David Ritz
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Freelance writer. Coauthor of Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story andRhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music.
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Wilson Pickett was an American singer-songwriter, whose explosive style helped define the soul music of the 1960s. Pickett was a product of the Southern black church, and gospel was at the core of his musical manner and onstage persona. He testified rather than sang, preached rather than crooned.…
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