Higher and Higher - Jackie Wilson | The Midnight Special

[@youngw1ze]

This show needs a documentary

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Beyond Great

[@WW-tg5pu]

Wow! The VOICE, the moves, the everything!!!!

[@coinneachmaclellan3121]

One of the best singers ever!!!

[@kevin6667]

As the horns made their emblazoned entrance I could only imagine what those lucky souls in that room felt that night… and suddenly all the years between this performance and this amazing morning disappeared as Jackie’s energy and enthusiasm explode onstage - with all the original enthusiasm and optimism perfectly preserved… forever. Thank you AGAIN Midnight Special!! 🎉🎶🌟

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

🙏❤️☝️ exactly

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

I love horns in 50s 60s 70s music.. You don't hear them in music these days.

[@ddlee202257]

As usual, a great performance by the R&B legend Jackie Wilson nicknamed "Mr. Excitement!" Am I assuming the audience was told NOT to clap? I would have been dancing in my seat!!!

[@tonystone1016]

I loved the Midnight Special as a kid. All kinds of music -live- and starting at Midnight! It was a real treat!

[@polkhigh3333]

Jackie deserved better. Solace that his music still makes people smile and tap their toes.

[@joabei11]

“Mr. Excitement” what a sad and tragic end of his career and eventually his life.

[@Hotsauce639]

This was the Coachella of late night TV! The best singers of the 70s from every genre.

[@Modernaire]

Your LOVE …keeps lifting me … higher. That is so true. What a marvelous performance by Jackie. Perfect for Easter Sunday. Thank you Midnight Special and… Jackie, forevermore!🕊️

[@robertoseveno]

So great & uplifting. Perfect singer for this song as his falsettos are well sooo high! Drummer is on fire also. Wish more people like the lady about 1:00 we're on their feet loving it.

[@unique74muzik]

Mr Excitement.. The Champion of Rock and Soul

[@that70sgirl90]

He had some mad vocals! Happy Easter! 🐣🐰🐣🧡 Happy Sunday 🕊 thank you for sharing! ✝️

[@notinmyUSMC]

Happy Easter!

[@robmatlock7675]

This always felt uplifting, it's like a church song, always gets my toes taping. Lifts me up on a rainy day 😊

[@StephanieJeanne]

I liked his '67 recording of this song. Still sounded great in '74 hitting those high notes! Only missing the backup singers. Snazzy red outfit matched the red letters! ❤ 😊💜

[@tonybird8037]

That outfit looks like a dyed set of long johns one size too big

[@poempadgett4664]

@@tonybird8037 Comfy!☺️

[@lrprap]

😮 ​@@tonybird8037

[@RichardHail-jv3zf]

Classic💕 But is the outfit more red or fuscia?

[@BIZARBIES]

One of my favorite songs as kid.... and as an adult!

[@Christian-rj2yc]

A legend for sure!

[@garyprusha3883]

Oh my lord my lord what a voice

[@janicetrimmell6897]

The band, and especially those horns, are so bright and intense. I can't get enough of Jackie's energy and delivery. We love what you have done for us Midnight Special!!

[@bluesquirrel3919]

Saw him at the Regal Theater in Chicago. What a show!!! 🎶🔥🎉❤️ RIP 💕

[@KittyGrizGriz]

A feel great song, that makes you wanna “move” too, loved it as a kid & still do. Higher & Higher 💗 is all right, yeah!

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

HAVE HAD A POOR COPY OF THIS CLIP FOR A LONG TIME. SO GREAT TO SEE THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME IN CRYSTAL CLEAR PICTURE ❤ POST THE OTHER SONGS HE SANG ON THIS SHOW AS WELL, PLEASE ❤

[@gladysnesbitt2855]

Love love love Jackie Wilson ❤️ 💗

[@tdvcleve]

Mr. Energy !! Outstanding

[@maxthepupp]

Reet Petite!🤘😎🤘 ❤🙏 Hope everyone had a lovely Easter!

[@clapolla]

There will never be another

[@TLicht-gy2bc]

Klasse !

[@chester187]

Awesome!

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

It does prove it is live. Not a lip-sync..

[@MostlyBrenda]

Rita Coolidge had a big hit with a cover in '77, ten yrs. after Jackie. Much slower than this, however.

[@HellOnWheel]

I know this song from Ghostbusters 2. Didn't realize it wasn't an 80's song.

[@davidlawrence7681]

1967

[@Branner]

This is such a great performance--but you miss the background vocals.

[@dylanwinestone4625]

I'm so cool, I only need two guitar chords to make an awesome song!

[@darrenrunning5415]

Did The Midnight Special have a "house band" for solo performers like Jackie Wilson, or did they bring their own band?

[@jaimelimadasilva5364]

Em 1984 perdemos dois gênios da soul music Marvin Gaye e Jackie Wilson!😢

[@saj8]

Those two deaths marked an end of an era in Soul Music.

[@smooom]

Jackie rips this song live.

[@DannyHaralson-ol1io]

Don't see anybody. in the audience complaining.

[@Bamainjc]

Was he lip syncing ? Oh I forgot people actually sang live back then

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

I’m guessing he was born under the sign Gemini. Not a bad performance but the tempo seemed fast to me.

[@CDR807]

Watch his performance of (To Be Loved- on the Ed Sullivan show) or and live Jackie Wilson performance and you’ll see what a marvel he was

[@johnnylabu765]

Black elvis presley

[@ddlee202257]

OR Elvis = White Jackie Wilson IMHO

[@rosskstar]

Why jack with the speed, Jack?

[@kevingoins9858]

The house band.

[@charlesrodriguez4147]

Bruno Mars?

[@Jackie-ji2sj]

Bruno can only dream of being Jackie ❤

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

wow what’s with all the toxic comments from losers ☝️

[@kevin6667]

Ignore the trolls :-)

[@jane---489]

*_They're the real "losers", and then some ..._*

[@tonybird8037]

The real loser is 70’s fashion

[@Oklahoma-Dreaming]

After reading comments I had to read part of Jackie’s BIO. It looks like he had a heart attack in the mid-70s while performing then he died, I think in 1984, from complications due to pneumonia. I’m not sure if the two events were related. I don’t know when this was filmed but I’m guessing it was pretty close to his heart attack. Anyways the fans in this crowd - and comments here as well - seem about as excited as I am when the WNBA season starts. What does WNBA stand for again?

[@AdrianDeVore]

WNBA = Women's National Basketball Association 🏀

[@sidthompso8097]

Everyone says James brown ha ha