By nineteen sixty-five Wilson Pickett had joined forces with music producer Jerry Wexler.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Wilson Pickett stopped performing in two thousand four because of health problems.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Wilson Pickett recorded more than fifty hit songs during his career.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

The songs are great chosen, with unusual intelligence, from the repertoires of Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and other soul giants.

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Besides Seger, the Osmonds and Ike and Tina Turner, Jackson's songs were also recorded by James Brown, Wilson Pickett and Clarence Carter.

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In 2009, I recorded Wilson Pickett's "634-5789" for Tower of Power's "Great American Soulbook" on a similar setup at a friend's home nearby.

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