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PICKETT Wilson
(voc)

Personal Data:

Born:	18.03.1941	(Prattville, Alabama, USA)
Died:	19.01.2006	(heart attack)

Appearances:

1961-62

Falcons

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	In The Midnight Hour	10/1965	Atlantic
2.	The Exciting Wilson Pickett	8/1966	Atlantic			21
3.	The Wicked Pickett	1/1967	Atlantic			42
4.	Great Hits	1967	Wand
5.	The Sound Of Wilson Pickett	8/1967	Atlantic			54
6.	The Best Of Wilson Pickett	10/1967	Atlantic			35
7.	I'm In Love	2/1968	Atlantic			70
8.	The Midnight Mover	7/1968	Atlantic			91
9.	Mr. Dynamite	1969
10.	Hey Jude	2/1969	Atlantic			97
11.	Right On	4/1969	Atlantic
12.	Engine Number Nine	9/1970	Atlantic
13.	In Philadelphia	10/1970	Atlantic			64
14.	The Best Of Wilson Pickett Vol 2	5/1971	Atlantic			73
15.	Don't Knock My Love	12/1971	Atlantic
16.	Mr. Magic Man (in the UK "Miss Lena's Boy")	3/1973	RCA
17.	Greatest Hits	3/1973	Atlantic
18.	If You Need Me	1974	Joy
19.	Tonight I'm My Biggest Audience	5/1974	RCA
20.	Pickett In The Pocket	7/1974	RCA
21.	Live In Japan (2LP)	12/1974	RCA
22.	Join Me And Let's Be Free	7/1975	RCA
23.	Peace Breaker	12/1975	DJM
24.	Chocolate Mountain	4/1976
25.	Star Collection	7/1978	Atlantic
26.	A Funky Situation	8/1978	Big Tree
27.	It's Too Late	1979
28.	I Want You	11/1979	EMI America
29.	Keep The Dream Alive	1980
30.	The Right Track	3/1981	EMI America
31.	The Best Of Wilson Pickett	1984
32.	Original Session	1984
33.	American Soul Man	10/1987	Motown
34.	The Midnight Mover & Bobby Womack	7/1989	Instant
35.	The Heart And Soul Of Wilson Pickett	4/1991	Knight
36.	A Man And A Half (2CD)	7/1992	Rhino/Atlantic
37.	The Collection	7/1992	Castle
38.	It's Harder Now	14.09.1999	Rounder
39.	The Soul Of Wilson Pickett	20.03.2001	Cleopatra
40.	Essentials	02.07.2002	Rhino
41.	I'm In Love	13.08.2002	Collectables
42.	Baby Call on Me	24.08.2004	Dynamic
43.	Wicked Pickett	17.01.2006	Collectables
44.	Immortal Wilson Pickett	31.01.2006	Collectables
45.	Wilson Pickett	07.02.2006	Direct Source
46.	Wilson Pickett	14.03.2006	St. Clair
47.	Definitive Collection	11.07.2006	Rhino
48.	R&B Soul & Sam & Dave	25.09.2007	Direct Source
49.	It Ain't Easy: Essential Recordings	22.09.2009	Rounder
50.	Very Best of Wilson Pickett	23.02.2010	Collectables
51.	Original Album Series	17.08.2010	Warner Bros
52.	Thirty Six All Time Greatest	04.01.2011	Timeless
53.	The Midnight Mover: The Early Years 1957-1962 & The Falcons	31.07.2015	Jasmine
54.	Mr. Magic Man: The Complete RCA Studio Recordings	04.09.2015	Real Gone Music
55.	The Complete Atlantic Singles, Vol. 1	05.08.2016	Real Gone Music
56.	I Don't Want No Part Time Love: The Early Years	28.10.2016	Cornbread

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	My Heart Belongs To You / Let Me Be Your Boy	1963	Cub
2.	If You Need Me / Baby Call On Me	4/1963	Double L		64
3.	It's Too Late / I'm Gonna Love You	7/1963	Double L		49
4.	I'm Down To My Last Heartbreak / I Can't Stop	10/1963	Double L		95
5.	I'm Gonna Cry / For Better Or Worse	6/1964	Atlantic		124
6.	Come Home Baby / Take A Little Love	1964	Atlantic
7.	In The Midnight Hour / I'm Not Tired	7/1965	Atlantic	12	21
8.	Don't Fight It / It's All Over	10/1965	Atlantic	29	53
9.	My Heart Belongs To You	12/1965	Verve		109
10.	634-5789 (Soulsville U.S.A.) / That's A Man's Way	18.02.1966	Atlantic	36	13
11.	99 1/2 (Won't Do) / Danger Zone (v GB 15.7.66)	5/1966	Atlantic		53
12.	Land Of 1,000 Dances / You're So Fine	7/1966	Atlantic	22	6
13.	Mustang Sally / Three Time Loser	11/1966	Atlantic	28	23
14.	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Nothing You Can Do	1/1967	Atlantic		29
15.	I Found A Love (pt. 1) / I Found A Love (pt. 2)	3/1967	Atlantic		32
16.	New Orleans / Soul Dance Number Three	5/1967	Atlantic
17.	Soul Dance Number Three / You Can't Stand Alone	5/1967	Atlantic		55
18.	Billy The Kid / I Don't Want No Part Time Love	6/1967	London
19.	Funky Broadway / I'm Sorry About That	7/1967	Atlantic	43	8
20.	Stagger-Lee / I'm In Love	10/1967	Atlantic		22
21.	Jealous Love / I've Come A Long Way	2/1968	Atlantic		50
22.	In The Midnight Hour / Danger Zone	2/1968	Atlantic
23.	That Kind Of Love / I've Come A Long Way	3/1968	Atlantic		101
24.	She's Looking Good / We've Got To Have Love	4/1968	Atlantic		15
25.	I'm A Midnight Mover / Deborah	6/1968	Atlantic	38	24
26.	I Found A True Love / For Better Or Worse	9/1968	Atlantic		42
27.	A Man And A Half / People Make The World (What It Is)	11/1968	Atlantic		42
28.	Hey Jude / Night Owl	12/1968	Atlantic	8
29.	Hey Jude / Search Your Heart	1/1969	Atlantic		23
30.	Mini Skirt Minnie / Back In Your Arms	3/1969	Atlantic		50
31.	Born To Be Wild / Toe Hold	5/1969	Atlantic		64
32.	Hey Joe / Night Owl	6/1969	Atlantic		59
33.	You Keep Me Hangin' On / Now You See Me, Now You Don't	11/1969	Atlantic		92
34.	Sugar, Sugar / Cole, Cooke And Redding	3/1970	Atlantic		25
35.	Hey Joe / Born To Be Wild (v GB)	7/1970	Atlantic
36.	She Said Yes / It's Still Good	8/1970	Atlantic		68
37.	Engine Number Nine / International Playboy	9/1970	Atlantic		14
38.	Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You / Covering The Same Old Ground	1/1971	Atlantic		17
39.	Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You / Ain't No Doubt About It (v USA)	3/1971	Atlantic
40.	Don't Knock My Love / Don't Knock My Love (Part 2)	4/1971	Atlantic		13
41.	Fire And Water / Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You (v GB)	30.04.1971	Atlantic
42.	Call My Name, I'll Be There / Woman Let Me Be Down Home	8/1971	Atlantic		52
43.	Fire And Water / Pledging My Love	12/1971	Atlantic		24
44.	Funk Factory / One Step Away	5/1972	Atlantic		58
45.	Mama Told Me Not To Come / Covering The Same Old Ground	10/1972	Atlantic		99
46.	International Playboy / Come Right Here	1973	Atlantic
47.	Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Don't Fight It / Fire And Water	19.01.1973	Atlantic
48.	Mr. Magic Man / I Sho' Love You	09.03.1973	RCA		98
49.	Take A Closer Look At The Woman You're With / Two Women And A Wife	9/1973	RCA		90
50.	I Can't Stop / Down To My Last Heartbreak	11/1973	President
51.	In The Midnight Hour / Land Of 1000 Dances / Funky Broadway	15.02.1974	Atlantic
52.	Soft Soul Boogie Woogie / Take The Pollution Out Of Your Throat	15.02.1974	RCA
53.	Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It / What Good Is A Lie	8/1974	RCA
54.	I Was Too Nice / Isn't That So	11/1974	RCA
55.	Three Time Loser	1/1975	Atlantic
56.	How Will I Ever Know / The Best Part Of A Man	11/1976	Wicked
57.	In The Midnight Hour / Land Of 1000 Dances / Funky Broadway (reissue)	12.11.1976	Atlantic
58.	Love Will Keep Us Together / It's Gonna Be Good	2/1977	Wicked
59.	Who Turned You On / Dance You Down	8/1978	Big Tree
60.	Groovin' / Time To Let The Sunshine On Me	12/1978	Big Tree
61.	Groove City / You Are The Love Of My Life	9/1979	EMI America
62.	I Want You / Love Of My Life	11/1979	EMI America
63.	Live With Me / Granny	1/1980	EMI America
64.	Shameless / Superstar	4/1980	EMI America
65.	Land Of A 1,000 Dances / In The Midnight Hour	4/1980	Atlantic
66.	Don't Underestimate The Power Of Love / Ain't Gonna Give You No More 12" + I Want You	2/1981	EMI America
67.	Back On The Right Track / It's You	5/1981	EMI America
68.	Love Dagger / Time To Let The Sunshine On Me	?	Erva
69.	Mustang Sally (The Boss Is Back) / Mustang Sally (instrumental)	?	Precision
70.	In The Midnight Hour / 634-5789	1/1985	Old Gold
71.	In The Midnight Hour (remix)	10/1987	Motown	62
72.	Seconds / Seconds (instrumental) & Jackie Moore	2/1988	Montage
73.	Let Me Be Your Boy / The Girl That Radiates That Charm credited to: Arthur (& June der)	15.04.2014	Outta Sight

Movies:

1. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998, starring directed by John Landis)

Awards:

1991 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
1999 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("In The Midnight Hour")
2000 Grammy Hall Of Fame ("Mustang Sally")

Various:

appeared on the LP:

Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir: Say Yo Business (1.5.01, EarthBeat!)

Compilation Appearances:

"Soul Survivor" / "Midnight Hour" on OST "Only The Strong Survive" (6.5.03, Koch Entertainment)
"In The Midnight Hour" on compilation "The Cavern - The Most Famous Club In The World" (20.8.07)

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1971	0	01.05.1971	12	New Pop Singles	single review
1971	0	17.07.1971	10	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	10	10.03.1973	20	New Pop Singles	single review
1973	51	22.12.1973	52	Albums	album review
1974	41	12.10.1974	71	Albums	album review
1975	39	27.09.1975	55	Albums	album review
1980	11	15.03.1980	30	Albums	album review
1981	10	07.03.1981	20	Albums	album review
1994	5	05.02.1994	2	News
1996	15	13.04.1996	6	News
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1965	0	24.09.1965	12	Newcomers To Charts
1965	0	01.10.1965	3	NMExclusive
1965	0	19.11.1965	4	Singles	single review
1965	0	10.12.1965	4	LPs	album review
1966	0	18.02.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	15.07.1966	4	Singles	single review
1966	0	03.12.1966	6	Singles	single review
1973	0	07.04.1973	14	Albums	album review
1973	0	16.06.1973	46	Soul
1974	0	09.02.1974	20	Albums	album review
1975	0	22.02.1975	17
1975	0	26.07.1975	18	Platters	album review
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1995	11	06.06.1995	6	Galerie