{"id":21637,"date":"2015-04-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=21637"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:58:32","slug":"cover-me-ninety-nine-and-a-half-wont-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2015\/04\/16\/cover-me-ninety-nine-and-a-half-wont-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Actually, I&#8217;m not sure this even counts as a cover, but I don&#8217;t have a &#8220;Pay Homage to Me&#8221; category.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do)&#8221; peaked at #53 on the Pop Singles chart and #13 on the R&amp;B Singles chart when Pickett released it on his 1966 album, <em>The Exciting Wilson Pickett.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhX4liVtuCc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>We know that Bruce has always been a Wilson Pickett fan, and he&#8217;s often quoted the title hook of one of Pickett&#8217;s greatest hits.<\/p>\n<p>But when Bruce covered it in 1992&#8230; well, let&#8217;s just say calling it a cover is a stretch.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TiS5SJVOWTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Bruce changed the melody and ditched all the lyrics except for the title hook, basically turning the soul hit into a comedic set piece that gave him a chance for some audience and band interaction.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time Bruce has dramatically altered a song when covering it, but it&#8217;s certainly one of the more extreme examples.\u00a0 Given Bruce&#8217;s encyclopedic musical knowledge, though, his adaptation of &#8220;Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do)&#8221; might have also been a sly wink at the fact that Pickett himself did the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Pickett took his inspiration from Dorothy Love Coates&#8217; gospel hit, &#8220;Ninety-Nine and Half Won&#8217;t Do,&#8221; first recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and her mother Katie Bell Nubin in 1949. Just like Bruce, Pickett kept just the title\/refrain and changed everything else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A0iK-kMCFms?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>So there&#8217;s a nice bit of historical rhyming in the way Bruce chose to cover &#8220;Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was never much more than a lark, though, destined for one-off status from the start.<\/p>\n<p>Or two-off, I suppose, to be accurate. That clip above is the one most fans have heard, from Bruce&#8217;s Meadowlands show in the summer of 1992. Bruce covered it one additional time, though, just seven weeks earlier. That performance is harder to come by (and a lot harder to make out), but you can listen to it here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"v-ApN9htUF-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='758' height='568' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/ApN9htUF?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do)<br \/>\nFirst performed:<\/strong> June 5, 1992 (Los Angeles, CA)<br \/>\n<strong>Last performed:<\/strong> July 25, 1992 (East Rutherford, NJ)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 October 11, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twice only: Bruce paid tribute to Wilson Pickett with his own version of &#8220;Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won&#8217;t Do).&#8221; Just 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