WILSON PICKETT R.I.P

[Greg Wilson]

[Disco Funk]

Nah na na na naaaah...

RIP Wilson

Disco Funk

[DiscoMan]

"The sun for sorrow will not show his head..."

R.I.P. Wilson Pickett, you've been a big part of my life for more than 40 years. :cry:

[efunk_adelic]

gifted voice and classic songs...


he will be missed R.I.P.

[remicks]

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WILSON PICKETT


Born: March, 18, 1941

Years Active: 60's 70's 80's 90's
Member of: The Falcons

Related Artists: Fontella Bass, Arthur Alexander, Bobby Patterson, Booker T. Jones, Carla Thomas
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 ( hey ..... sounds like disco !! 8) ) 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. \
~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

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I also didn't realize that one of the Trammps cuts sharing the current #1 spot on Marky's chart ...... "99 and a 1/2" is a cover of a Wilson Pickett song !! 8) :D


Atlantic 2334 - Ninety Nine And A Half (Won't Do)* / Danger Zone - 1966 --- Wilson Pickett


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Wilson Pickett 's 12" disco release:

Atlantic DSCO 128
1978

FUNKY SITUATION / SHE'S SO TIGHT
Wilson Pickett
http://www.discomusic.com/records-more/6756_0_2_0_C/

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[neonlights]

I'm sorry to say, I was never really familiar with his big hits, but out of curiosity, I got one of his albums a few days ago.. what a voice! Rest In Peace..

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Wilson Pickett 's last great hit , "DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE " ( #1 Soul in Billboard 1971 )
... was really a terrific one ( a million seller too). It was a
loosely composed Muscle Shoals tune that was built off
the session guitar player's impromptu riffs that
Wilson Pickett spontaneously invented lyrics for right
in the recording studio ....

What makes it especially noteworthy for disco addicts ....
"DON'T KNOCK MY LOVE "
was produced by Dave Crawford who a few years
later would bestow upon the scene some of disco's
most accomplished works under the names
Candi Staton and the Mighty Clouds Of Joy .

Dave Crawford produced the Wilson Pickett
single and that's also him on the piano . Oh, ..... and who was
the session player on guitar that initiated the song's sound in the first place ??

------------------------- Dennis Coffey ........

8) 8)


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[markydefad]

Don't forget the fun film THE COMMITMENTS-- when everyone was waiting for Wilson Pickett to come to the band's show. I can't exactly recall what happened--but he got there too late in a limo--someone from the band did have have a moment with what was "supposedly" Mr. Pickett inside the limo. (It wasn't really him).

It reminded me of the time wewere having a fire drill at our building on Sunset and a long black stretch limo pulled up --but they couldn't get into the building. So they had to wait at the curb. At the time, Michael Jackson had an office in that buidling--I get as close to the limo as I could to get a personal upclose glimpse of "the Gloved One"---finally a window was rolled down and I saw not MJ--but Little Richard in what appeared to be ORANGE makeup!!!! SCARY!!!! :lol: :oops: :P :lol: