At around the three minute, 50 second mark in the searing 1962 ballad “I Found A Love,” singer Wilson Pickett starts shouting like he’s got the Holy Ghost. Suddenly a song about earthly romance ...

One of the most startling revelations from In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett is that a critical biography has never been written about this soul/R&B icon before now. It’s a huge ...

For Tony Fletcher, Wilson Pickett represents the archetype of the Southern soul man. “Here he is, straight out the cotton fields, a gospel shouter, a foot stomper, with that amazing scream — I think ...

Wilson Pickett was a man and a half, the all-night groover at his best in a midnight hour that was not just a time but also a place and a promise. "I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour / that's when ...

Wilson Pickett, the soul pioneer best known for the fiery hits “Mustang Sally” and “In The Midnight Hour,” died of a heart attack in 2006 at the age of 64. Pickett, known as the “Wicked Pickett,” ...

RESTON, Va. — 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 ...

Drawing on interviews with brilliant soul singer Wilson Pickett’s friends and family, as well as several of the studio musicians who worked with him, Fletcher (All Hopped Up and Ready to Go) paints a ...