This is a discography of American singer Jackie Wilson.
Albums Studio albums {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" |Title ! rowspan="2" |Year ! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions |- ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| US ! style="width:3em;font-size:85%"| USR&B |- ! scope="row"| He's So Fine | 1958 | — | rowspan="16" |- ! scope="row"| Lonely Teardrops | 1959 | — |- ! scope="row"| So Much | 1959 | — |- ! scope="row"| Jackie Sings the Blues | 1960 | — |- ! scope="row"| A Woman, a Lover, a Friend | 1960 | — |- ! scope="row"| You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet | 1961 | — |- ! scope="row"| By Special Request | 1961 | — |- ! scope="row"| Body and Soul | 1962 | — |- ! scope="row"| Jackie Wilson at the Copa | 1962 | — |- ! scope="row"| Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies | 1963 | — |- ! scope="row"| Baby Workout | 1963 | 78 |- ! scope="row"| Shake a Hand (with Linda Hopkins) | 1963 | — |- ! scope="row"| Somethin' Else! | 1964 | — |- ! scope="row"| Soul Time | 1965 | — |- ! scope="row"| Spotlight on Jackie Wilson! | 1965 | — |- ! scope="row"| Soul Galore | 1966 | — |- ! scope="row"| Whispers | 1966 | 108 | 15 |- ! scope="row"| Higher and Higher | 1967 | 163 | 28 |- ! scope="row"| Manufacturers of Soul (with Count Basie) | 1968 | — | — |- ! scope="row"| I Get the Sweetest Feeling | 1968 | — | — |- ! scope="row"| Do Your Thing | 1969 | — | 50 |- ! scope="row"| This Love is Real | 1970 | — | — |- ! scope="row"| You Got Me Walkin| 1971 | — | — |- ! scope="row"| Beautiful Day | 1973 | — | — |- ! scope="row"| Nobody But You | 1976 | — | — |- | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Compilation albums 1960: My Golden Favorites 1964: My Golden Favorites, Vol. 2 1969: Jackie Wilson's Greatest Hits (#43 R&B) 1983: The Jackie Wilson Story 1987: The Very Best of Jackie Wilson (re-released in 1993) 1992: Mr. Excitement! 2005: The Essential Jackie Wilson 2006: The Ultimate Jackie Wilson 2019: Gold
Charting singles 1950s Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum US USR&B AUS BEL (FL) NL UK "Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want to Meet)"b/w "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" (from Lonely Teardrops) 1957 62 5 10 1 1 1 BPI: GoldHe's So Fine "To Be Loved"b/w "Come Back to Me" 1958 22 7 64 19 — 23 "As Long as I Live"b/w "I'm Wanderin'" 70 11 — — — — "We Have Love"b/w "Singing a Song" 93 15 — — — —Lonely Teardrops "Lonely Teardrops"b/w "In the Blue of Evening" 7 1 53 — — — "That's Why (I Love You So)"b/w "Love Is All" 1959 13 2 — — — — "I'll Be Satisfied"b/w "Ask" 20 6 — — — —So Much "You Better Know It"b/w "Never Go Away" (from So Much) 37 1 — — — —Lonely Teardrops "Talk That Talk"b/w "Only You, Only Me" 34 3 — — — —So Much "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
1960s Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum US USR&B AUS BEL (FL) NL UK "Night" 1960 4 3 19 17 — —A Woman, a Lover, a Friend "Doggin' Around" 15 1 76 — — —Jackie Sings the Blues "(You Were Made For) All My Love" 12 — 30 — — 33A Woman, a Lover, a Friend "A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" 15 1 30 — — — "Alone at Last" 8 20 11 — — 50Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies "Am I the Man" 32 10 — — — —A Woman, a Lover, a Friend "My Empty Arms" 9 25 — — — —Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies "The Tear of the Year" 44 10 — — — —Body and Soul "Please Tell Me Why" 1961 20 11 — — — —Jackie Sings the Blues "Your One and Only Love" 40 — — — — —A Woman, a Lover, a Friend "I'm Comin' on Back to You" 19 9 — — — —By Special Request "Lonely Life" 80 — — — — — "Years from Now" 37 25 — — — —Non-album tracks "You Don't Know What It Means" 79 19 — — — — "My Heart Belongs to Only You" 65 — — — — —By Special Request "The Way I Am" 58 — — — — — "The Greatest Hurt" 34 — — — — —Body and Soul "There'll Be No Next Time" 75 — — — — — "I Found Love" (with Linda Hopkins)b/w "There's Nothing Like Love" 1962 93 — — — — —Non-album tracks "Hearts"b/w "Sing (And Tell the Blues So Long)" (Non-album track) 58 — — — — —Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies "I Just Can't Help It"b/w "My Tale of Woe" (Non-album track) 70 17 — — — —Somethin' Else!! "Forever and a Day"b/w "Baby, That's All" (Non-album track) 82 — — — — —Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies "What Good Am I Without You"b/w "A Girl Named Tamiko" 121 — — — — — Baby Workout "Baby Workout"b/w "I'm Going Crazy (Gotta Get You Off My Mind)" (Non-album track) 1963 5 1 66 — — 93 "Shake a Hand" (with Linda Hopkins)b/w "Say I Do" (Non-album track) 42 21 — — — —Shake a Hand "Shake! Shake! Shake!"b/w "He's a Fool" (Non-album track) 33 21 — — — —Baby Workout "Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)"b/w "The New Breed" 61 — — — — —Non-album track "I'm Travelin' On"b/w "Haunted House" 1964 123 — — — — —Non-album tracks "Call Her Up"b/w "The Kickapoo" (from Baby Workout) 110 48 — — — — "Big Boss Line"b/w "Be My Girl" 94 34 — — — —Somethin' 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) 102 39 — — — —Soul Time "Danny Boy"b/w "Soul Time" 1965 94 25 — — — — "No Pity (In the Naked City)"b/w "I'm So Lonely" (Non-album track) 59 25 — — — — "I Believe I'll Love On"b/w "Lonely Teardrops" (from Spotlight on Jackie Wilson) 96 34 — — — —Non-album tracks "Think Twice" (with LaVern Baker)b/w "Please Don't Hurt Me" 93 37 — — — — "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"b/w "The Fairest of Them All" 1966 11 5 — — — —Whispers "I Don't Want to Lose You" 1967 84 11 — — — — "Just Be Sincere" 91 43 — — — — "I've Lost You"b/w "Those Heartaches" 82 35 — — — —Higher and Higher "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"b/w "I'm the One to Do It" 6 1 24 — 57 11 BPI: Gold "Since You Showed Me How to Be Happy"b/w "The Who Who Song" (Non-album track) 32 22 — — — —I Get the Sweetest Feeling "For Your Precious Love" (with Count Basie)b/w "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" 1968 49 26 — — — —Manufacturers of Soul "Chain Gang" (with Count Basie)b/w "Funky Broadway" 84 37 — — — — "I Get the Sweetest Feeling"b/w "Nothing But Blue Skies" 34 12 — 19 21 3 BPI: PlatinumI Get the Sweetest Feeling "For Once in My Life"b/w "You Brought About a Change in Me" (from I Get the Sweetest Feeling) 70 — — — — —It's All a Part of Love "I Still Love You"b/w "Hum De Dum De Do"1969 105 39 — — — —Non-album tracks "Helpless"b/w "Do It the Right Way" (Non-album track) 108 21 — — — —Do Your Thing "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
1970s Titles (A-side, B-side)YearPeak chart positionsAlbum US USR&B AUS BEL (FL) NL UK "Let This Be a Letter (To My Baby)"b/w "Didn't I"1970 91 34 — — — —This Love Is Real "(I Can Feel Those Vibrations) This Love Is Real"b/w "Love Uprising" 56 9 — — — — "Love Is Funny That Way"b/w "Try It Again" 1971 95 18 — — — —You Got Me Walking "You Got Me Walking"b/w "The Fountain" 93 22 — — — — "The Girl Turned Me On""Forever and a Day" 1972 — 44 — — — — "Because of You"b/w "Go Away" 1973 — 45 — — — —Beautiful Day "Sing a Little Song"b/w "No More Goodbyes" — 95 — — — —Non-album tracks "Don't Burn No Bridges" (with The Chi-Lites)b/w "Don't Burn No Bridges" (Instrumental) 1975 — 91 — — — —Nobody But You "Nobody But You"b/w "I've Learned About Life" 1976 — — — — — — "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 Year Song Year-EndPosition 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
References