🎶 👉Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In roughly 15 months, Wilson Pickett helped shape the history of recording in America.
In 1965 and 1966, Pickett, one of the most dynamic R&B singers of all time, traveled to Stax Records in Memphis and FAME Recording in Muscle Shoals where he cut a series of classic hits at each studio. In the process — between his supreme talent and pugnacious personality — Pickett helped determine the fate and future of each company, as they became twin pillars of Southern soul and pop music in the coming years.
Stax’s success with Pickett validated and emboldened the small company as it continued to churn out hits and build a stable of stars including Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Eddie Floyd. Eventually Stax became a beacon of Black consciousness and creativity as it expanded into an entertainment empire by the early ‘70s.
On the back of its hitmaking magic with Pickett, Muscle Shoals became a hotspot for artists from around the world seeking the region’s signature sound, which continued at FAME and, later, at its offshoot, Muscle Shoals Sound Studios.The first man to record in both places, the “Wicked” Pickett would prove to be a pathfinder throughout his career, until his passing in 2006.
“I see Pickett as a trailblazer, not just in soul music, but American music,” says Tony Fletcher, author of “In the Midnight Hour: The Life & Soul of Wilson Pickett.
“He’s the first credited Atlantic artist to record at Stax and at Fame, but there’s a lot of other firsts, too. He was also the man to put the word ‘funk’ into the top 30, the first to headline a black touring package in Africa. His career was one of trailblazing, for which he never really got the credit.”
When he cut his first session at Stax in May 1965, Wilson Pickett was at a career crossroads. The Alabama-born, Detroit-bred singer had come up hard on the streets, while learning to sing in church. He scored early successes with the vocal group The Falcons, taking lead vocals on “I Found a Love” in 1962, and then his first solo hit with “Too Little” in 1963. The latter song brought him to the attention of Jerry Wexler, executive with the country’s premiere R&B label, Atlantic Records, who signed Pickett.
But Pickett’s early attempts to break through for Atlantic met with little success. After a soured session with top New York producer Bert Berns, Pickett was left searching for answers. While on the road in Nashville, he heard WLAC disc jockey John R. play “Pain in My Heart” by Otis Redding. The track had been cut in Memphis at Stax Records by a backing band that included Booker T. & the MGs.
As Fletcher notes, Pickett “had fallen instantly in love with the timbre and tone of Redding’s delivery and the sound of the Memphis musicians around him.” Pickett wanted that sound and those musicians for himself. He pressured Atlantic to let him go to Memphis and record.
Atlantic records distributed Stax, and already had “loaned” another struggling signing, the duo Sam & Dave, to Stax president/producer Jim Stewart with the idea that the duo might have more luck finding a hit in Memphis than in New York.

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