Wilson Pickett

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human rhythm and blues singer songwriter soul singer

Wilson Pickett was an influential American soul and R&B singer known for his powerful, gritty vocals and classic hits like "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally."

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Wilson Pickett canonical 30

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
rhythm and blues singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
soul singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
associatedAct Booker T. & the M.G.'s ⓘ
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section ⓘ
Steve Cropper ⓘ
The Falcons ⓘ
awardReceived induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1941-03-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006-01-19 ⓘ
dateOfInduction 1991 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Pickett ⓘ
genre Southern soul ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
givenName Wilson ⓘ
influenced rhythm and blues music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
instrument vocals ⓘ
name Wilson Pickett self-link ⓘ
notableSong 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) ⓘ
Don't Fight It ⓘ
Engine Number 9 ⓘ
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love ⓘ
Funky Broadway ⓘ
In the Midnight Hour ⓘ
Land of 1000 Dances ⓘ
Mustang Sally ⓘ
notableWork 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.) ⓘ
Funky Broadway ⓘ
In the Midnight Hour ⓘ
Land of 1000 Dances ⓘ
Mustang Sally ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Prattville ⓘ
surface form: Prattville, Alabama, United States
placeOfDeath Reston ⓘ
surface form: Reston, Virginia, United States
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Double L Records ⓘ
RCA Records ⓘ
Stax Records ⓘ
residence Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
voiceType powerful gritty vocals ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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Sweet Inspirations → backedArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Ahmet Ertegun → workedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Booker T. & the M.G.'s → associatedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Alabama Music Hall of Fame → honors → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio → associatedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Hey Joe → hasNotableCoverArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
The Sweet Inspirations → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
The Sweet Inspirations → backedArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Wilson Pickett → name → Wilson Pickett self-link ⓘ
Duane Allman → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Atlantic → signedArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Records
Jerry Wexler → notableWorkWithArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Tom Dowd → workedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Cecil Womack → wroteSongFor → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Myrna Smith → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Myrna Smith → performedAsBackingVocalistFor → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Booker T. Jones → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Soul music → notableArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Fame Studios, Muscle Shoals → recordedWithArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
subject surface form: FAME Studios
Tommy Cogbill → associatedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Jim Stewart → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Eddie Floyd → collaboratedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Stax studio → recordedArtist → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Donald "Duck" Dunn → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Al Jackson Jr. → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Rick Hall → producedFor → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
The Mar-Keys → associatedAct → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Steve Cropper → associatedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Steve Cropper → recordedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ
Roger Hawkins → associatedWith → Wilson Pickett ⓘ