Wilson picket biography

Of the major '60s soul stars, Wilson Pickett was one of the roughest and sweatiest, working up some of the decade's hottest dance floor grooves on hits like "In the Midnight Hour," "Land of Dances," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway. He also did a good deal to establish the sound of Southern Soul with his early hits, which were often written and recorded with the cream of the session musicians in Memphis and Muscle Shoals.

Pickett had a flurry of other galvanizing soul hits over the next few years, including "," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway," all of which, like "In the Midnight Hour," were frequently adapted by other bands as a dance-ready number. The king of that hill, though, had to be "Land of Dances," Pickett's biggest pop hit 6 , a soul anthem of sorts with its roll call of popular dances, and covered by almost as many acts as "Midnight Hour" was.

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Pickett didn't confine himself to the environs of Stax for long; soon he was also cutting tracks at Muscle Shoals. He even did a hit version of the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar. One of the corollaries of '60s soul is that if a performer rose to fame with Motown or Atlantic, he or she would produce little of note after leaving the label.

Pickett, unfortunately, did not prove an exception to the rule. His last big hit was "Fire and Water," in He continued to be active on the tour circuit; his most essential music, all from the s and early '70s, was assembled for the superb Rhino double-CD anthology A Man and a Half. We Believe in Music Walkway. Nomination Form.

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