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
Collections
Title: Soul Town: Best Classic Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Music 1975-1984
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul C90 (Warner Music Group)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Country, Disco
Title: Essential Rare Grooves
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: 70s Soul Classics 1970-1974
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 60s Soul Classics 1965-1969
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 60s Mod Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Rare & Soulful: The 60s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Funk, Classical
Title: Records & R'n'B 50's & 60's Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Mod Soul (Warner Music Group)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Rock & Roll, Ska, Funk
Title: Rare & Funky! 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Funk 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 60's Soul 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Loving Soul 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, World Music, Country, Funk, Folk
Title: 70's Soul 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Funk & Soul Classics 2019
Genre: Gospel, Jazz, Free Funk, Grunge, Reggae, World Music, Disco, Pop, Folk
Title: Funky Southern Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: The 100 Collection 60s, 70s Soul & Motown (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Disco, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: US Hot 100 Hits Of 1963
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: The 100 Collection 60s 70s Soul And Motown (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The 100 Collection 60s 70s Soul And Motown (CD4)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: The 100 Collection 60s 70s Soul And Motown (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: US Hot 100 Hits Of 1968
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: US Hot 100 Hits Of 1965
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: US Hot 100 Hits Of 1966
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: US Hot 100 Hits Of 1967
Genre: Soul, Vocal Jazz, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Greatest Breakfast Songs 2019 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Dancehall, Pop, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: 100 Greatest Breakfast Songs 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Dancehall, Pop, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: The Year X5 Music Group 2018
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Sunshine Pop, Folk
Title: 100 Greatest Northern Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 100 Greatest Northern Soul (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Relaxing Soul: Cocktail Lounge 2019
Genre: Post Disco, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Disco, Smooth Jazz, Fusion
Title: Ultimix Back Spins 14
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Gospel, Glam Rock, Grunge, Punk, Country, Disco, Alternative
Title: Power Soul 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Ska, Classical
Title: Blues 45’s
Genre: Blues
Title: Midnight 60s Soul Party (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Blues Rock, New Wave, Ska, Theatre/Soundtrack, Funk, Classical
Title: US R&B Chart Hits Of The '60s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: US R&B Chart Hits Of The '60s (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Funk
Title: Wonderful World: Great 60s Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: 60s Soul: 60 Songs (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Disco, Funk, Easy Listening
Title: Funk Rarities 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Grunge, Disco
Title: Lost 70's Soul 2019
Title: So Soulful: Funk 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Soul Jazz, Rock, Disco, Synth Pop, Funk
Title: Lost 70s Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Play: Soul Ballads
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Country, Disco, Funk, Acoustic
Title: In The Summertime - Ultimate Summer Anthems 5CD (CD4)
Genre: Garage, Euro House, New Wave, Disco, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative
Title: Friday Soul 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Rock & Roll, Acoustic, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Memphis 60's Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: American Dance 60s
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues Rock, Jazz Rock, New Wave, Reggae, World Music, Disco, Classical, Folk
Title: American Heartbeat 60s Soul (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: 100 Greatest Shower Songs (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs For The Car 2019 (CD2)
Title: Stand By Me: Ultimate Golden Anthems (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Jazz, World Music, Pop, Folk
Title: Funk Record Box 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: 60s Love Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Acoustic, Classical, Folk, Easy Listening
Title: Summertime Soul 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Country, Acoustic, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: 100 Greatest Northern Soul Classics (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: 100 Greatest Northern Soul Classics (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
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