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ALBUMPrecious Precious ((7" Mix) (Slowed + Sped up + Reverb)) - Singleslowed nation, Jackie Moore & Wilson Pickett
Alben von Wilson Pickett
ALBUMThe Complete RCA Studio Recordings (1973-1975)Wilson Pickett
ALBUMIt Ain't Easy - Essential RecordingsWilson Pickett
ALBUMIt's Harder NowWilson Pickett
ALBUMA Funky SituationWilson Pickett
ALBUMDon't Knock My LoveWilson Pickett
ALBUMRight On (Remastered)Wilson Pickett
ALBUMIn PhiladelphiaWilson Pickett
ALBUMHey JudeWilson Pickett
ALBUMI'm in LoveWilson Pickett
ALBUMThe Sound of Wilson PickettWilson Pickett
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Land Of 1000 Dances (The Speek) [Live]
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Künstler-Playlists
Wilson Pickett Essentials
Meet a Southern soul legend.
Inspired by Wilson Pickett
Raw, raucous soul that borrows from one of the genre's greats.
Wilson Pickett: Deep Cuts
The far reaches of the soul star's discography.
Künstler-Biographie
A pioneer of ’60s soul music, singer and songwriter Wilson Pickett defined an era with hits like “In the Midnight Hour” and “Mustang Sally.”
• Born in Alabama, Pickett moved to Detroit as a teenager to live with his father. He got his start singing in church, and in 1955, he joined the gospel group The Violinaires.
• Pickett joined the R&B group The Falcons in 1959. He cowrote and sang lead vocals on 1962’s “I Found a Love,” a Top 10 R&B hit.
• In 1963, he sent a solo demo track titled “If You Need Me” to Atlantic Records, hoping to swing a record deal. Instead of signing Pickett, Atlantic gave the song to their artist Solomon Burke.
• Later that year, a determined Pickett notched a Top 10 R&B hit with the single “It’s Too Late.” Impressed by the track, Atlantic finally signed the promising artist.
• He topped the R&B charts and notched his first Top 40 pop hit with 1965’s gold-certified, Grammy-nominated “In the Midnight Hour.”
• Pickett managed two Top 10 pop hits before the decade was out: “Land of 1000 Dances” (1966) and “Funky Broadway” (1967).
• Pickett collaborated with Philadelphia superproducers Gamble and Huff on 1970’s In Philadelphia. His career began to decline soon after.
• He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
• In 1999, Pickett released It’s Harder Now, his first studio album in a decade and his last before retirement. The LP earned him a Grammy nomination for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.
• Pickett died from a heart attack in 2006. He was 64.
Heimatort
Prattville, AL, United States
Genre
R&B/Soul