In Memory: Wilson Pickett

Pioneering R&B singer Wilson Pickett, who made "In the Midnight Hour" and "Mustang Sally" American classics, died yesterday of a heart attack at age 64.

Pickett was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991, he was also given the Pioneer award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation two years later.

What I didn't know but learned this morning was that Pickett served as a role model in the film "The Commitments" in 1991. He lived in nearby Ashburn, Va.