Wilson Pickett
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Biography
[Edit]Of the major '60s soul stars, Wilson Pickett was one of the roughest and sweatiest, working up some of the decade's hottest dancefloor grooves on hits like "In the Midnight Hour," "Land of 1000 Dances," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway." Although he tends to be held in somewhat lower esteem than more versatile talents like Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin, he is often a preferred alternative of fans who like their soul on the rawer side. 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.
Before establishing himself as a solo artist, Pickett sang with the Falcons, who had a Top Ten R&B hit in 1962 with "I Found a Love." "If You Need Me" (covered by the Rolling Stones) and "It's Too Late" were R&B hits for the singer before he hooked up with Atlantic Records, who sent him to record at Stax in Memphis in 1965. One early result was "In the Midnight Hour," whose chugging horn line, loping funky beats, and impassioned vocals combined into a key transitional performance that brought R&B into the soul age. It was an R&B chart-topper and a substantial pop hit (number 21), though its influence was stronger than that respectable position might indicate: thousands of bands, black and white, covered "In the Midnight Hour" on-stage and record in the 1960s.
Pickett had a flurry of other galvanizing soul hits over the next few years, including "634-5789," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway," all of which, like "In the Midnight Hour," were frequently adapted by other bands as dance-ready numbers. The king of that hill, though, had to be "Land of 1000 Dances," Pickett's biggest pop hit (number six), a soul anthem of sorts with its roll call of popular dances, and covered by almost as many acts as "Midnight Hour" was.
Pickett didn't confine himself to the environs of Stax for long; soon he was also cutting tracks at Muscle Shoals. He recorded several early songs by Bobby Womack. He used Duane Allman as a session guitarist on a hit cover of the Beatles' "Hey Jude." He cut some hits in Philadelphia with Gamble & Huff productions in the early '70s. He even did a hit version of the Archies' "Sugar, Sugar." The hits kept rolling through the early '70s, including "Don't Knock My Love" and "Get Me Back on Time, Engine Number 9."
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 1972. He continued to be active on the tour circuit; his most essential music, all from the 1960s and early '70s, was assembled for the superb Rhino double-CD anthology A Man and a Half. It's Harder Now, his first new material in over a decade, followed in 1999. Pickett spent the early part of the 2000s performing, before retiring in late 2004 due to ill health. He passed away on January 19, 2006, following a heart attack.
Title: Don't Knock My Love
Artist: Wilson Pickett
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: It Ain't Easy - Essential Recordings
Artist: Wilson Pickett
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: The Complete RCA Studio Recordings (1973-1975)
Artist: Wilson Pickett
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: If You Need Me
Artist: Wilson Pickett
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Classic Driving Songs 3CD (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, New Wave, World Music, Pop, Indie, Folk
Title: 60s Soul Beyond The Hits
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Move On Up - Dance Music
Title: Introducing... Soul
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: My Favourite Hits Of 1966 (CD6)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock, Latin, Pop, Pop Rock, Funk
Title: Memphis Soul: A Stateside Selection
Genre: House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Gold - Best Of The 60s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Greatest Club Classics - 70s Disco
Genre: Dancefloor, Nu Disco, Dance Pop
Title: You Send Me 3CD (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: You Send Me 3CD (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rock & Roll, Pop, Funk
Title: The Greatest 70's Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Die Hit Giganten Best Of Funk & Soul 2017 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: In Belgium They Call It Popcorn!
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Pop, Funk
Title: Northern Soul Record Box
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Funk
Title: So Soulful: Philadelphia Sound
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: The Greatest Sixties (CD02)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Sixties (CD03)
Genre: Pop
Title: Good Morning Soul 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Beach Hop Magic (CD1)
Title: Jon Savage’s 1965: The Year The Sixties Ignited (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Knock On Wood: Soul And R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Walking The Dog: Soul And R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Crate Diggers: Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: We Love: 60's Soul
Title: 60's Dance Craze
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop
Title: Ministry Of Sound: Anthems Mod Ska & Northern Soul (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Reggae, Ska
Title: Anthems Mod Ska And Northern Soul - Ministry Of Sound (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Reggae, Ska
Title: 60s Wedding Party 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: Soul Vibration 75 Original All-Time Classics (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Vibration 75 Original All-Time Classics (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Funk Cuts (X5 Music Group)
Title: 70s Soul Classics 1975-1979
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Stars Of Soul X5 Music
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The Best Of Soul 5 1953-1962
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Respect: 60s Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Glam Rock, Funk
Title: The Best Of Soul 1 (1958-1962)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Sound Of Funk 2018
Genre: Post Disco, Soul, Disco
Title: Songs For The Car Box Set 2018 (CD2)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: Absolute 60s 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, World Music, Country, Pop, Folk
Title: 70's Soul: Classic Singles
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Epic Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, New Wave, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: Love Actually 2018
Title: 60’s Soul Roadtrip
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Sunday Soul Music 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Crossover Jazz, Pop, Funk, Classical
Title: Classic Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock, Smooth Jazz
Title: Strictly Funky Beats 2018
Title: 70s Soul Treasures
Title: Gospel Soul (X5 Music Group)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Gospel, Funk, Psychedelic, Classical
Title: 100 Northern Soul Classics (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Urban 70s (Warner Music Group)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Disco, Funk
Title: Oldies-Ballads
Genre: Pop
Title: Mod Rhythm And Blues
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: The Greatest Mod And Northern Soul 4CD (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Easy Listening
Title: The Greatest Mod And Northern Soul 4CD (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Easy Listening
Title: Greatest Mod & Northern Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Disco, Pop
Title: Greatest Mod & Northern Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Disco, Pop
Title: THIS Is The 60s (X5 Music Group) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, World Music, Country, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: Atlantic Originals: 60's Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: The Groove Classic Soul 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Disco
Featuring albums
Title: Muscle Shoals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Bronx Tale - Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: What It Is! Funky Soul And Rare Grooves [1967-1977]
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Love Train: The Sound of Philadelphia
Artist: Various
Genre: Electronica, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop
Title: My Fellow Americans (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Motown Year By Year - The Sound Of Young America 1987
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: The Real Thing: 1970's Disco Funk Soul Bachelorette Party Mix!
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: Party Boys: 1970's Disco Funk Soul Bachelor Party Music!
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: From The Earth To The Moon (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Michael Kamen
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack