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(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Jackie Wilson

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LIST YEAR

1967

Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.

Annual curated selection.

RELEASE DATE & LIST YEAR

Release: 1967

Release: 1967Source checked

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1967 and belongs to the original Higher and Higher program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Higher and Higher - original Brunswick studio program
The licensed original program identifies the selected 1967 Jackie Wilson studio recordings. The original year is checked against the label catalog; inherited January or first-of-month days, remasters, concert versions and appended bonuses are not adopted as exact first-release events.

Jackie Wilson - Brunswick original catalog and artist history
The original label identifies the solo artist, original album programs and the separately labeled At the Copa live album and duet projects. Its original album chronology supports the selected studio programs, except the isolated Baby Workout 1962 heading, which conflicts with the licensed 1963 program and the independently documented original catalog issue.

ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Jackie Wilson

Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.

Jackie Wilson brought a highly flexible voice and precise rhythm to soul, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and orchestral popular songs. He began his solo Brunswick career in 1957 after singing with Billy Ward and the Dominoes. The label's catalog traces the contrast between his early singles and later soul arrangements, while his live reputation rested on athletic movement alongside controlled singing. His solo studio work is distinct from the concert recordings and separately credited duet projects.

Artist background sources

Brunswick - Jackie Wilson solo recording beginnings
The label describes Wilson's move from Billy Ward and the Dominoes to his solo Brunswick career and identifies Reet Petite as the debut single in the 1957 context. Studio recording and chart dates are not presented as exact public release days. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Jackie Wilson - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist context
The museum describes Wilson's precise singing and physically energetic stage performance. Used only for artist background, not studio release metadata. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

Retained annual-list context

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher by Jackie Wilson appears at number 53 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1967. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.

Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished

Billboard year-end 1967 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.

Other appearances and versions

Annual / 1967

catalog version unspecified

Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.

An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.