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CEO, Wilson Pickett Jr. Legacy. “I'm going to wait 'till the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.”. -Wilson Pickett. Introducing a new generation of music lovers to the legacy of the legendary Music Hall of Famer, the “Wicked” Wilson Pickett!
Apr 22, 2024 · Wilson Pickett was an American singer-songwriter, whose explosive style helped define the soul music of the 1960s. Pickett was a product of the Southern black church, and gospel was at the core of his musical manner and onstage persona. He testified rather than sang, preached rather than crooned.
HALL OF FAME ESSAY. By Leo Sacks. Showering his volcano of a voice over a stripped-down backbeat, Wilson Pickett was the original Midnight Mover, a man-and-a-half to a legion of female admirers, a modern-day Stagger Lee who fought with the Devil and came out on top.
3.29K subscribers. Wilson Pickett was an American singer and songwriter. A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of...
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Jan 19, 2006 · January 19, 2006. Legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today in Virginia at the age of sixty-four. The singer, who earned the nickname “Wicked Pickett” due to his fiery...
Jan 20, 2006 · Jan. 20, 2006. Wilson Pickett, the soul music pioneer whose insistent wail turned songs like "In the Midnight Hour" into hits, died yesterday in Virginia. He was 64. The cause was a heart...
Jan 18, 2024 · 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.
