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
The Kid Who Only Hit Homers He promised Sylvester he would help him become one of the best players ever. Before long he was hitting homers. When his friend "Snooky" tries to convince him this mysterious man was just a figment of his imagination, Sylvester tries to prove to him the truth. Joe Posnanski wrote an article about this book and meeting the author: https://medium.com/joeblogs/the-kid-who-only-hit-homers-6f9661876035 The Kid Who Only Hit Homers The Kid Who Only Hit Homers (1972) is a children's novel about baseball written by Matt Christopher. It was the first in a series of four novels featuring a young man (Sylvester Coddmeyer III) who