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Jerry Wexler, who as a reporter for Billboard magazine in the late 1940s christened black popular music rhythm and blues, and who as a record producer helped lead the genre to mainstream popularity, propelling the careers of Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin and other performers, died on Friday at his home in Sarasota, Fla. He was 91. The cause was congestive heart failure, said his son,...
Times of India Wexler worked with some of the music world's biggest names, including Charles, Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Willie Nelson, Cher, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. "Because of him, … Read the full article here
Jerry Wexler, an old-time music man who produced the likes of Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" and Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour," died Friday at his home in Siesta Key, Fla. He was 91.
As a music journalist, he coined the term "rhythm and blues." As a towering executive, he broke Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett, Led Zeppelin and more. He even produced Dylan's born-again moment Slow Train Coming. Jerry Wexler passed on...
A song comes on the radio. It’s one of those songs that has defined your life. It could be Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, or Wilson Pickett. If your romantic life has been like mine, “When A Man Loves A Woman” has figured into it a time or two. A smile crosses your face, or maybe [...]
Soul Dance Number Three JERRY WEXLER 1917-2008 There was only one. As the last living link to the glory days at Atlantic Records passes before our eyes, please take a moment with me to reflect on a life well lived. An absolute giant of the 'Soul Era', I don't think you can imagine the music without him. His influence is still felt today, and he remained his wry and lucid self right to the end, providing...
Jerry Wexler, famed record producer, dies at 91 (Associated Press, August 15, 2008) Wexler helped boost the careers of both the "King of Soul," Charles, and the "Queen of Soul," Franklin. Wilson Pickett, Solomon Burke and Percy Sledge were among the other R&B greats who benefited from Wexler's deft recording touch. He also produced Dusty Springfield 's classic "Dusty in Memphis," considered a masterpiece...
In American culture, when we think of classic soul, chances are the names that pop into our heads are among the likes of Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Marvin Gaye, and many others from Motown, Stax,...
...the ramdom ten. Santana - Spanish Castle Magic Dar Williams - I Won't Be Your Yoko Ono Sonny & Cher - The Beat Goes On Willie Nelson - Medley: Funny How The Time Slips Away> Crazy> Nightlife The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Dan Bern - Jerusalem Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally Sonia Dada - Don't Go (Giving Your Love Away) Steve Earle - Sweet Little '66 David Gans - Return Of The Grievous Angel
60. Day Tripper-Beatles In some ways, quite anthemic. That hook is swiped often. Love the build on the bridge. I also have a great Wilson Pickett version. 59. All Day and All of the Night - the Kinks. This was probably the loudest song I remember as a kid. I love how the chords modulate. And the delicious guitar on the bridge! The theme was so compelling that Ray Davies ripped himself off on Destroyer....
All right, IT'S PARTY TIME! Up first: the Wicked Wilson Pickett with "Mustang Sally"! Let's stay with Wilson Pickett for "In The Midnight Hour": Next, a guest shot from Cannibal & the Headhunters, doing Chris Kenner's "Land Of A Thousand Dances"! Now, back in the saddle with Sam and Dave, doing "Hold On, I'm Coming," backed up by the musicians who cut the record on 'em, Booker T. & the
On Sunday, I met the former saxophone player for Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts and Wilson Pickett. He came in driving a vintage Checy from the 1930s, with a HUGE engine dropped in the front of it. I also met a man today who registered and voted for the first time. He is 73, and I showed him my flyer of Obama and Hampton and he pointed at Obama and said, "that's the man right there. That's why I'm voting."...
I'm pretty drunk. Karaoke songs for tonight: "Bring it on Home to Me" in the style of Wilson Pickett (they don't have Sam Cooke's), "Man in Black" in the style of Johnny Cash, "Faith" in the style of George Michael, "Brown Eyed Girl" in the style of Van Morrison, "Jump Jive n' Wail" in the style of The Brian Setzer Orchestra, "Talk Dirty to Me" in the style of Poison And mad help on "Don't Stop Believin'"...
TAKE a northern soul signature so distinct as Ben E. King's Stand By Me and a hook as familiar as Wilson Pickett's Mustang Sally and you'd hardly imagine you could rework it into something fresh and exciting.
The Wicked Pickett pleads for musical redress… “Listen - Mojo Mamma - MP3″ Greetings all. Here I sit on a Sunday morning, with ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ on in the background – which I saw when it came out 37 years ago, but my four year old is watching for the first time – drinking [...]
