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American Soul Man is an album by the American musician Wilson Pickett, released in 1987. [1] [2] "Don't Turn Away" was released as a single. [3]The album was a commercial disappointment, in part due to MCA Records' acquisition of Motown.
Pickett was born March 18, 1941, in Prattville, Alabama, [3] 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.
Hey Jude is the ninth studio album by soul singer Wilson Pickett, recorded at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and released in 1969. The title track, a cover of the Beatles song of the same name, was a success, peaking at #13 on the Billboard R&B singles chart and #23 on the top 200.
"634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)" is a soul song written by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper. It was first recorded by Wilson Pickett on December 20, 1965 [1] and included on his 1966 Atlantic Records album The Exciting Wilson Pickett with backing vocals by Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles.
It's a lazy summer day all bottled up into one perfect song. “Locked Out of Heaven” by Bruno Mars Bruno Mars spent six weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 back in 2012 with this ab-fab ...
"Monster Mash" was met with instant success and peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in October 1962, including Halloween. The song was certified gold by the RIAA on August 28, 1973. [2] The song has since re-charted five more times—in 1970, 1973 (when it reached the Top Ten), 2021, 2022, and 2023. [3]
It was recorded originally by Pickett on March 15, 1963, [1] for Lloyd Price's Detroit-based Double L Records. [2] It had been rejected by Jerry Wexler (Atlantic), who nevertheless had purchased the publishing rights. According to Burke, Pickett gave the song to him on a tour bus: "Wilson sang the song for me in a bus on a tour.
"Don't Knock My Love" is a hit song performed by R&B singer Wilson Pickett and written by Pickett with Brad Shapiro. Released in the spring of 1971 from the album of the same title, it spent a week at number-one on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles Chart and peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. [3]