The late Wilson Pickett recorded his cover of “1000 Dances” at FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. “Wicked Pickett” was backed by the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section and the Memphis Horns. That single, released in 1966, became Pickett’s biggest hit. It went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues (soul) chart, and it peaked at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It rose to #22 on charts in the UK. In 1989, prolific rock ‘n’ roll music critic Dave Marsh put Pickett’s version of “Land Of 1000 Dances” at #152 on his list of The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made.
This video captured Pickett during a high octane live concert before his obviously awe struck and captivated fans. “Wicked” sure knew how to belt out a soul song. He put the “S” in screamer. Pickett will go down in the history books for his many memorable radio hits: “The Midnight Hour,” “Mustang Sally,” “634-5789,” “Funky Broadway,” “I Found a Love,” his take on “Hey Jude,” and several others.
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Bernie..I cannot guarantee it...but he was a big enough star that is likely. Even today often shows that play Seattle play Vancouver BC a day or two later. Wilson played Van in summer 1967.
https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/posters/wilson-pickett-1967-vancouver-bc-mustang-sally-concert-poster/a/7221-89135.s
I am convinced that I saw Wilson Pickett perform in Seattle Washington in the late 1960s. I can find no reference for the show. Can you help me find out? Thank you!
Jason...if you keep whining about symptoms like that the girls will no longer fall for your story that you are 36 years old.
The truth is out of the bag!
"Put your hand on your hips, yeah...Let your backbone slip" These days, my backbone or sciatica, as it is called, will slip just getting up from a chair. Songs about dancing: there are hundreds of them, just guessing. And quite a few of them have used that line, about letting your backbone slip. Chiropractors, rejoice!
"I'm gonna dance with the dolly with the hole in her stocking while her knees keep a-knocking and her toes keep a-rocking, gonna dance by the light of the moon"
Okay...I am a sucker. Are those real lyrics or made up by Dick. I mean with pop music you never can tell...like Patches and Laurie by Dickie Lee...another Dick.
Live it up, young'un!
https://youtu.be/YdnZyE-jRYs
Or if you prefer, the rock and roll version
https://youtu.be/EgTbRAPazAc
I wish I had written it.
Didn't something like a hole in the stockings, as in nylons, signify a "loose lady" in those days? If so, that little ditty sounded innocent but would actually be risque.
Dick....you really need to quit posting photos of your ex. She is gonna come after all of us.
She came after me, Steve. With that memory in mind, I urge you to keep a look over your shoulder.
I recall that one. It is good.
Lonesome 7-7203 good song. Hawshaw Hawkins. I think it has been covered by a couple other artists. An oldie but goodie, for sure!
To quote Buck Ritchey, Steve, almost nearly but not quite hardly,
"PEnnsylvania 6-5000" was one of the biggest hits and an immortal song of the big band era by Glenn Miller & His Orchestra, recorded on Bluebird in 1940. It was the phone number of the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City, where Miller's band had a regular gig. Its phone number is still 736-5000.
Those three others are local phone numbers familiar to many who visit this site. I threw them in just for drill and to agitate the grey cells.
I remembered another song though . . . LOnesome 7-7203.
He had the energy and the moves.
Are those all songs Dick?
PEnnsylvania 6-5000, ELliott 2480, HOlly 5100, MAin 2312