Episode 134: “In the Midnight Hour” by Wilson Pickett
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Pickett and the Rolling Stones
Pickett's version of funky broadway took him to the pop top ten. His next few records after that didn't do particularly well. He did, though, have a big hit with his cover version of a song by a group called dyke and the blazers. And pickett was the first person to get a song with funk in the title on to the pop charts. But that would be the last recording he would do at fame for a couple of years.
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