Product Details

• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Rhino / Wea
• VHS Release Date: June 6, 1991
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302043131
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,523 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MR. EXCITEMENT INDEED!!!, December 4, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Shindig Presents Jackie Wilson [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Shindig! presents Jackie Wilson is at this point the definitive video on this immencely talented performer. It is also the best volume in the entire Shindig! series of video releases. It is produced better than all the rest and with good reason. When it came to performing on stage this man put all the rest to shame. When watching the other volumes in this series it is so apparant why Jackie Wilson always headlined the shows he appeared on. He was a dynamic performer. Just watch the other shows and you will see what I mean. Not to knock all the performers, but they either have a staged routine or they look like they are just throwing themselves around the stage. When Jackie was on the show he was incredible. He seems to know how to work the camera angles without missing a beat. The production value seems to be a little better when Jackie is on, or maybe he just makes everybody look good. While it's not without flaws, such as the dancers and the stage sets (watch the microphone bounce while The Wellington's are singing backup on top of a platform during
"I Believe I'll Love On"). However you can't fault Jackie for these things. They are just part of 1960's television. It's fun to see these things and the interaction of the performers, such as Jerry Lee Lewis, The Righteous Brothers and Jackie singing "Whole Lotta Shakin Goin' On", or Billy Preston on key boards during "I'm So Lonely", or when Jackie invites Darlene Love & The Blossoms, Bobby Sherman, Donna Loren, and Glen Campbell to "Sing (And Tell The Blues So Long)". This video is probably the closest thing to seeing the man in concert. It only offers us a glimpse (as we were not getting a full Jackie Wilson show but performances taken from shows that aired between 1964-1966.) In his day Jackie Wilson was the most explosive performer to walk across a stage. He could drive audiences into frenzies and no performer could go on after Jackie. A Jackie Wilson show was something to see and this Shingig! video offers us just a glimpse at what a talent this man was. Sadly he is often forgotten or overlooked and his music dismissed. Which is a shame as Jackie's music may vary but his talent always shines through. While there hasn't been a tv show or film or documentary on Jackie maybe some day some one will see this video and change all that. Hopefully this show will be made available on dvd as well.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mr excitement lives on, April 13, 2004

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kwame johnson (chicago il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shindig Presents Jackie Wilson [VHS] (VHS Tape)

although i wasnt born in wilson's heyday, i am a tremendous fan of his music because of my mother playing his records.the first picture i saw of him sadly was an article by sun times columnist bob green titled "teardrops real now for forgotten star" that showed him after his collapse on stage. when i purchased this video about 10 years ago i coulnt wait to get it home. i have watched it religiously ever since. he could really emote during a song and his range is incredible. there was a quote in nelson georger book" the death of rhythem and blues that referred

to "danny boy" as "crap", but anyone who sees this tape will realize that wilson was a magician who could and did sing anything.buy this video!!!!!!

p.s additional footrage of wilson is available on various ed sullivan rock and roll classics volumes.footage of him performing the following songs:"lonely teardrops", "im comin on back to you", "night" "thats why"

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great documentation of the soulful sixties, February 12, 1999

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P. GROOM "P Groom" (UK - Glos) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shindig Presents Jackie Wilson [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was tremendously enthralled by this video, it really has everything. Shindig is a very impressive all-out party show from the sixties and there is balconies of dancers all doing THAT sixties dance (with the arms waving up and down!) and also you can see the musicians bopping away too, the atmosphere is excellent. Imagine all of this and then Jackie Wilson in the middle being possibly the most suave man I have ever seen, his expression is one of pure love for the music, the singing here is outstanding, especially in Danny Boy, where it breaks down to a vocal solo and, unshielded by the safety of backing music, he hits a killer note spot on before the music comes back in, i can't stop watching it! All the tracks appear to be live performances here. There are two curiosities included too, one - a kind of everybody who was on that nights show jam, which was centred around Jerry Lee Lewis on the piano singing 'Whole Lot Of Shakin Goin On' including the Righteous brothers and Jackie, and two - an advert for milk from the sixties which is at once cringeworthy and priceless. All in all a classic video showing Jackie singing, doing back drops and spins and having a great time.

I am 25 from England, I dj at a Motown and Northern Soul night and sing in a band. My other favourites are The Temptations, Four Tops and Billie Holiday.