The parade of musical talent from Alabama continues on the national stage.<\/p>\n
Fourteen-year-old Reid Wilson from Montgomery won the \u201cGolden Buzzer\u201d Tuesday night on “America\u2019s Got Talent.”<\/p>\n
Wilson, in this television debut, belted out a solid, mature-sounding rendition of the super-hit \u201cYou Don\u2019t Own Me\u201d by Leslie Gore.\u00a0After finishing, Wilson owned the judges.<\/p>\n
The young and sweet-looking teen wore a turtleneck. The braces on his teeth were evident and added to the image of innocent youth.<\/p>\n
Wilson said that he had only sung for small family gatherings and had not yet performed on a big stage.\u00a0That all changed Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was little, I would just run around the house screaming at the top of my lungs,\u201d he told producers. \u201cI was not good at all. I just kind of started teaching myself from there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson said he had only grown serious about singing during the past year.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m definitely nervous,\u201d said Wilson backstage, \u201cbut I\u2019m going to put my all into those two minutes to sing my heart out and just try not to miss a note.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wilson did exactly that and was rewarded with Judge Howie Mandel\u2019s Golden Buzzer.\u00a0 His performance was on episode six of Season 19 of “America\u2019s Got Talent.”<\/p>\n
The song Wilson selected was a bit unlikely. It is worded as a woman\u2019s song.<\/p>\n
“You don\u2019t own me, I\u2019m not just one of your many toys. You don\u2019t own me, don\u2019t say I can\u2019t go with other boys.”<\/em><\/p>\n The hit became an anthem in women\u2019s rights and feminism by challenging current beliefs that men could have possession over their female partners.<\/p>\n There\u2019s something that 14-year-old Wilson and the veteran judges may not have known or thought about. When Lesley Gore recorded \u201cYou Don\u2019t Own Me,\u201d she was only slightly older than Reid Wilson is now. She was 17 but had already had another super-hit, \u201cIt\u2019s My Party.\u201d<\/p>\n Reid Wilson\u2019s success continues a remarkable series by young Alabama singers.\u00a0Earlier this year, 15-year-old Triston Harper of McIntosh competed his way to the Top Five in “American Idol.” Then, Asher HaVon, 31, of Selma, won “The Voice.”<\/p>\n Reid Wilson\u2019s brother Ryley Tate Wilson had competed in the Top Eight in “The Voice.\u201d<\/p>\n