▁Ber ry ▁G ord y ▁the ▁funds ▁used ▁to ▁establish ▁his ▁H its ville ▁USA ▁recording ▁studio , ▁the ▁foundation ▁for ▁his ▁Tam la ▁and ▁Mot own ▁record ▁labels . ▁ ▁Jack ie ▁Wilson ’ s ▁wid ow ▁Har lean ▁Wilson ▁said ▁the ▁following ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁interview ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Def ender : ▁Jack ie , ▁she ▁adds , ▁ow ed ▁much ▁of ▁his ▁commercial ▁success ▁in ▁the ▁music ▁business ▁to ▁his ▁dedicated ▁producer ▁at ▁Brun sw ick ▁Records , ▁Nat ▁T arn opol , ▁who ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁label ▁and ▁had ▁originally ▁brought ▁Jack ie ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁from ▁their ▁shared ▁native ▁city ▁of ▁Detroit . ▁Un like ▁many ▁other ▁African - American ▁entertain ers ▁of ▁the ▁day , ▁Wilson ▁was ▁treated ▁fairly ▁by ▁Brun sw ick ▁and ▁T arn opol , ▁says ▁Har lean , ▁but ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁the ▁company , ▁that ▁wasn ’ t ▁always ▁so : ▁The ▁singer ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁were ▁often ▁subject ed ▁to ▁pain ful , ▁v icious ▁rum ors ▁and ▁un tr uth s , ▁legal ▁ent ang lement s ▁and ▁other ▁ind ign ities , ▁including ▁women ▁who ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁linked ▁with ▁Jack ie ▁rom ant ically ▁and , ▁later , ▁both ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁claim ing ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁children . ▁One ▁cra zy , ▁completely ▁fabric ated ▁story ▁that ▁pers isted ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁had ▁Jack ie ▁being ▁held ▁outside ▁of ▁an ▁upper ▁story ▁of ▁a ▁building ▁ups