Posted on 01/19/2006 2:29:54 PM PST by commish
Just a headline at the moment
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Condolences to his family and Friends.
Sad news.
Isn't he the one who led that failed charge in Gettysburg?
Very sad for his family. 64 is too young to die. But I'm sure he's getting a great welcome in Heaven.
Pickett then had hits with "Mustang Sally," "I Found a Love," and "Funky Broadway," all recorded in Muscle Shoals. Pickett then teamed with Bobby Womack in 1968 for Midnight Mover that yielded a Top 10 R7B and pop hit with Womack's title song. In 1969, Pickett had a major hit with The Beatles "Hey Jude,", followed in 1970 by "Sugar, Sugar." Later in 1970, Pickett worked with producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. The result was two crossover hits "Engine Number Nine," and "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You."
Just about to post this...
Wilson Pickett dies of heart attack at 64
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RESTON, Va. (AP) — Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally” and “In The Midnight Hour,” died of a heart attack Thursday, according to his management company. He was 64.
Chris Tuthill of the management company Talent Source said Pickett had been suffering from health problems for the past year.
A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Pickett — known as the “Wicked Pickett” — became a star with his soulful hits in the 1960s.
It happened in Sally's Mustang during the midnight hour.
Definitely sad.
I almost started a thread last night asking "What are the ten greatest R&B tunes ever".
Mustang Sally woulda made the list.
(But I would still put Midnight Train to Georgia at the #1 spot).
Oh please, get off your high horse already. I wasn't finding humor in anyone's tragedy, I was just making a dumb joke about a post.
Land of 1,000 dances, my ass - he only mentions 4 there (I know, I know, Wilson didn't write it or recorded it originally.) A great soul man put out to pasture prematurely by the hippie dippie music! Yeah, dude, summer of love was the beginning of the end of Soul!
Sad news.
Prayers offered.
Best to ignore the Church Ladies!
I liked your dumb joke! :)
I had NO clue as to who this guy was either!
Whoo whoo!
BTW, I owned one at the time ~ a red one too ~ and the chicks all wanted to drive it because their moms and dads didn't think they needed one (and probably because of this song).
Making me 20 or so years old again thinking about this (sniff).
Perhaps the best ever! Rest in Peace Wilson and jam on with your colleagues in heaven.
Chasing women around the desk again eh?
And one of the great ones of motown dies...:(
RIP Wilson!
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