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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Hey Jude Lyrics

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Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her in your heart then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude, don't be afraid, you were made, made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin, then you'll begin to make it better

Any time you feel the pain, Hey Jude, refrain, don't carry the world upon
Your shoulder, for you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by makin
The world, alittle bit colder

Hey Jude, don't let me down, you found her, now go on out and get her
But remember, to let her in your heart, then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in, Hey Jude, begin, you waited for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, Hey Jude, you do, the movements you need is
On your shoulder

Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better , just remember
To let her under your skin, then you'll begin to make it better

Ow! Ow! Hey Jude! Ow! Hey, Hey! Yeah! It's gonna be alright!
Hey, Jude, Jude, you'll be alright, Hey Hey Hey Hey
You'll be alright Jude, Heeey, Heeey, Heeey, It's got-ta, it's got-ta, it's got-ta
Yeah, Hey Jude! (Na, na,na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na,na, Hey Hey Jude