In the Midnight Hour

About In the Midnight Hour

"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1965 album In the Midnight Hour also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968. Pickett's first hit on Atlantic Records, it reached #1 on the R&B charts and peaked at #21 on the pop charts. .

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About this song

Credited to

Wilson Pickett

Album

The Exciting Wilson Pickett · Track 7 of 12

Released

January 1, 1970

Duration

2:37

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From the album: The Exciting Wilson Pickett