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    • Aug 27, 1999
    Nashville's Adelphia Coliseum opens with a pre-season Tennessee Titans game against the Atlanta Falcons, televised on ESPN. Faith Hill sings the national anthem, and Wilson Pickett performs an hour-long pre-game show. The Titans win, 17-3
    Jan 6, 2000
    Wilson Pickett's recording of "In The Midnight Hour" hits #93 on a VH1 poll of the 100 greatest rock & roll songs of all-time. The song became a minor country hit in 1984 when re-recorded by Razzy Bailey
    Jan 19, 2006
    Soul singer/songwriter Wilson Pickett dies from a heart attack at a hospital in Reston, Virginia. His 1965 classic "In The Midnight Hour" was remade as a minor country hit in 1984 by Razzy Bailey
    Nov 27, 2008
    Ray Charles ranks #2 among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Singers Of All-Time. Among other deceased stars listed: Sam Cooke, #4; Otis Redding, #8; James Brown, #10; Roy Orbison, #13; Jackie Wilson, #26; Janis Joplin, #28; Buddy Holly, #48; Wilson Pickett, #68; and Karen Carpenter, #94
    Mar 29, 2017
    Marty Robbins' album "Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs" and The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" are added to the National Recording Registry, along with The Chuck Wagon Gang's "I'll Fly Away," Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog," Wilson Pickett's "In The Midnight Hour" and Judy Garland's "Over The Rainbow"
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