From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Frank Wilson is an
African American former
songwriter and
record producer for
Motown Records. He joined the company in
1965, working with
Brenda Holloway. He went on to write and produce hit records for
Brenda Holloway,
The Supremes,
The Four Tops,
Eddie Kendricks, and more. Wilson also tried his hand at being a recording artist himself, recording the single “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" for release on the Motown subsidiary label 'Soul.' Supposedly 250 demo 45s were pressed, but by that time Frank Wilson decided he would rather focus on producing and had the demos trashed. Somehow at least two known copies survived, one of which fetched £15,000 (aprox. $28,000.00). Because of the scarcity of the original single and the high quality of the music (it was one of the most popular records in the
Northern soul movement), it has been championed as one of the rarest and most valuable records in history (along with other "impossible to find" records by such acts as
Bessie Smith,
Louis Armstrong, and the
Five Sharps).
Wilson left Motown in 1976 and became a born-again Christian. He is now a minister, traveling and writing books with his wife Bunny Wilson, and is also involved in the production of gospel music as well.
