From The Collection Of Paul Ressler

(Biweekly 11/27/04 - 12/10/04)

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"The Rainy Day Blues"
by Sonny Wilson [Jackie Wilson]
on dee gee 4000 A
released in 1952

Left: Photo of Jackie Wilson, known as "Sonny Wilson" on his first records (when he was 17 years old). Click HERE for an article about Jackie Wilson by G. David Yaros.

Above: Label image of dee gee 4000 A, the first of two releases by Wilson on dee gee in 1952. "dee gee" was a small Detroit label owned by Dizzy Gillespie, hence the initials.

Click on an option below to listen to "The Rainy Day Blues" by Sonny Wilson using Windows Media Player.
[Audio restoration by Dave Saviet.]

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