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In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett
"In the Midnight Hour" made Wilson Pickett a star. Dead at the age of 64, his song will remain very much alive.
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Here's the hit song story: "Cropper noticed that at the end of each song Wilson would launch into an improvised rap about 'the midnight hour:’ "In every song in the fade-out, he’d go into this ritual, ‘I’m going to wait till the midnight hour, oh in the midnight hour,’ and he’d start preaching this ‘midnight hour’ thing, and I said ‘That’s it!’ When Wilson and Cropper got together, the phrase ‘In the Midnight Hour’ was the first one that came up. It took just one hour to write the soul/rock classic that would established Wilson Pickett as a star. "In The Midnight Hour" reached the top of the R&B chart and hit #21 on the pop chart in 1965." by Classic Bands.
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Originally performed by Motown artist Wilson Pickett
A # 21 Top 40 hit in 1965, it also hit # 1 on the R&B charts
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I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour,
That's when my love comes tumblin' down,
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour,
A when there's no one else around.
I'm gonna take you girl and hold ya,
And do all the things I told ya,
In the midnight hour - Oh baby, yes I am.
I'm gonna wait till the stars come out,
And start to twinkle in your eye,
I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour,
That's when my love begins to shine.
You're the only girl I know,
That really loves me so,
In the midnight hour.
Phot above from The Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
a true classic of Soul Music!