Jackie Wilson replaced Clyde McPhatter as lead singer of the Dominoes in 1953 and remained with them for three years. He went on to a successful solo career that lasted almost two decades until, in 1975, he had a stroke on stage that left him in a vegetative state until he died nine years later. This sharp-looking clip from The Ed Sullivan Show comes from early in his solo career. The last of these three songs to be recorded was "Alone at Last" in 1960, so that's probably the date.
A bonus: The picture is not as sharp, but the song, "Higher and Higher," released in 1967, is a Chicago soul classic.
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