{"id":389,"date":"2010-03-12T11:28:08","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?p=389"},"modified":"2010-03-12T11:30:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T15:30:17","slug":"312-3192010-pickett-vs-burke-battle-of-the-soul-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/2010\/03\/12\/312-3192010-pickett-vs-burke-battle-of-the-soul-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/12 &#038; 3\/19\/2010 &#8211; Pickett Vs. Burke: Battle Of The Soul Titans!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Show<\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&#8220;If You Need Me&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PickettBurke.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"404\" height=\"202\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390\" title=\"Pickett Vs. Burke\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/PickettBurke.gif\" alt=\"The Battle Of The Soul Titans\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2010\/03\/PickettBurke.gif 404w, https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/upLoads\/2010\/03\/PickettBurke-300x150.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The soul classic &#8220;If You Need Me&#8221; was co-written by a young Wilson Pickett who had just recently left The Falcons.\u00a0 He sent a demo of the song to Atlantic in NY hoping to score a record deal.\u00a0 In a devastating blow, Atlantic gave the song to the already established Solomon Burke.\u00a0 Our friend, the legendary <strong>Lloyd Price<\/strong> stops in with some background information about this soul rumble.\u00a0 Both versions battled on the charts in 1963 and now both versions battle on The Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Show.\u00a0 But that&#8217;s not all.\u00a0 Soul titans Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke battle it out over 2 different Cat Fights this week.\u00a0 The 2nd one is over Solomon&#8217;s song, &#8220;Everybody Needs Somebody To Love.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\">This week&#8217;s show also contains the evolution of\u00a0a Buddy Holly classic, the musical inspirations of Frank Guida AND some Top 40 radio chaos.\u00a0 So listen, vote and dig The Friday Night Cat Fight Radio Show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div id=\"polls-60\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_60\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_60_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"42672afa64\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Which One Do You DIG The Most? - \"If You Need Me\"<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-60-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-171\" name=\"poll_60\" value=\"171\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-171\">Wilson Pickett (1963)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-172\" name=\"poll_60\" value=\"172\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-172\">Solomon Burke (1963)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(60);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(60);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(60); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(60); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-60-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><div id=\"polls-61\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_61\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/FNCF\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_61_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"17a7c75367\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"61\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BONUS Cat Fight Poll: Which Of These Is The Cat's Meow? - \"Everybody Needs Somebody To Love\"<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-61-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-173\" name=\"poll_61\" value=\"173\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-173\">Solomon Burke (1964)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-174\" name=\"poll_61\" value=\"174\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-174\">Wilson Pickett (1967)<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(61);\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(61);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(61); return false;\" onkeypress=\"poll_result(61); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-61-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">**To receive a complete playlist of this program, please subscribe to Matt The Cat&#8217;s email newsletter <a title=\"Email Newsletter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?page_id=213\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8301\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-389-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF67.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF67.mp3\">https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF67.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF67.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF\/?powerpress_pinw=389-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattthecat.com\/FNCF67.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"FNCF67.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lloyd Price makes an appearance on this week&#8217;s show as Wilson Picket and Solomon Burke battle it out over the soul classic, &#8220;If You Need Me.&#8221;  There&#8217;s also a bonus cat fight between these soul legends, the evolution of a Buddy Holly classic tune, the musical inspirations of Frank Guida AND some Top 40 radio chaos.  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