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Wilson Pickett

American singer and songwriter (1941–2006)

Wilson Pickett Jr. was an American singer and songwriter.

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Wilson Pickett

what: one person
from: Prattville
born: 1941
until: 2006
on the air here: 1 song

File card: Wilson Pickett

real name: Wilson Pickett

labels: Atlantic Records, Cub Records

genres: soul, rock music

awards: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

plays: voice

member of: The Falcons

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Early life and family

Pickett was born March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, and sang in Baptist church choirs. He was the fourth of 11 children and called his mother "the baddest woman in my book", telling historian Gerri Hirshey: "I get scared of her now. She used to hit me with anything, skillets, stove wood ... [one time I ran away and] cried for a week. Stayed in the woods, me and my little dog." Pickett eventually left to live with his father in Detroit in 1955.

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Early musical career (1955–1964)

Pickett's forceful, passionate style of singing was developed in the church and on the streets of Detroit, under the influence of recording stars such as Little Richard, whom he referred to as "the architect of rock and roll".

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Post-Atlantic recording career

Pickett continued to record sporadically with several labels over the following decades (including Motown), occasionally making the lower to mid-range of the R&B charts, but he had no pop hit after 1974. His career was hindered by his addictions. His alcoholism was exacerbated by heavy cocaine use, and he became increasingly violent towards his family and bandmates.

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American R&B/Soul singer born on March 18, 1941 in Prattville, Alabama. He died after a heart attack on January 19, 2006. One of the most popular black singers of the '60s, Wilson Pickett helped introduce the aggressive style of rhythmic style of soul music. Aided immeasurably by the excellent studio bands backing him at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and The Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama, Pickett scored a series of R&B and pop hits on Atlantic Records between 1963 and 1972 that included "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway." Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 (Performer). Also known as: Nilson Pickett, O. W. Pickett, P. Pickett, P. Wilson, Piccet From Discogs (free to use). Their entry