Wilson Pickett

Genres:	R&B / Soul
Descriptive "tags":	soul
Decades Active:	1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Search for Artist on:	OLDIES.com, Wikipedia, Flikr (photos), YouTube (videos)
Get Email Alerts for new products by Wilson Pickett

Biography

18 March 1941, Prattville, Alabama, USA, d. 19 January 2006, Reston, Virginia, USA. The "wicked Pickett" was one of the great southern soul singers to emerge during the 60s. Pickett moved to Detroit, Michigan in his early teens. He joined gospel group the Violinaires and embarked on church tours throughout North America. In his late teens he graduated to secular music and began performing with Detroit-based R&B groups. He later joined the Falcons, an act already established by the million-selling "You're So Fine". Pickett wrote and sang lead on their 1962 hit "I Found A Love", after which he launched his solo career. A false start at Correctone was overturned by two powerful singles, "If You Need Me" and "It's Too Late" (a different song from the Chuck Willis standard), recorded for Lloyd Price's Double L outlet. The former track's potential was undermined by Solomon Burke's opportunistic cover version on Atlantic Records, the irony of which was compounded when...

Read the Full Biography of Wilson Pickett

Clearance Products:

SALE: $6.98 (Save 46%) In The Midnight Hour (Audio CD)	SALE: $6.98 (Save 46%) Midnight Mover (Audio CD)	SALE: $6.98 (Save 46%) The Sound of Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)
SALE: $6.98 (Save 46%) Wicked Pickett (Audio CD)

Featured Products:

$5.97 (Save 25%) In The Midnight Hour & Other Hits (Audio CD)	$5.98 (Save 54%) I'm In Love (Audio CD)	$10.97 (Save 15%) Exciting Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)
$11.88 (Save 15%) Greatest Hits (Audio CD)	$39.95 (Save 25%) The Immortal Wilson Picket (CD Box Set)	$10.18 (Save 15%) Very Best of Wilson Pickett (Audio CD)
$4.95 Gold [Import] (Audio CD)	$21.21 (Save 15%) The Definitive Collection (Audio CD)

Wilson Pickett Products: