The Humor of… Wilson Pickett
uncredited writer, Hit Parader, November 1967
WILSON PICKETT started his singing career in the spiritual field in the city of Detroit. He and his family moved there when Wilson was in his teens, from Montgomery, Alabama, where he was born on March 18, 1941. For four years, Wilson Pickett was a spiritual singer, performing with groups and as a soloist in and around Detroit.
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