"In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by American singer Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on his 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pi
Stephen Lee Cropper, sometimes known as "The Colonel", was an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer. He was the guitarist of the Stax Records house band, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, which bac
In the Midnight Hour
…and released on his 1965 album of the same name, also appearing on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. The song was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis, later (April 1968) the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Pickett's first hit on Atlantic…
Cropper in 1967
Cropper (second from right) with Booker T. & the M.G.'s, 1967
Cropper performing at the 2007 Hamar Music Festival
Cropper toured Australia with Guy Sebastian, playing on Sebastian's The Memphis Album tour in March 2008