Wilson Pickett dies at 64

Wilson Pickett, one of the first kings of soul music, died of a heart attack Thursday,19th January 2006, in Reston, Virginia. He was 64. Pickett -- known as the “Wicked Pickett” -- became a star with his soulful hits in the middle of the 1960s. “In the Midnight Hour” made the top 25 on the Billboard pop charts in 1965 and “Mustang Sally” did the same in 1966. The Alabama-born (18th March 1941, Prattville, Alabama) Pickett began from singing gospel music in church. After moving to Detroit as a teen, he joined the group the Falcons, which scored the hit “I Found a Love” with Pickett on lead vocals in 1962. He went solo a year later, and would soon find his greatest success with label Stax Records in Memphis, and later with Atlantic Records. His style was contrasting with typical Motown sound from Detroit. In 1991 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.

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