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Wilson Pickett
A big howling, joyous voice of 1960s soul, Wilson Pickett grew up singing in
Baptist church choirs in Alabama before joining the gospel group The Falcons and
penning the Solomon Burke hit If You Need Me. Solo success first came with the
1963 single It's Too Late, but it was when he started working at the legendary
Stax Records studios in Memphis that Pickett's talent really shone through, with
the classics In The Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally and Land Of 1000 Dances. Funky
Broadway gave him another big hit in 1967 and he counted The Rolling Stones,
James Brown, The Beatles and lat...
