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Allen LaMar Wilson (June 19, 1939 – April 21, 2008) [1] was an American soul singer known for the million-selling number one hit "Show and Tell". He is also remembered for his Northern soul anthem, " The Snake ".
Wilson attended the University of Tennessee, and played for coach Phillip Fulmer's Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1995 to 1998. [4] [5] He was a team captain on the 1998 Tennessee team [6] that won the National Championship in the Fiesta Bowl over Florida State [7] and back-to-back Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships in the 1997 [8] and 1998 seasons.
"The Snake" is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. [2] [3] The song tells a story similar to Aesop's fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale "Mr. Snake and the Farmer". [4]
Show and Tell is an album by American soul singer, Al Wilson. Released in 1973, it includes the number one pop and top ten R&B hit title track, "Show and Tell". The album was arranged by H. B. Barnum with the cover photograph by Lamonte McLemore. The sleeve included the inscription, "Lovely ladies are Cisely Johnston and Carol Augustus.
A 1973 recording of the song by Al Wilson reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week on January 19, 1974; it sold over two million copies and was named a Cash Box #1 Single of the Year. Billboard ranked it as the #15 song for 1974. [5] Wilson's version also made #10 on the Hot Soul Singles chart.
Alan Christie Wilson (July 4, 1943 – September 3, 1970), nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues band Canned Heat. He sang and played harmonica and guitar with the group, live and on recordings.
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Albert Peter Wilson (December 1, 1895 – September 5, 1932) was an American film actor, producer and stunt pilot. Wilson died in Cleveland, Ohio , in an air crash while doing flying stunts at the 1932 Cleveland Air Races show.