Jackie Wilson: Jackie Wilson. Soundtrack: Coming to America. Jackie "Sonny" Wilson was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Highland Park, the only son of Jack and Eliza Mae Wilson from Columbus, Mississippi. His father was an alcoholic and constantly unemployed, and his mother, who had lost two earlier children, doted on Jackie and became a powerful influence in his life. He began to sing at an early age, and even...
Known For: Coming to America (Soundtrack("To Be Loved")), Ghostbusters II (Soundtrack("Higher and Higher")), Date Night (Soundtrack("(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher")), Death to Smoochy (Soundtrack("(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"))