Jackie Wilson

INCLUDES 2 BONUS TRACKS

This quintessential release includes Jackie Wilson’s sensational seventh LP, By Special Request, originally issued by the Brunswick label in 1961, and long unavailable on vinyl. Produced by Dick Jacobs, it contains some of Wilson’s greatest studio recordings from the beginning of his career.

By Special Request opens with the soulful title track “Cry.” It also contains wellknown numbers, such as the outstanding “The Way I Am” and the celebrated standards “Try a Little Tenderness,” “Mood Indigo” and “Stormy Weather,” among others. Wilson is inspired on just about every track. There is no filler. He trills, he growls, he uses melisma, he skirts to the top of his range with his effortless ease and surprising dramatic effect.

In addition to the original masterpiece, this WaxTime collector’s edition contains 2 bonus tracks from the same period: the joyful “(So Many) Cute Little Girls,” and the soul searching of “You Cried.”

PERSONNEL:

JACKIE WILSON, lead vocals on all tracks, plus:

SIDE 1, TRACKS 1, 2 & 6: Orchestra and chorus conducted/arranged by Bob Mersey.
Unidentified personnel. Recorded in New York City, between 1960 and 1961.

SIDE 1, TRACKS 3-5 & 7 / SIDE 2, TRACKS 1-7: The Dick Jacobs Orchestra and Chorus,
featuring: Jerome Richardson (saxophone), Al Caiola (guitar), Dick Hyman (organ),
Don Lamond (drums).

Recorded in New York City, between 1960 and 1961.

SIDE 1

01 CRY
02 MY HEART BELONGS TO ONLY YOU
03 STORMY WEATHER
04 TENDERLY
05 LONELY LIFE
06 THE WAY I AM
07 (SO MANY) CUTE LITTLE GIRLS (*)

SIDE 2

01 TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
02 MOOD INDIGO
03 YOU BELONG TO MY HEART
04 INDIAN LOVE CALL
05 ONE MORE TIME
06 I’M COMIN’ ON BACK TO YOU
07 YOU CRIED (*)

(*) BONUS TRACKS