Jackie Wilson

Archie Bell, a native of Houston, Texas, grew up listening to his mother sing in the Baptist church. Out of her seven sons she singled out Archie and suggested that he should try to be a singer. After seeing Jackie Wilson and Sam Cooke in concert together, Archie decided that would be his path as well. He formed Archie Bell and The Drells in junior high and they were heavily influenced by the show band style of the Kashmere High School Stage Band under the direction of the legendary Conrad Johnson. In his NAMM interview, Archie discussed the history of his number one hit "Tighten

Bobby Brooks Wilson is the son of famed soul singer, Jackie Wilson, but he didn’t always know that. Bobby grew up loving music and only found out who his biological father was after so many people told him that he looked and sounded just like him! After serving in the US Navy, Bobby started his musical career in Hawaii where he joined The Love Notes. Fans of his father were skeptical at first, but after hearing his beautiful voice they were sold. Bobby also discussed in his NAMM Oral History interview the influence Otis Redding had on him, and how having an opera singer as a vocal

Joyce Moore has been encouraged by many friends and family members for years to write a book. After her NAMM interview, we concluded the same thing. Joyce was there when Jackie Wilson recorded “Higher and Higher.” She had an onboard tour of the very plane that crashed two months later, killing Otis Redding and seven others. Being married to Sam Moore for 40 years put her right in the middle of his fascinating career as did her role as assistant Maître D at Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago. Her passion for music and witnessing artists not being fully compensated for their recordings propelle