Willie Jolley: The Comeback King

by C.P.B. on January 14, 2010

Willie-jolleyA LITTLE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, motivational speaker and author Willie Jolley was an award-winning jazz singer who made his living as a nightclub feature performer. One autumn evening, just after Jolley had delivered two exceptional performances in a row, the nightclub owner called him into the office and promptly let him go, citing the club’s need to cut the significant cost of a high-caliber singer like him, not to mention his backing band. Though Jolley couldn’t have realized it at the time, this bitter pill was actually the beginning of unimaginable future success.

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Credit: Liz Davis | Success Magazine

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