Jackie Wilson Lee's Sensation Club as a solo singer, then formed a group called the Falcons that included cousin Levi Stubbs, who later led the Four Tops. (Two other Wilson cousins, Hubert Johnson and Levi's brother Joe, later became members of the Contours.) The other Falcons joined Hank Ballard as part of the Midnighters, including Alonzo Tucker and Billy Davis, who worked with Wilson several years later as a solo artist. Tucker and Wilson collaborated as songwriters on a few songs Wilson recorded, including his 1963 hit "Baby Workout". Jackie Wilson was discovered by talent agent Johnny Otis, who recruited him for
Jackie Wilson the audience to come up to the stage and kiss him. Wilson often said "if I get the ugliest girl in the audience to come up and kiss me, they'll all think they can have me and keep coming back and buying my records." Jackie Wilson was a regular on TV, making regular appearances on such shows as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "American Bandstand", "Shindig!", "Shivaree" and "Hullabaloo". His only movie appearance was in the rock and roll film "Go, Johnny, Go!", where he performed his 1959 hit song "You Better Know It". In 1958, Davis and Gordy left Wilson