In the Midnight Hour number one on the R&B chart in "Billboard" magazine dated August 7, 1965 and crossed over to the Top 40 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 reaching number 21: however according to Stax owner Jim Stewart the domestic sales total of the single in its original release was a moderate 300,000 units. However "In the Midnight Hour" by Wilson Pickett has become an iconic R&B track, placing at number 134 on "Rolling Stone"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All-Time, Wilson Pickett's first of two entries on the list (the other being "Mustang Sally" at number 434). It is also
Only Sixteen where it reached number 14. The Supremes recorded it on their 1965 album "We Remember Sam Cooke". E-40 and the click sample it on the first record, he sings the hook in the entro. Credits adapted from the liner notes to the 2003 compilation "". Only Sixteen "Only Sixteen" is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959. The song was a top 15 hit on "Billboard's" Hot R&B Sides chart and also charted within the top 30 of the "Billboard" Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. In the UK it was covered, and taken to