Prince, Michael Jackson, and even The Godfather of Soul have to take a back seat to the stage presence of this man.  My Father years ago told me about a performer who was like none other.  Word was that women at his  concert performances littered the stage with room keys, notes, and an  occsional undergarment (so he MUST have been a Bad Man in the sexually  repressed Fifties).  It certainly comes through in his music.  Wilson was  a great performer, like none before him.  Not as flamboyant as Little  Richard, but better pipes, and more raw emotion that could ever be  harnessed.  he was.  Moves as fluid as a ballet dancer combined with the  athleticism of a boxer (which we was), passion, and a voice like an opera  singer.