The group responsible for the original version of “Funky Broadway” didn’t stop there
Wilson Pickett
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Ken Shane
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Judy Clay was known for her duet hits but she had much more to offer
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Ken Shane
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At one time or another Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd, and Sir Mack Rice were members of the Falcons
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Ken Shane
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Chris Kenner hit it big in ’61. Covers of his songs were massive hits for others.
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Ken Shane
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It’s New Year’s Eve! Everybody’s waiting for The Midnight Hour
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Ken Shane
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Robert Parker and the legendary Wardell Quezergue collaborated on a ’65 smash
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Ken Shane
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Ken Shane pays tribute to Percy Sledge, the great Southern soul singer who we lost this week
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Ken Shane
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A new collection celebrates the resurgence of a legendary soul label
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Ken Shane
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Maximum funk from the pride of the Buckeye State
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Ken Shane
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Liverpool and the American south came together in Muscle Shoals
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Ken Shane
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“Big Bird” wasn’t a hit for Eddie Floyd but it made a lasting impression
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Ken Shane
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Wilson Pickett had a storied career with Atlantic Records in the ’60s.
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Ken Shane
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Booker T & The MG’s never equaled the success of their first record
Ken Shane
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In 1966 the Young Rascals rocked the world with their #1 hit “Good Lovin’.” The single spurred their debut album into the upper reaches of the charts.
Jeff Giles
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Everyone makes mistakes — even a soul legend like Wilson Pickett, as Jeff Giles discovers in the inaugural edition of a new series looking at the worst albums from respected artists.
Jason Hare
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Join us for Episode 6 of the Popdose Podcast, where Jeff Giles, Dave Lifton and Jason Hare celebrate Black History Month in their own unique way — featuring very special guest Mike Heyliger!
Jeff Giles
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Like a lot of his peers, Wilson Pickett was primarily known as a singles artist; most people, if they remember his work at all, know him for “In the Midnight…
Mojo Flucke
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One of the many things I love about Popdose is our collective freedom to write different kinds of posts: Sometimes you gets yourself a Cold Shot related to some bit…
Kelly Stitzel
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In our new series, Kelly Stitzel and the Popdose staff bring you 27 — count ’em! — versions of the great blues-folk song “Stagger Lee.”
Mojo Flucke
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A couple years after 12 million buyers signed their name across his heart, Terence Trent D’Arby got sophomore jinxed but good — and in this week’s edition of Popdose Flashback, Mojo Flucke makes a case for Neither Fish Nor Flesh.
Mojo Flucke
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Be still my soul. Lawd have mercy. When soul first came out, so many social issues made so many people so PO’d (civil rights, Vietnam, rioting in seemingly every urban…
Ken Shane
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Do you like those smooth soul ballads? Maybe you like to kick back with your lady, or man, and chill out with the lights low, and the Delfonics singing softly…
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