JACKIE WILSON: REET PETITE - 20 GREATEST HITS [NLD 1987] EN GIRONA

JACKIE WILSON: REET PETITE - 20 GREATEST HITS [NLD 1987] LP/COMP JACKIE WILSON: REET PETITE - 20 GREATEST HITS [NLD 1987] LP/COMP Jackie Wilson   "Reet Petite 20 Greatest Hits"  LP (Masters)  1987  made in Holland cat. num.  MA 18287 #soul   A1 Reet Petite   A2 Chain Gang   A3 This Guy's In Love With You   A4 Shake, Shake, Shake   A5 Just Be Sincere   A6 I Don't Want To Lose You   A7 It's All Part Of Love   A8 Lonely Teardrops   A9 Tears Will Tell It All   A10 Alone At Last   B1 Danny Boy   B2 We Have Love   B3 Satisfy My Soul   B4 My Heart Is Calling   B5 Only You, Only Me   B6 Soul Galore   B7 Say You Will   B8 Don't Burn No Bridges   B9 Working On My Woman's Heart   B10 Because Of You   Although one really had to see  Jackie Wilson  live to truly appreciate his considerable talents as a singer and entertainer, his legacy today rests with his recordings from the late 1950s and early '60s with Brunswick Records, the key tracks of which are collected here.  Wilson  in concert was sort of a cross between  Sam Cooke  and  James Brown, putting on a riveting and strenuous show, but in the studio that very energetic and physical connection he could make with an audience didn't come so much into play, and his records are sort of  Jackie Wilson  light as a consequence. That doesn't mean they aren't good, though, and tracks here like "Reet Petite" (written by a young  Berry Gordy  -- many of  Wilson 's songs during the Brunswick years were written or co-written by  Gordy), "Lonely Teardrops," the impressive and moving "Shake Shake Shake," "I Don't Want To Lose You" and "Satisfy My Soul" are all classics and show  Wilson 's considerable stylistic versatility.