Jimmy B
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Wilson Pickett | 1941-2006 (19 janvier)
Wilson Pickett est un chanteur américain de Soul et de Rhythm and Blues né le 18 mars 1941 à Prattville, Alabama, décédé le 19 janvier 2006 d'une crise cardiaque, à Reston (Virginie).
Il fut dans les années 1960 un pionnier de la musique soul, célèbre pour ses morceaux tels que "In the Midnight Hour", "Mustang Sally", "Funky Broadway" et "Land of 1 000 Dances".
À ses débuts membre du groupe The Falcons, il s'est fait connaître par sa carrière en solo, mais en travaillant souvent en collaboration avec d'autres artistes.
Biographie complète en français : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Pickett
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Soul Legend Wilson Pickett Dies At 64
January 19, 2006, 5:10 PM ET
Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
Soul/R&B legend Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today (Jan. 19) at a Reston, Va., hospital near his home, according to a spokesperson for the artist. He was 64.
Born in Pratville, Ala., Pickett moved to Detroit as a teen and joined the Falcons, singing on their 1962 hit "I Found a Love." By 1965, he had signed a solo deal with Atlantic, scoring a No. 21 pop hit with "In the Midnight Hour," which he co-wrote with legendary sessions musician Steve Cropper.
A slew of late '60s R&B/soul hits followed, including "Land of 1,000 Dances," "Funky Broadway," "634-5789," "She's Lookin' Good" and "Mustang Sally." As the '70s dawned, Pickett scored three consecutive top 20 pop singles with "Engine Number 9," "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" and "Don't Knock My Love Pt. 1."
In all, five of his singles reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B charts. Pickett associated himself with some of the top sessions musicians of the time, and was a frequent visitor to Stax and Muscle Shoals Studios. He even hired the late Duane Allman to play guitar on his 1969 cover of the Beatles' "Hey Jude."
Pickett recorded regularly into the mid 1980s and was a 1991 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. That year, his career was revived thanks to the film "The Commitments," which followed an unknown Irish soul band of the same name pursuing its dream of performing with Pickett. The artist also joined the band for performances at the Los Angeles and New York film premieres.
The artist's last studio album, 1999's "It's Harder Now," won WC Handy Awards for soul/blues album of the year and comeback album of the year, while Pickett was named soul/blues male artist of the year.
Pickett is survived by his fiance and four children. He will be buried beside his mother Lena in Louisville, Ky. |
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P'ô ducon ! Ca me met un p'tit coup ça quand même, tellement le simple souvenir du swing et de l'énergie de ses morceaux me font vibrer !
A découvrir en image dans l'excellent film "The Commitments" (c'est dit plus haut, mais c pour ceux qui n'iraient pas lire la version french, et/ou les mous de langliche spiking :)
Merci Jimmy. |
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