This is a discography of American singer Jackie Wilson.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Year Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
He's So Fine 1958
Lonely Teardrops 1959
So Much 1959
Jackie Sings the Blues 1960
A Woman, a Lover, a Friend 1960
You Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet 1961
By Special Request 1961
Body and Soul 1962
Jackie Wilson at the Copa 1962
Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies 1963
Baby Workout 1963 78
Shake a Hand (with Linda Hopkins) 1963
Somethin' Else! 1964
Soul Time 1965
Spotlight on Jackie Wilson! 1965
Whispers 1966 108 15
Higher and Higher 1967 163 28
Manufacturers of Soul (with Count Basie) 1968
I Get the Sweetest Feeling 1968
Do Your Thing 1969 50
This Love is Real 1970
You Got Me Walkin' 1971
Beautiful Day 1973
Nobody But You 1976
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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  • 1960: My Golden Favorites
  • 1963: My Golden Favorites, Vol. 2
  • 1966: Soul Galore
  • 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

Singles

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1950s

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Titles (A-side, B-side) Year Peak 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)
1957 62 5 10 1[a] 1[a] 1[b] He's So Fine
"To Be Loved"
b/w "Come Back to Me"
1958 22 3 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

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

[4]
AUS BEL (FL)
[5]
NL
[6]
UK
[7][8]
"(You Were Made For) All My Love" 1960 12 2 30 33 A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"A Woman, a Lover, a Friend" 15 1 30
"Night" 4 3 19 17
"Doggin' Around" 15 1 76 Jackie Sings the Blues
"Alone at Last" 8 20 11 50 Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"Am I the Man" 32 10 A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"My Empty Arms" 1961 9 25 Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"The Tear of the Year" 44 10 Body and Soul
"Please Tell Me Why" 20 11 Jackie Sings the Blues
"Your One and Only Love" 40 8 A Woman, a Lover, a Friend
"I'm Comin' on Back to You" 19 9 By Special Request
"Lonely Life" 80 14
"Years from Now" 37 25 Non-album tracks
"You Don't Know What It Means" 79 19
"My Heart Belongs to Only You" 65 15 By Special Request
"The Way I Am" 58 11
"The Greatest Hurt" 1962 34 9 Body and Soul
"There'll Be No Next Time" 75 22
"I Found Love" (with Linda Hopkins)
b/w "There's Nothing Like Love"
93 27 Non-album tracks
"Hearts"
b/w "Sing (And Tell the Blues So Long)" (Non-album track)
58 13 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 24 Jackie Wilson Sings the World's Greatest Melodies
"What Good Am I Without You"
b/w "A Girl Named Tamiko"
1963 121 38 Baby Workout
"Baby Workout"
b/w "I'm Going Crazy (Gotta Get You Off My Mind)" (Non-album track)
5 1 66 93[a]
"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 10 Baby Workout
"Baby Get It (And Don't Quit It)"
b/w "The New Breed"
61 15 Non-album track
"I'm Travelin' On"
b/w "Haunted House"
1964 123 35 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 20
"She's All Right"
b/w "Watch Out" (Non-album track)
102 39 Soul Time
"Yes Indeed" (with Linda Hopkins)
b/w "When the Saints Go Marching In"
1965 94 28 Shake a Hand
"Danny Boy"
b/w "Soul Time"
94 25 Soul Time
"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"
1966 93 37
"3 Days 1 Hour 30 Minutes"
b/w "I've Got to Get Back (Country Boy)"
87 19 Soul Galore
"I Believe"
b/w "Be My Love"
98 31 Non-album tracks
"Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"
b/w "The Fairest of Them All"
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[a] 11[c]
"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"
b/w "Funky Broadway"
Jackie Wilson & Count Basie
84 37
"For Once in My Life"
b/w "You Brought About a Change in Me" (from I Get the Sweetest Feeling)
70 14 It's All a Part of Love
"I Get the Sweetest Feeling"
b/w "Nothing But Blue Skies"
34 12 19[a] 21[a] 3[a] I Get the Sweetest Feeling
"Helpless"
b/w "Do It the Right Way" (Non-album track)
1969 108 21 Do Your Thing
"I Still Love You"
b/w "Hum De Dum De Do"
105 39 Non-album tracks
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

1970s

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Titles (A-side, B-side) Year Peak chart positions Album
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"
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"
22 4
"The Girl Turned Me On"
"Forever and a Day"
44
"Because of You"
b/w "Go Away"
1973 45 12 Beautiful Day
"Sing a Little Song"
b/w "No More Goodbyes"
95 Non-album tracks
"Don't Burn No Bridges"
b/w "Don't Burn No Bridges" (Instrumental)
1975 91 20 Nobody But You
"Nobody But You"
b/w "I've Learned About Life"
1975 47
"It Only Happens When I Look At You"
b/w "Just As Soon As The Feeling's Over"
1975 34 8 66
"—" 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

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Year Song Year-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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g 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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  1. ^ "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Jackie Wilson Chart History - Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs". Billboard. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Discografie Jackie Wilson". Ultratop Vlaanderen (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Discografie Jackie Wilson". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records. 2006. p. 606. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. OCLC 64098209.
  8. ^ a b c d "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.