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January 23, 2006

Pickett's Most Wicked

Seven crucial cuts from the Midnight Mover
January 23, 2006

Wilson Pickett, 1941-2006

Soul giant who sang "Mustang Sally" and "In the Midnight Hour" dead at sixty-four
January 19, 2006

Soul Legend Wilson Pickett Dies

Legendary singer succumbs to heart attack at sixty-four
February 8, 1979

Wilson Pickett: Soul Man on Ice

Singer blasts music biz after fall from commercial grace

Recordings and Reviews

Wilson Pickett's Greatest Hits

"Early one morning I ran out and hollered," Wilson Pickett once recalled. "My voice echoed down through the swamps, and I thought, 'Uh-oh. This is it.' "
That was it, all right. Although he lacks the majestic pipes of Aretha Franklin or the finesse of Otis Redding, Pickett more than compensates...

1985 RS: 5of 5 Stars

Pickett In Philadelphia

1970

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Biography

Together with Otis Redding and Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett was among the most popular and acclaimed soul singers of the 1960s. His gritty rasp and signature scream on classic hits like "Mustang Sally," "Land of 1,000 Dances" and "In the Midnight Hour" helped put the soul meccas of Memphis, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama, on the music map.

Born in Prattville, Alabama, on March 18,...

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