Timeline Wilson Pickett: In the Midnight Hour

The Wicked Pickett — from gospel in Alabama to In the Midnight Hour, Mustang Sally and Land of 1000 Dances.

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1941 Wilson Pickett born in Prattville, Alabama Gospel roots Sings in church before moving to Detroit as a teenager.
1959 Wilson Pickett joins the Falcons Detroit Joins the vocal group the Falcons.
1962 Wilson Pickett and the Falcons release I Found a Love First hit A gospel-soaked R&B hit.
1964 Wilson Pickett signs with Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler Wexler sends him to Memphis.
1965 Wilson Pickett records In the Midnight Hour Stax, Memphis Written with Steve Cropper — a soul standard.
1966 Wilson Pickett releases Land of 1000 Dances FAME Studios His biggest pop hit, recorded at Muscle Shoals.
1966 Wilson Pickett releases The Exciting Wilson Pickett Album His best album, with Land of 1000 Dances.
1966 Wilson Pickett releases Mustang Sally Soul classic A top-ten R&B hit and bar-band standard.
1968 Wilson Pickett records Hey Jude with Duane Allman FAME Studios Duane Allman's solo makes the young guitarist's name.
1971 Wilson Pickett headlines Soul to Soul in Ghana Accra Plays to a huge crowd at Ghana's independence anniversary.
1991 Wilson Pickett inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted the year The Commitments film makes him a cult figure.
2006 Wilson Pickett dies Reston, Virginia Dies of a heart attack, aged 64.