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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Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Lyrics

Wilson Pickett

Im so glad to be here tonight!
Im glad to be in your wonderful city!
An I gotta little message for ya
That a friend of mines told me a few years back
Im talkin bout brother, Solomon Burke,
You all know him, dont cha?
These are the words he told me, children:

Everybody, needs somebody, everybody, needs somebody
To love, someone to love, sugar to kiss, sweetheart to miss, now
And a I need a ( you, you, you) and I need a (you, you, you)
In the mornin baby, (you, you, you), when the sun goes down
(You, you, you) aint nobody eles around (you, you, you)
AAAWWW! sometime I feel, feel a lttle sad inside, ah, my baby deceived me
Ill gotta have a love to find
And I need,(you, you, you) someone to see me through (you, you, you)
And to hold my hand (you, you, you) try to make me understand
AAYY! ow! tuh, tuh, tuh,a- talkin bout I need ya, ha
A dont you know I need ya?
I need ya in the mornin, ow! I need ya, tuh, tuh, hey!
Come on, dont ya (I need ya) you know I need ya?Aaw!
Let me hear you say, Yeah!, let me hear you say, Yeah!
Yeah,Yeah! Oh you know I need you (need you) Aw, yeah!
You know I need you, (need you) surely do
Hold my hand, when the sun is goin down
Let me hear ya say Yeah! Aw, yeah! Alright!
My soul is wantin you, Ow! (fades)....