Wilson Pickett: 1941-2006

[BrettVW]

Legendary musician Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today at age 64:

www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/19/pickett.obit.ap/index.html

On a personal note, I vividly remember in 10th grade when our high school marching band played "In The Midnight Hour", it was one of my favorite songs we played throughout my 4 years in marching band.

[Matt Cameron]

I loved "Land of 1000 Dances" and "Mustang Sally", both of which have been covered many times over the years.

[RNH]

Wilson Pickett was also on the very first airing of American Top 40; he was at the #25 position with a remake of the Archies' "Sugar Sugar"!

[Michael1973]

Bumping this up to suggest an edit to today's entry in the Top 40 Fool Songs countdown. Although a line about his passing has been inserted at the end of the article, the opening paragraph still says that Wilson Picket turns 60 next month.