Monday, March 28, 2016

"634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)" #13 3/26/1966

Some Memphis-style R&B from "Wicked" Wilson Pickett. It was co-written by Steve Cropper of Booker T and the MG's and the Blues Brothers band, and Eddie Floyd, who would score a hit in a few months with "Knock On Wood." The phone number in the title eventually had to be taken out of service all over the country due to people dialing it at random hours and pissing off the homeowners. The same thing happened years later with "867-5309."

Wilson Pickett - 634-5789 (Soulsville, USA)

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