Wilson Pickett was a singer-songwriter whose style helped define the soul music of the 1960s. He was a product of the Southern black church, and the gospel was at the core of his musical manner and onstage persona.
His delivery was marked by the fervor of religious conviction, no matter how secular the songs he sang.
Pickett was a leading exponent of the Southern-fried school of soul singing. His unadorned straight-from-the-gut approach was accepted, even revered, by civil-rights-minded pop culture. Pickett’s dazzling good looks and confident demeanor were hallmarks of his appeal.
On January 19, 2006, two months before turning 65, the blues guitarist Pickett passed away. After having a heart attack, he passed away at a hospital in Reston, Virginia. At Louisville, Kentucky’s Evergreen Cemetery, Pickett was interred in a mausoleum.
Who is Wilson Pickett’s wife Bonnie Covington?
Bonnie Covington was the first wife of the singer and songwriter Wilson Pickette, the couple got married in 1959 but the marriage couldn’t last long and they were eventually divorced.
According to sources, the couple had four children together at the time of separation.
