Episode 2.
When R&B Got Soul and Entered the Mainstream. Two new Wilson Pickett LPs.
Hey Jude Wilson Pickett
Now Playing Wilson Pickett
Links for this episode
Hey Jude Wilson Pickett
Now Playing Wilson Pickett
Books:
Everybody's Heard About The Bird
Something In the Air
Web:
Wilson Pickett Unsung Documentary
The Underbeats Minniepaulmusic
Billboard Hot 100
Wikipedia
Photos
Richard Berry author and singer of the original version of Louie Louie. He did not receive credit for the song until years after its release by the Kingsmen.
The Minneapois band the Underbeats was one of the bands that introduced young white teens to the music of Motown and soul. With a few member changes they became Gypsy.
Mr. Lucky's one of the many teen night clubs in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area in the 1960s. Located on Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue
Wilson Pickett Soul to Soul concert in Ghana Africa in 1971. Considered by many to be the Woodstock of Africa it was released as a documentary film in much of the rest of the world expanding the influence of American soul singers
Rhythm and Blues, or R&B as it is normally referred to, emerged on the music scene in the early 1950s. By the early 1960s R&B, particularly that coming out of Detroit from Barry Gordy’s Tabla and Motown labels was popular across a broad spectrum of music. But as the Beatles and British invasion music begin to dominate the pop charts, R&B took a turn from the heavily orchestrated Motown sound of groups like the Supremes and Temptations to deeper soul music. Wilson Pickett was one of the singers who both rode that new wave and helped drive it. Pickett’s story tells us a lot about not just his career and R&B in general but American culture as well. So what is the story? We will find out and look at a new exclusive version of a Wilson Pickett classic LP from Vinyl Me Please and a new compilation of Pickett’s hits from Target. So roll back the rugs and put your dancing shoes on.
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