Precious Wilson

Precious Wilson (born October 18, 1957 in Spanish Town , Jamaica ) is a Jamaican pop singer who was successful both with her band Eruption and solo.

Career

With eruption

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Wilson began her career in 1975 as a background singer in the British band Eruption, which had been in existence for several years . The group won the RCA Soul Search Contest in London and released their first single. After the previous lead singer Lindell Leslie left the band Eruption, Wilson became the new lead singer . In the changed lineup toured it in the following years due to Germany where Frank Farian became aware of the band in 1977, the band a recording contract procured and in the same year as the opening act of Boney M.let occur. The second single , I Can't Stand the Rain , became a top 10 hit in Germany, England, Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland, and a top 20 hit in the United States. Another hit in Germany came with One Way Ticket , before Wilson left the band in 1979 in favor of a solo career.

solo

Wilson released her first single as a solo artist, Hold On I'm Coming , a cover version of the title by Sam & Dave , in the year she separated from Eruption, but without any notable success. In 1980 the album On the Race Track was released . The first single, Cry to Me , a cover version of a Solomon Burke title , failed to make it into the charts in Germany, but reached number 3 in Switzerland. This title was also broadcast on East German television. The population took notice, especially through the appearance with Helga Hahnemann . Only the second single, We Are on the Race Track , was a success and rose to number 11 in the German charts.

The single released in the following year I Need You reached again only a moderate commercial success in Germany, in Switzerland, however, the title was again in the top 10 in 1982 was followed by the second album called All Colored in Love , which as well as the singles not to could follow previous successes. When the 1983 album Funky Fingers also flopped, the record company broke their contract. Wilson then returned to England and signed a new contract with Jive Records . She released the album Precious Wilson and several singles, including the title track for the movie On the Hunt for the Jewel of the Nile with Michael Douglas . Although the film itself was highly successful, the musical success continued to fail, something the production team Stock Aitken Waterman , with whom she worked in 1987, could not change anything. It wasn't until the early 1990s that it had smaller successes again, Spacer was able to place itself in France and a cover version of Donna Summers I Feel Love reached the top 20 in Great Britain.

Wilson performed as Eruption feat in the 2000s with her solo and band hits. Precious Wilson up.

Discography

See also : Eruption (British band)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		DE
1981	On the race track	DE34 (14 weeks) DE	First published: October 1980

More albums

• 1977: Eruption (Eruption feat. Precious Wilson)
• 1979: Leave a Light (with eruption)
• 1982: All Colored in Love
• 1982: Red Light
• 1983: Funky Fingers
• 1986: Precious Wilson

Compilations

• 1981: Three of a Kind (with Amii Stewart and Viola Wills )
• 1996: Funky Dancer
• 2007: Greatest Hits (with Eruption)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	R&B
1978	I Can't Stand the Rain Eruption	DE1 (31 weeks) DE	AT4 (16 weeks) AT	CH8 (8 weeks) CH	UK5 silver (11 weeks)UK	R&B18 (22 weeks) R&B	First published: January 23, 1978 Sales: + 200,000 Eruption feat. Precious Wilson
1981	Cr-Cr-Cr-Cry to Me On the Race Track	-	-	CH3 (8 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: August 1980
	We Are on the Racetrack On the Race Track	DE11 (22 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: January 1981
1982	I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody To Love) All Colored in Love	DE39 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH6 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: October 1981
	I Don't Know All Colored in Love	DE33 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: May 1982
1983	Raising My Family All Colored in Love	DE61 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: December 1982
1985	I'll Be Your Friend Precious Wilson	-	-	-	UK87 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1985
1992	I Feel Love 21st Century Jesus	-	-	-	UK19 (5 weeks) UK	-	First release: September 1992 Messiah feat. Precious Wilson

More singles

• 1978: Love Is a Feelin ' (Eruption feat.Precious Wilson)
• 1979: Hold On I'm Coming / Funky Dancer (You Got Me Dancing) (Release: August)
• 1981: If I Loved You Less (released February 20)
• 1982: You Haven't Heard the Last of Me
• 1982: Red Light (release: October)
• 1983: Let's Move Aerobics
• 1984: River Deep, Mountain High (release: March)
• 1984: Cry to Me (EP)
• 1985: I'll Be Your Friend (release: September)
• 1986: Nice Girls Don't Last
• 1986: The Jewel of the Nile (release: May)
• 1986: Love Can't Wait
• 1987: Only the Strong Survive (release: July)
• 1988: I Can't Stand the Rain 88 (Eruption feat. Precious Wilson)
• 1990: I May Be Right 4U
• 1992: Spacer (with The Funky French Guy)

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2. ↑ swisscharts.com
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5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles Albums UK
6. ↑ ^{a b} gold / platinum databases: UK

Web links

• Precious Wilson at Allmusic (English)
• Precious Wilson at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Rateyourmusic.com (English)