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Wilson Pickett

Prattville, United States · 1941-03-18 – 2006-01-19

Wilson Pickett is credited on 4,265 releases across 905 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1962–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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4,265

Credits

905

Albums

7

Decades active

635

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American R&B/Soul singer born on March 18, 1941 in Prattville, Alabama. He died after a heart attack on January 19, 2006.
One of the most popular black singers of the '60s, Wilson Pickett helped introduce the aggressive style of rhythmic style of soul music. Aided immeasurably by the excellent studio bands backing him at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and The Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama, Pickett scored a series of R&B and pop hits on Atlantic Records between 1963 and 1972 that included "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway."
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 (Performer).

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4,265 releases · 905 albums · active 1962–2026

  • Performance · 5,780
  • Production · 119
  • Other credits · 55

Studios: Muscle Shoals Sound Studios · Fame Recording Studios · Atlantic Studios · Cleveland Recording Company

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