Wilson Pickett(March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American R&B and soul singer. Known for his raw, passionate delivery, he was a major figure in the development of Southern soul music. One of the most popular black singers of the '60s, Wilson Pickett helped introduce the aggressive, rhythmic style of soul music. Aided immeasurably by the excellent studio bands backing him at the Stax Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, and the Fame Studio in Muscle Shoals Alabama, Pickett scored a series of R&B and pop hits on Atlantic Records between 1963 and 1972 that included "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally," and "Funky Broadway." Raised in Prattville, Alabama, Wilson Pickett moved to Detroit, Michigan at the age of sixteen and made his professional debut as the lead singer of The Violinaires in the late '50s. From 1961 to 1963 he was in The Falcons, writing and singing their 1962 hit "I Found Love." Pickett then went solo and signed with Lloyd Price's Double L Records, where he wrote and recorded "If You Love Me" and "It's Too Late." In 1964, Pickett signed with Atlantic Records and did his early recordings in the Stax studio in Memphis, Tennessee with Booker T.
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Engine Number 9 Lyrics

Wilson Pickett

Engine, engine number 9
Get me, get me back on time
Move on, move on down the track
Keep that steam comin out the stack
Huh! keep on movin
Keep on movin, keep on movin
Ooow! Uh!

Engine, engine number nine
Keep on movin down the line
Seems like I been gone for days
I cant wait to see my babys face
Look-a-here, been so long
Since I held her
Been so long since I held her
Ooow!

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Been so long, since I held her
Been so long, since I kissed her
Ooow, engine engine, number 9
Move on, move on down the line
Seems like I been gone for days
I cant wait to see my babys face
Move on, move on Wow! move on
Oow! Gotta get on, I gotta get there
Have to, ow, huh!

Oh, this soundin alright
I think Im gonna hold it a little longer
Im gonna let the boys do just a little bit. uh!
Ow! Oooooow, hey!
Keep on movin
Keep on movin, keep on movin
Move on, move on, whoa, hey
Huh, uh, hey, got, got to get it
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
Get it, ooow, hah!
Move on, Lord have mercy
Feel alright now, ooow!
Keep on movin, keep on movin
Got to get to, gotta get, gotta get,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta keep movin
Ooow huh! alright, oh,oh, oh, huh
Its alright, huh, alright
Oow, play your guitar for us
Alright, ooh, ow! get it!
Get it, get it, get it, get it
Get it, get it, get it, get it
Get it, get it, get it, get it
Get it, get it, get it, get it
Get it, Ow! alright woow!
Sure, feel alright
Get me to my babys place
Gotta hold her in my arms
Oow, Wooow! alright, uh!
Oh, oh, ooo, oh
Gotta keep movin
Gotta keep movin
Gotta keep movin
On down the, down the line
Ow, gotta keep movin
Gotta move OOOOWWW