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Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B and soul singer. Known for his raw, passionate delivery, he was a major figure in the development of Southern soul music.

One of the most popular black singers of the ’60s, Wilson Pickett helped introduce the aggressive, rhythmic style of soul music. Aided immeasurably by the excellent studio bands backing him at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama, Pickett scored a series of R&B and pop hits on Atlantic Records between 1963 and 1972 that included “In the Midnight Hour,” “Mustang Sally,” and “Funky Broadway.”

Raised in Prattville, Alabama, Wilson Pickett moved to Detroit, Michigan at the age of sixteen and made his professional debut as the lead singer of The Violinaires in the late ’50s. From 1961 to 1963 he was in The Falcons, writing and singing their 1962 hit “I Found Love.” Pickett then went solo and signed with Lloyd Price’s Double L Records, where he wrote and recorded “If You Love Me” and “It’s Too Late.”

In 1964, Pickett signed with Atlantic Records and did his early recordings in the Stax studio in Memphis, Tennessee with Booker T. Jones and Steve Cropper of The MGs. Cropper co-authored three of his early hits, “In the Midnight Hour” and “Don’t Fight It from his debut album The Exciting Wilson Pickett that established him as a major soul star. The album also included “Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do),” “She’s So Good to Me,” and “Land of a 1,000 Dances,” all recorded at Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals.

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1	Land Of 1000 Dances	1,550
2	In the Midnight Hour full track	1,482
3	Mustang Sally full track	1,171
4	Hey Jude full track	310
5	Everybody Needs Somebody to Love	242
6	If You Need Me full track	137
7	Land of 1,000 Dances	118
8	Engine Number 9	117
9	Funky Broadway	113
10	I'm in Love	63
11	634-5789	53
12	It's Too Late full track	52
13	Ninety-Nine And A Half (Won't Do) full track	46
13	Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You	46
13	Sugar Sugar	46

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concha_dean wrote:
last month

Sem palavras! Divinal.

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penny136 wrote:
October 2008

Mustang Sally........nuff said

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southwitch wrote:
October 2008

This man lived life, he knew what life was about. Everyone today are given everything

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jackbenimble4 wrote:
September 2008

Unbelievable. This man knew how to make music.

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salosara wrote:
September 2008

yeah. be sure to check out jealous love.

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Julian-Thome wrote:
September 2008

Check out I'm A Wicked Man

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nikson007 wrote:
September 2008

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

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TestaBeat wrote:
August 2008

HEY JUUUUUUUUUUUUUDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEE

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tompa_fisk wrote:
July 2008

awesome cover of hey joe !

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mrswoman wrote:
July 2008

"Say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud!"

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soulfinger wrote:
July 2008

Whenever you need some soul, dial up the Wicked Pickett's number 634-5789... that number again is 634-5789. Call now while soul lasts!

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80sfever wrote:
June 2008

His version of Hey Jude is something you wouldn't like to mess with.

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epi_gee wrote:
April 2008

Friends in good music please join me on myspace : http://www.myspace.com/epi_geeinc . Hope to see you there. - Epg

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Irrational_Psyc wrote:
April 2008

Get Me Back On Time, Engine Number 9....one of THE funkiest records ever recorded....period.

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GuidoQ wrote:
March 2008

Midnight hour - the time when love begins to shine. The dark night of love is ultimative brightness.

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fahrrad26 wrote:
February 2008

pure soul music

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mikeroach113 wrote:
November 2007

And yeah! I love his cover of Hey Jude! I wonder what Paul thinks of his version....

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mikeroach113 wrote:
November 2007

http://www.last.fm/group/Ahmet+Ertegun+and+Atlantic+Records

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soulfinger wrote:
November 2007

@ the 2:50 mark, Hey Jude begins to kick some serious ass. Duane Allman tearing it up on guitar, horns blazin', bass rumblin' and the Wicked Pickett screamin' his heart out.

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80sfever wrote:
November 2007

Get Me Back On Time is a mad jam! Hell of a song!

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