Summary: Wilson joined the Cavaliers after his discharge from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas in 1962.
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Description: Vocalist, USA
Known For: Member and lead singer of The Cavaliers
Instruments: Voice
Music Styles: Rock
Location: United States of America
Date Born: 11th December 1941
Location Born: Lufkin, Texas, United States of America
Date Died: 4th October 1991
Location Died: Lufkin, Texas, United States of America
Cause Of Death: Kidney failure
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J.Frank Wilson
An American singer, the lead vocalist of J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers.
Wilson joined the Cavaliers after his discharge from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas in 1962.
The Cavaliers’ first chart hit was “Last Kiss”, a song written by Wayne Cochran, who had based the song on a car accident in Barnesville, Georgia, near where he lived.
In October 1964, the British music magazine NME reported that Wilson had himself been involved in an auto accident near Memphis, Tennessee, in which his 27-year-old record producer, Sonley Rouch, was killed, and Wilson was seriously injured.
While J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers recorded many more songs, and “Last Kiss” was subsequently covered successfully by Wednesday and Pearl Jam, the band charted with only one other song, “Hey, Little One”, which reached #85.
Wilson, with or without the Cavaliers, continued to release records until 1978. While he continued to tour and play, Wilson died on October 4, 1991, at the age of 49, from alcoholism.
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