Soul singer Al Wilson, a longtime resident of the Route 66 town of San Bernardino, Calif., and a performer at its Route 66 Rendezvous, died Monday at an area hospital at age 68, reports the Inland Press-Enterprise.
He also performed at the John Steinbeck Awards, a ceremony for Route 66’s movers and shakers, in San Bernardino in 2005.
According to Reuters, he died of kidney failure.
He was born in Mississippi but moved to San Bernardino when he was a teenager.
A garage fire destroyed Wilson’s home studio and many of his master tapes last spring.
Wilson’s biggest and best-known hit was “Show and Tell,” which went to No. 1 on the U.S. singles charts in 1974.
Here’s a good biography on Wikipedia.
And here’s Wilson’s biggest hit, on the “Soul Train” television show, during his peak:
That is just too sad. I wish his family well.
“Show and tell” was one of our songs.
Dan and Fay O
Twentynine Palms, Ca
AL WILSON Requiescent In Pace,,,Thanks AL for many great times in our lifes,great voice,great music,God Bless