Above is Tom Jones and Wilson Pickett performing a Medley of “Barefootin,” “Midnight Hour,” and “Hey Jude” on This is Tom Jones television show in 1970.
Below is Wilson Pickett‘s legendary studio version of “Hey Jude,” which included energetic session guitar work from a then-unknown Duane Allman. Allman’s biting, emotional, guitar work at the end of Pickett’s “Hey Jude” would persuade Eric Clapton to bring Allman in for studio sessions on Derek and the Dominoes‘ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs where Allman’s guitar would add layers of shimmer to the already brilliant material prepared for that classic (not an overstatement) album.
