Editing Wilson Pickett (section)

=== Stax/Fame years (1965–1967) ===
Pickett recorded three sessions at Stax in May and October 1965. He was joined by keyboardist [[Isaac Hayes]] for the October sessions. In addition to "In the Midnight Hour", Pickett's 1965 recordings included the singles "Don't Fight It" (No. 4 R&B, No. 53 pop), "[[634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)]]"<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-the-midnight-hour-634-5789-mw0000424814  In the Midnight Hour/634-5789] Retrieved May 31, 2022</ref>(No. 1 R&B, No. 13 pop), and "Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do)" (No. 13 R&B, No. 53 pop). All but "634-5789" were original compositions which Pickett co-wrote with [[Eddie Floyd]] or [[Steve Cropper]] or both; "634-5789" was credited to Cropper and Floyd alone.

For his next sessions, Pickett did not return to Stax, as the label's owner, Jim Stewart, had decided in December 1965 to ban outside productions. Wexler took Pickett to Fame Studios, a studio also with a close association with Atlantic Records, located in a converted tobacco [[warehouse]] in nearby [[Muscle Shoals, Alabama]]. Pickett recorded some of his biggest hits there, including the highest-charting version of "[[Land of a Thousand Dances|Land of 1000 Dances]]", which was his third R&B No. 1 and his biggest pop hit, peaking at No. 6. It was a million-selling [[gramophone record|disc]].<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/>

Other big hits from this era in Pickett's career included his remakes of [[Mack Rice]]'s "[[Mustang Sally (song)|Mustang Sally]]" (No. 6 R&B, No. 23 pop), and [[Dyke & the Blazers]]' "[[Funky Broadway]]", (R&B No. 1, No. 8 pop).<ref name="The Great Rock Discography"/> Both tracks were million sellers.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/> The band heard on most of Pickett's Fame recordings included keyboardist [[Spooner Oldham]], guitarist [[Jimmy Johnson (session guitarist)|Jimmy Johnson]], drummer [[Roger Hawkins (drummer)|Roger Hawkins]], and bassist [[Tommy Cogbill]].{{sfn|Guralnick|1999|p=259}}