Allen LaMar "Al" Wilson (June 19, 1939 – April 21, 2008) was an American so… Read Full Bio ↴Allen LaMar "Al" Wilson (June 19, 1939 – April 21, 2008) was an American soul singer best known for the hit song "Show and Tell", and in the UK for the earlier hit, "The Snake"
Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He showed little interest in education but performed in school plays, sang in talent shows and won first prize in a local art contest. Wilson began his career at the age of 12 leading his own spiritual quartet and singing in the church choir, even performing covers of country and western hits as circumstances dictated. While he was in high school, Wilson and his family relocated to San Bernardino, California, where he worked odd jobs as a mail carrier, a janitor, and an office clerk, in addition to teaching himself to play drums; after graduation he spent four years touring with Johnny Harris and the Statesmen before joining the U.S. Navy and singing with an enlisted men's chorus. He also developed his stand-up comedy routine to fall back on in case he didn't make it as a singer.
After a two-year military stint, Wilson settled in Los Angeles, touring the local nightclub circuit before joining the R&B vocal group the Jewels; from there he landed with the Rollers, followed by a stint with the instrumental combo the Souls. In 1966, Wilson signed with manager Marc Gordon, who quickly scored his client an a cappella audition for Johnny Rivers — the "Secret Agent Man" singer not only signed Wilson to his Soul City imprint, but also agreed to produce the sessions that yielded the 1968 R&B smash "The Snake" (U.S. #27),which has been very popular on the Northern Soul music circuit in the UK; it also provided Wilson with his only British chart hit, reaching number 41 in 1975. The minor hit "Do What You Gotta Do" appeared that same year. In 1969, Wilson charted with his cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Lodi" (U.S. #67), and Rivers' own "Poor Side Of Town" (U.S. #75).
Wilson largely disappeared from sight until 1973, when he issued the platinum-selling Show And Tell — the album's success was spurred by the shimmering "Show and Tell", a Johnny Mathis castoff that sold well over a million copies.
"The La La Peace Song", released in 1974, proved another hit but caused some trouble as OC Smith had also recorded a version around the same time and sales suffered as a result. Two years later in 1976 he recorded "I've Got a Feeling We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again" for Playboy Records which cracked the R&B Top Three. He tried to leave Playboy Records but was unable to get a release from his contract. Two years later the label folded. With 1979's "Count the Days" Wilson scored his final chart hit, however, and he spent the next two decades touring clubs and lounges; in 2001 he re-recorded his classic hits for the album Spice of Life.
In March 2007 many of his original master tapes were lost to a fire that swept through his home garage he had converted into a recording studio.
Wilson died April 21, 2008 of kidney failure, in Fontana, California at the age of 68.
Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi. He showed little interest in education but performed in school plays, sang in talent shows and won first prize in a local art contest. Wilson began his career at the age of 12 leading his own spiritual quartet and singing in the church choir, even performing covers of country and western hits as circumstances dictated. While he was in high school, Wilson and his family relocated to San Bernardino, California, where he worked odd jobs as a mail carrier, a janitor, and an office clerk, in addition to teaching himself to play drums; after graduation he spent four years touring with Johnny Harris and the Statesmen before joining the U.S. Navy and singing with an enlisted men's chorus. He also developed his stand-up comedy routine to fall back on in case he didn't make it as a singer.
After a two-year military stint, Wilson settled in Los Angeles, touring the local nightclub circuit before joining the R&B vocal group the Jewels; from there he landed with the Rollers, followed by a stint with the instrumental combo the Souls. In 1966, Wilson signed with manager Marc Gordon, who quickly scored his client an a cappella audition for Johnny Rivers — the "Secret Agent Man" singer not only signed Wilson to his Soul City imprint, but also agreed to produce the sessions that yielded the 1968 R&B smash "The Snake" (U.S. #27),which has been very popular on the Northern Soul music circuit in the UK; it also provided Wilson with his only British chart hit, reaching number 41 in 1975. The minor hit "Do What You Gotta Do" appeared that same year. In 1969, Wilson charted with his cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Lodi" (U.S. #67), and Rivers' own "Poor Side Of Town" (U.S. #75).
Wilson largely disappeared from sight until 1973, when he issued the platinum-selling Show And Tell — the album's success was spurred by the shimmering "Show and Tell", a Johnny Mathis castoff that sold well over a million copies.
"The La La Peace Song", released in 1974, proved another hit but caused some trouble as OC Smith had also recorded a version around the same time and sales suffered as a result. Two years later in 1976 he recorded "I've Got a Feeling We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again" for Playboy Records which cracked the R&B Top Three. He tried to leave Playboy Records but was unable to get a release from his contract. Two years later the label folded. With 1979's "Count the Days" Wilson scored his final chart hit, however, and he spent the next two decades touring clubs and lounges; in 2001 he re-recorded his classic hits for the album Spice of Life.
In March 2007 many of his original master tapes were lost to a fire that swept through his home garage he had converted into a recording studio.
Wilson died April 21, 2008 of kidney failure, in Fontana, California at the age of 68.
La La
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Al Wilson:
Do What You Gotta Do Girl I can understand how it might be kinda hard to…
I Won't Last a Day Without You Day after day I must face a world of strangers where…
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La La Peace Song Mmm hmm, la la, oh, yeah What's that sound, so profound Ove…
Poor Side of Town How can you tell me how much you miss me When…
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Touch and Go We can make it, baby If we only try Don't let our…
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Alice Spice
Gosh this such a beautiful song...So real so much soul
jmccracken1963
Thank you VERY much for sharing this with us!!!! This is the REAL deal - and why people of ALL ages (I'm almost 53) and ethnic backgrounds (I'm Italian-Irish-German-American) like soul and R&B music from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s (and a few select morsels from the 1980s). THIS is where the great songs (and great performers of same) are!!!!!
NinjaCon
too bad radio stations are too cheap and lazy to play the really good songs like this from back in the old days.
Mark Brown
I agree. Much better than what's played on regular radio today. SoulTown (Ch. 49) and Carolina Shag Radio (Ch. 701) on Sirius XM both play really good music. Those two stations are the main reason I keep Sirius XM Radio.
Richard Stevens
Caught this on Tony Monson's Solar Radio (UK) gospel show.. and thought it had to be Johnny Bristol. I wasn't;t far off given he co wrote it . Keep the Faith.Rich
MTN - A Rainbow Pastures Company
Which came first? OC Smith, or this?
OC Smith originally did that before Al Wilson did, and two different versions were released in 1974. OC's original version never charted when it was #23 on the R&B charts, and this version peaked at #19, and this version finally won the battle.
MrTony2575
Maann! We used to dance to this with such a pleasure in the recreation center, church halls, and after school jams!!!!!
Keith White
MrTony2575
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Great and therefore in my Groove Magicians playlist
sauquoit13456
On this day in 1974 {December 7th} Al Wilson performed "La La Peace Song"* on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandstand'...
The week before it was at #54 on Billboard's Top 100, that was also it's last week on the chart, one month earlier on November 10th it had peaked at #30 {for 2 weeks}...
It reached #19 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
Between 1968 and 1976 he had eight records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10, "Show and Tell", it peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on January 13th, 1974...
Mr. Wilson, born Allen LaMar Wilson, passed away at the age of 68 on April 21st, 2008...
May he R.I.P.
* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, exactly eighteen years earlier on December 7th, 1956 there was another 'La La' record on the Top 100 chart, Georgia Gibb's "Tra La La" was at #39...