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42-530: Fields was born in Wilson, North Carolina , United States, the son of Emma Jean Fields and John Fields. He was the second child of six children. Fields had an interest in music from an early age. He decided to go to New York , at the age of 17 to pursue a music career. Although his mother (whom he later named an album in honor of) tried to convince him not to go, she ended up giving him her last 20 dollars. With moves and style inspired by James Brown , Fields soon had

84-650: A 6-year, $ 250 million renovation of the plant, which was retooled to make run-flat passenger car tires that are sold in both the US and Japan. In 2014 the plant marked 1 million man-hours without a lost-time accident. Other large employers include Wilson County Schools; Wilson Medical Center; Smithfield Packing Co., pork products; UTC Aerospace Systems (formerly Kidde Aerospace and Defense before UTC's acquisition), aircraft fire protection systems; Sandoz , generic prescription drugs; Merck Manufacturing Division, pharmaceutical drugs; and Ardagh Group, glass containers. According to

126-467: A Chance" and "Shot Down" were two 7" singles he released on Daptone over 2001-2002 and in late 2002, the album Problems , on Soul Fire. In early 2005 he performed on "Stranded In Your Love" included on Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings ’ Naturally' LP . Another duet, "Will You Be True", was included on the 2014 remaster of Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings' debut album, Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and

168-400: A City Council-City Manager form of government. The City Council includes seven members who are elected by single-member districts and a mayor who is elected at-large . All terms are four years. The City Council makes policy and budget decisions. It appoints a city manager and staff to implement its decisions and operate the city's daily affairs. Elected continuously since 1992, C. Bruce Rose

210-663: A sublabel of Daptone Records , as well as a full-length album which was released on the Michels-cofounded label Truth & Soul Records in 2005. Titled Sounding Out the City , the album drew from library music and afrobeat influences. After performing with Raekwon at a concert, the group began working with other members of the Wu-Tang Clan and covered several of their songs for vinyl single releases. By 2009, this had yielded an album's worth of material, which

252-538: Is an American cinematic soul group led by musician and producer Leon Michels . Based in New York, the group is noted for its wide-ranging influences, analog production approach, and hip hop collaborations. The group released its first single in August 2002, and its debut album Sounding Out the City in 2005. After touring behind Raekwon and other Wu-Tang Clan members, the group recorded the popular cover album Enter

294-510: Is served by the interchange of Interstate 95 and U.S. Route 264 . Wilson had an estimated population of 49,459 in 2019, according to the U.S. Census Bureau , and is also an anchor city of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA , with a total population of 297,726 as of 2018. In the early 21st century, Wilson was ranked as 18th in size among North Carolina's 500-plus municipalities. From 1990 to 2010,

336-785: Is the Wilson Times , established in 1896. Broadcast network television stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX Affiliates), are based in Raleigh, North Carolina and include Wilson in their market. The city has built its own Government-access television (GATV) municipal cable TV provider known as Greenlight , which provides cable TV, digital phone and internet to its residents. Greenlight was formed in 2008 to provide an independent, locally owned and operated option for television, telephone and Internet broadband connectivity for Wilson residents. Since then, Greenlight has grown to provide services to more than 6,000 residential customers and businesses and

378-429: Is the City of Wilson's on-demand micro-transit service. RIDE replaced the fixed route bus system on September 1, 2020. RIDE is a partnership between the City of Wilson and Via, a leader in micro-transit service. https://www.wilsonnc.org/residents/all-departments/public-works/wilson-transit-ride-wilson-industrial-air-center/ride Wilson Medical Center is a 330-bed hospital. El Michels Affair El Michels Affair

420-403: Is the northern terminus of Interstate 795, which provides a route to Interstate 40 and the port city of Wilmington, North Carolina . As of the 2020 United States census , there were 47,851 people, 19,667 households, and 11,529 families residing in the city. As of the census of 2000, there were 44,405 people, 17,296 households, and 11,328 families residing in the city. The population density

462-578: The James Brown biographical movie, Get On Up . The song "Ladies" was played in the movie Magic Mike XXL in 2015. In 2016, the song "Could Have Been" was featured on the TV series Atlanta , he was featured as the musical guest on CBS This Morning , and the song "I'll Be Around" was on the soundtrack of the movie Keeping Up with the Joneses . A brief excerpt of "It Rains Love" can be heard during

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504-564: The National Register of Historic Places . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 23.4 square miles (61 km ), of which 23.3 square miles (60 km ) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km ) (0.64%) is water. Wilson is served by the intersection of Interstate 95 and US 264; and it is located approximately 45 minutes by car east of Raleigh, the state capital. It

546-857: The State senate during the Mexican–American War of 1848. Messrs. Joshua Barnes, John W. Farmer, James D. Barnes, Dylan Dieterle, Jonathan D. Rountree, and Arthur Farmer were named as the first town commissioners. The Gen. Joshua Barnes House , Branch Banking , Broad–Kenan Streets Historic District , Cherry Hotel , Davis-Whitehead-Harriss House , East Wilson Historic District , Old Wilson Historic District , Joseph John Pender House , Moses Rountree House , Upper Town Creek Rural Historic District , West Nash Street Historic District , Olzie Whitehead Williams House , Wilson Central Business-Tobacco Warehouse Historic District , Wilson County Courthouse , and Woodard Family Rural Historic District are listed on

588-525: The 1990s, Fields returned singing soul-blues on the Southern circuit. He signed with Mississippi-based Ace Records and debuted Enough Is Enough . On Ace, Fields released Coming to Tear the Roof Down in 1995 and Dreaming Big Time in 1996 in which he played keyboards and synthesizers. Later that year Fields signed to Desco Records founded by Gabriel Roth and Phillip Lehman . Sharon Jones , who

630-528: The 37th Chamber in 2009. After releasing other tribute albums in the following decade, El Michels Affair returned with the original albums Adult Themes in 2020 and Yeti Season in 2021. Since then, the group has released collaborative projects with Freddie Gibbs & Madlib , Liam Bailey , and Black Thought , including 2023's Glorious Game . Michels played with Soul Fire Records house band The Mighty Imperials before forming his own ensemble in 2002. This group released singles for Soul Fire and for Misty,

672-641: The Arts and Education which is named after Sallie Baldwin Howard . Wilson Preparatory Academy also serves Wilson and surrounding counties as a charter school. The Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf is operated by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Office of Education Services. Wilson is home to several private schools : Wilson's chief source of print journalism

714-729: The Carolina Mudcats are expected to relocate to Wilson, following the 2025 Carolina League season. They will play at a new $ 75.5-million stadium near downtown, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Five County Stadium , where they currently play in Zebulon, North Carolina . Wilson is the home of the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park , an Outsider Art installation. Simpson specialized in large kinetic sculptures called " whirligigs ", which Simpson made from salvaged metal. Simpson became nationally known after he

756-669: The City's 2023 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Wilson is home to the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League , a collegiate summer baseball league . The Tobs play at Fleming Stadium in Wilson. The Tobs began play for the league's inaugural 1997 season. Wilson Speedway held 12 NASCAR Cup Series races between 1951 and 1960 as it was open at the county fairgrounds between 1934 and 1989. The Single-A Minor League Baseball team

798-517: The Dap-Kings . In 2006 French House DJ Martin Solveig approached him to do a dance track. They toured in France and recorded the songs " Jealousy ", " Everybody ", " I'm a Good Man ", and " I Want You ". Truth and Soul Records recorded a single with Fields that later became "Honey Dove". Lee Fields & The Expressions released "My World" for Truth and Soul in 2009. In 2011 he followed up with

840-427: The U.S. since 2000. Once a center of tobacco cultivation, the city was widely known as "The World’s Greatest Tobacco Market" in the 19th century. In the 21st century, Wilson enjoys a diverse economy based on agriculture, manufacturing, commercial, and service businesses. The history of the city of Wilson began with a community that formed around Toisnot Primitive Baptist Church, built in the early 1800s. The community

882-576: The Wilson County School System. In addition, Greenlight provides free wireless Internet access throughout the downtown Wilson area. In 2013 Wilson was the first city in North Carolina to offer gigabit Internet connectivity service to its residents via a fiber optic network. That service allows Internet users to upload or download data at speeds up to one billion bits per second. However, North Carolina state law has prevented

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924-421: The age of 18 living with them, 42.0% were married couples living together, 19.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 29.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.06. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under

966-462: The age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 31,169, and the median income for a family was $ 41,041. Males had a median income of $ 30,682 versus $ 22,363 for females. The per capita income for

1008-480: The album It Rains Love in 2019 with Big Crown Records. Lee Fields released the album Sentimental Fool in 2022 with Daptone Records. Wilson, North Carolina Wilson is a city in and the county seat of Wilson County, North Carolina , United States. It is the 23rd most populous city in North Carolina . Located approximately 40 mi (64 km) east of the capital city of Raleigh , it

1050-487: The album Problems in 2002 with Truth and Soul Records . My World is an album released in 2009 with Truth and Soul Records, in collaboration with the group The Expressions. Lee Fields released the album Faithful Man in 2012 with Truth and Soul Records. Lee Fields released the album Emma Jean in 2014 with Truth and Soul Records. Lee Fields and The Expressions released the album Special Night in 2017 with Big Crown Records. Lee Fields and The Expressions released

1092-648: The album titled Treacherous . After releasing Faithful Man in 2012 with Truth and Soul, the singer toured globally. He then released two albums Emma Jean in 2014 and Special Night in 2017 (on Big Crown Records by former Truth and Soul co-founder Leon Michels ). In January 2019, Lee Fields & The Expressions released their latest single, "It Rains Love". Fields released an album, also entitled It Rains Love , in April 2019. Fields' songs have frequently been sampled by R&B and hip hop artists such as J. Cole , Slum Village , Travie McCoy and Travis Scott sampled

1134-708: The city population increased by more than 40 percent, primarily due to construction of new subdivisions that attracted many new residents. This has been accompanied by new retail and shopping construction, primarily in the northwestern parts of the city. Wilson is a diverse community; in 2012, the US Census estimated that 48% of the population identified as African American, and 43% as Whites; the remaining 9% includes Latinos and Asians, such as Vietnamese, Chinese and Indians. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated in 2012 that nearly 5,000 county residents (7.5 percent) were foreign-born. Of those, nearly 3,000 people, or 62 percent, had entered

1176-423: The city was $ 17,813. About 16.5% of families and 21.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 29.5% of those under the age of 18 and 20.4% ages 65 or older. United States census data from 2012 report a population of 49,610 people and 19,413 households in the city. The population density was 1,710 inhabitants per square mile. There were 21,870 housing units, and the percentage of homeownership

1218-550: The end titles of the 2020 BBC series Trigonometry . In 2023, the song "Forever" was featured in highest rated Super Bowl LVII commercial, also titled "Forever," for the dog food company The Farmer's Dog. Fields' recordings were referenced in several episodes of the 2023 American Arnold Schwarzenegger television series, FUBAR . Fields and his wife Christine are the parents of four adult children. They reside in Plainfield, New Jersey . Lee Fields and The Expressions released

1260-609: The expansion of Wilson's municipal network to nearby communities that have requested connections, and that restriction was upheld in the 2016 circuit court ruling Tennessee v. FCC . Wilson is served by two airports: Wilson Industrial Airport and Rocky Mount-Wilson Airport (RWI), and by the Wilson Amtrak Station. The following highways travel through Wilson: I-95 , I-587 , I-795 , U.S. 301 , U.S. Route 264, U.S. 117, N.C. 42, and N.C. 58. Five-lane roads include Hines Street, Tarboro Street, and Ward Boulevard. RIDE

1302-562: The nickname "Little JB". He moved to Plainfield, New Jersey at the time of his marriage, in his late teens. In 1969, Fields released his first single on the Bedford label, "Bewildered" b/w "Tell Her I Love Her". He recorded "Gonna Make Love" on London Records in 1973. That same year, Fields released the popular single, "Let's Talk It Over" b/w "She's a Love Maker". Fields released "Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away to Somebody (Sometime)" b/w "East Coast Rapper," on SoundPlus in 1975. Most of

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1344-499: The second half of the 1970s Fields spent cutting singles for Angle 3 Records, including "The Bull Is Coming" b/w "Funky Screw". In 1979 he released a full-length album with Angle 3 called Let's Talk It Over . In the 1980s, disco became increasingly popular, at the expense of soul. Venues that had previously booked Fields now booked DJs instead. Fields moved into real estate in Newark, New Jersey , in order to provide for his family. In

1386-529: The soundtrack of the movie Soul Men . Fields's track "Honey Dove" was featured during Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ' s thirteenth season in 2011 (Episode 10, "Spiraling Down"). The track "Honey Dove" was featured in Season 6 of American Dad in 2011 (Episode 12, "You Debt Your Life"). The song "Wish You Were Here" featured in the second season of the legal drama Suits in 2012 (Episode 8, "Rewind"). In 2014, Fields provided additional vocals for

1428-400: The track "All I Need" from the album Emma Jean on his song " Antidote ". He has lent his vocals, writing skills and been the featured artist on albums of such artists like El Michels Affair , Kraak & Smaak , Bliss n Eso and Wax Tailor . Fields' music can be found on various movies, TV shows and video games. In 2008 he performed "You Don't Know What You Mean (To a Love Like Me)" for

1470-556: Was $ 36,469. About 26% of the population were below the poverty line . Wilson is the birthplace of Branch Banking and Trust Corporation, now Truist Financial . Now headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist Financial is among Wilson County's top employers, with around 2,000 people working in various financial services. Bridgestone Americas operates a plant in Wilson that employs more than 1,800 people who make radial tires for cars and light trucks. Bridgestone recently completed

1512-487: Was 1,906.9 inhabitants per square mile (736.3/km ). There were 18,660 housing units at an average density of 801.3 per square mile (309.4/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 46.67% White , 47.53% African American , 0.31% Native American , 0.58% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 3.89% from other races , and 1.01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.29% of Wilson's population. There were 17,296 households, out of which 31.6% had children under

1554-405: Was 49.5%. The racial makeup of the city was 47.9% African American , 42.9% White , 0.3% Native American , 1.2% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.4% of the population. The percentage of homes where another language than English was the primary language was 10.4%. The median income for a household in the city from 2008-2012

1596-1047: Was commissioned to create a whirligig for the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. The 55-foot (17 m) high, 45-foot (14 m) wide whirligig called "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" was installed for the museum's opening in November, 1995. Other of Simpson's whirligigs have been exhibited at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City and at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Williamsburg, Virginia. Whirligig Park opened in Wilson in late 2017. Wilson has

1638-561: Was originally called Toisnot. In 1836, the Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad Co. began building a Wilmington-to-Weldon line. The railway reached the community in 1839, and by 1840 Toisnot had both north-and-south service. That stimulated growth of the community. The North Carolina General Assembly chartered the Town of Wilson. It was named for state senator Colonel Louis D. Wilson , U.S. Volunteers . He died of fever while on leave from

1680-529: Was released in 2009 as Enter the 37th Chamber , the name is a play on the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) . El Michels Affair followed this with a second album of arrangements of songs by Wu-Tang Clan and from its members' solo releases, titled Return to the 37th Chamber . In 2019, they accompanied Freddie Gibbs and Madlib at their popular NPR Tiny Desk performance and later recorded The Diamond Mine Sessions with them. El Michels Affair began

1722-453: Was signed to Desco also at that time, sang backup for Fields on an early single. Fields was featured on the debut album Gimmie the Paw by the label's band The Soul Providers in 1997. He released several singles with Desco and in 1999, released a full-length album Let's Get a Groove On . Desco later split into Daptone Records and Soul Fire, and Fields eventually recorded for them both. "Give Me

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1764-428: Was the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Prior to his election, he served as a city firefighter for 30 years and fire chief for seven years. As of November 5, 2019, Carlton Stevens, JR. was elected as Mayor of Wilson, N.C. Mayor Stevens is a native of Wilson and is also co-owner of Stevens Funeral Home, alongside his Mother (Carol). Youth Enrichment Program of Wilson, Inc. operates Sallie B. Howard School for

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