workout")
 
1990 The Wonder Years (TV series)
– Don't You Know Anything About Women? (1990) (performer: "Your Love, Keeps Lifting Me Higher" - uncredited)
 
1989 Ghostbusters II (performer: "Higher And Higher")
 
1989 Shag (writer: "Baby Work Out" / as Wilson / performer: "Baby Work Out")
 
1988 The Good Mother (performer: "Up Tight Everything's Alright")
 
1988 Coming to America (performer: "To Be Loved")
 
1987 The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars (video short) (performer: "Lonely Teardrops")
 
1978 American Hot Wax (performer: "Lonely Teardrops")
 
1966 Hippodrome (TV series)
– Episode #1.5 (1966) (writer: "Squeeze Her - Tease Her But Love Her")
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
– Episode #1.49 (1965) (performer: "Georgia on My Mind", "Baby Workout")
– Episode #1.31 (1965) (performer: "Baby Workout", "No Pity In the Naked City")
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
– Episode #2.16 (1965) (performer: "The Way I Am", "I Believe I'll Love On", "Baby Workout")
– Episode #1.42 (1965) (performer: "That's Why I Love You So", "No Pity in the Naked City", "I'm So Lonely", "Shake Shake")
– Episode #1.28 (1965) (performer: "Gonna Mess Up a Good Thing", "Danny Boy", "Sing")
– Episode #1.6 (1964) (performer: "She's Alright", "Baby Workout")
 
1961 Teenage Millionaire (performer: "The Way I Am", "Lonely Life")
 
1959 Go, Johnny, Go! (performer: "YOU BETTER KNOW IT")
 
Show ShowSelf (12 titles)
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 5 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1972 Soul Train (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Four Tops/Jackie Wilson/Kool & the Gang (1972) … Himself
 
1968-1969 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.113 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.74 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 Operation: Entertainment (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1968) … Himself
 
1965-1966 Where the Action Is (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.18 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #1.37 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 Hollywood a Go Go (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.49 (1965) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.31 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
1964-1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.16 (1965) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.42 (1965) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.28 (1965) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.12 (1964) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.6 (1964) … Himself - Singer
 
1957-1965 New American Bandstand 1965 (TV series)
Himself / Himself (!965)
– Episode #8.29 (1965) … Himself (!965)
– Episode #5.106 (1962) … Himself
– Episode #1.263 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.161 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #1.148 (1958) … Himself
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1960-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Singer / Himself - Singer
– Episode #16.26 (1963) … Singer
– Episode #15.37 (1962) … Singer
– Episode #15.29 (1962) … Himself - Singer
– Episode #15.19 (1962) … Singer
– Episode #14.33 (1961) … Singer
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1961 Teenage Millionaire
Himself, Performer
 
1958-1960 The Dick Clark Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.50 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #3.34 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #3.35 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #3.27 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #3.28 (1960) … Himself
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1959 Go, Johnny, Go!
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (8 titles)
2010 My Music: Aretha Franklin Presents Soul Rewind (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003 Ed Sullivan's Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4: Elvis & Other Rock Greats (video)
Herself
 
2002 Standing in the Shadows of Motown (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Motown 40: The Music Is Forever (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Rock & Roll (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1990 Smokey Robinson: The Quiet Legend (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 The Best of Bandstand: The Superstars (video short)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1960) Single: "Night" / "Doggin' Around" (Brunswick Records) See more »
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

A lot of people have accused [Elvis Presley] of stealing the black man's music, when in fact almost every black solo entertainer copied his stage mannerisms from Elvis. See more »

Trivia:

Had breakout year in 1959 with 5 consecutive R n B and pop hits including his first million seller and signature standard "Lonely Teardrops". See more »

Nickname:

Mr. Excitement See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini