"Mustang Sally (song) ""Mustang Sally"" is a rhythm and blues (R&B) song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It was released on the Blue Rock label (4014) in May 1965 with ""Sir Mack Rice"" as the artist. The song uses an AAB layout with a 24-bar structure. It gained greater popularity when Wilson Pickett covered it the following year on a single, a version that was also released on the 1966 album, ""The Wicked Pickett"". Also in 1966, John Lee Hooker recorded an entirely different song with a similar title — ""Mustang Sally & GTO"". According to"
"in the years to follow, but his biggest successes were as songwriter for other artists on labels like Stax and others in the 1960s and following decades. He began his solo vocalist career at Stax in 1967, recording on Atco Records beginning in 1968. Rice is one of the few musicians whose career touched both Motown and Stax Records. As a solo recording artist, he had two chart hits: ""Mustang Sally"", which reached number 15 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart in 1965, and ""Coal Man"", which reached number 48 on the soul music chart in 1969. Besides ""Mustang Sally"", which"
"Mack Rice Bonny ""Mack"" Rice (November 10, 1933 – June 27, 2016), sometimes credited as Sir Mack Rice, was an American songwriter and singer. His best-known composition and biggest hit as a solo performer was ""Mustang Sally."" He also wrote ""Respect Yourself"" with Luther Ingram. Rice was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi. In 1950, his family moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he began his work in the R&B field, performing with the Five Scalders in 1956. From 1957–63, he performed with the Falcons, a group whose members included Eddie Floyd, Wilson Pickett and Joe Stubbs. He performed as a solo vocalist"
"Long Tall Sally ""Long Tall Sally"" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert ""Bumps"" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard; recorded by Little Richard; and released in March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. The flip side was ""Slippin' and Slidin'"". Both songs were subsequently released in the LP ""Here's Little Richard"" (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the ""Billboard"" rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks, while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the ""Cash Box"" Triple Crown Award in 1956. The"
"Long Tall Sally ""Long Tall Sally"" is a rock and roll 12-bar blues song written by Robert ""Bumps"" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson, and Little Richard; recorded by Little Richard; and released in March 1956 on the Specialty Records label. The flip side was ""Slippin' and Slidin'"". Both songs were subsequently released in the LP ""Here's Little Richard"" (Specialty, March 1957). The single reached number one on the ""Billboard"" rhythm and blues chart, staying at the top for six of 19 weeks, while peaking at number six on the pop chart. It received the ""Cash Box"" Triple Crown Award in 1956. The"
"10, peaking at #5. Later that same year, Ernest Tubb and Red Foley had a #1 country music record with the song, and the Alexander Brothers, Dennis Day and Jo Stafford released versions which made the Best Seller chart, peaking at #26, #17 and #9 respectively. Moon Mullican had a number 5 country hit with it in 1950, and a version by Paul Gayten and his Orchestra reached number 6 on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart in the same year. On the ""Cash Box"" chart, where all available versions were combined in the standings, the song reached a peak position of"
"The Young Rascals (album) The Young Rascals is the debut album by rock band The Young Rascals. The album was released on March 28, 1966, and rose to #15 on the Billboard Top LPs chart and #10 in Cashbox. Most of the songs on ""The Young Rascals"" were covers of songs written or originally performed by other artists, with only ""Do You Feel It"" authored by the band. However, ""Good Lovin'"", ""Mustang Sally"" and ""In the Midnight Hour"" would all become signature songs for the Rascals, with ""Good Lovin'"" b/w ""Mustang Sally"" becoming their first #1 single. In his review"
"Blue Rock Records Blue Rock Records was a subsidiary of Mercury Records, and like their parent, based in Chicago between 1964 and 1969. Despite their name, they didn't release blues or rock, concentrating almost exclusively on soul music, with a fair number of the singles echoing Chi-town styles popularized by Curtis Mayfield and other local producers and writers. Highlights included a version of ""Mustang Sally"" by its author, Sir Mack Rice. Big names past their hit-making prime, such as (The Shirelles), and in experimental phases (bluesmen Junior Wells and Junior Parker), cut records for the label. The best known Blue"
"Larry Hall Larry Hall (born Lawrence Kendall Hall; June 30, 1940 – September 24, 1997) was an American singer mostly known for his one-hit wonder song called ""Sandy"" in 1959. The disc reached #15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. Hall was born in Hamlet, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio to Woodrow Burney Hall and Toto Sophia Sizemore Hall. He attended Rancho Alamitos High School, Garden Grove California in the late 50's. He appeared on the favorite dance show, American Band Stand in late 1959 and was seen out with a variety of female singers. He married Sharon Lee"
"Nat Stuckey Nathan Wright Stuckey (December 17, 1933 – August 24, 1988) was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with ""Sweet Thang"", ""Plastic Saddle"", ""Sweet Thang and Cisco"" and ""Take Time to Love Her"" Reared in Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, Stuckey attended Arlington State College, now the University of Texas at Arlington, from which he earned a radio and television degree. Nat established himself as a radio announcer, first at KALT in Atlanta, Texas, and then at KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, where he"
"lung cancer in a Nashville, Tennessee hospital. Nat Stuckey Nathan Wright Stuckey (December 17, 1933 – August 24, 1988) was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with ""Sweet Thang"", ""Plastic Saddle"", ""Sweet Thang and Cisco"" and ""Take Time to Love Her"" Reared in Atlanta in Cass County, Texas, Stuckey attended Arlington State College, now the University of Texas at Arlington, from which he earned a radio and television degree. Nat established himself as a radio announcer, first at KALT in Atlanta, Texas, and then"
"Tall Sally"". The November 1966 stereo remix appeared on 1966's ""A Collection of Beatles Oldies"", and on several later Beatles compilation albums, including 1973's ""1962–1966"", 1982's ""20 Greatest Hits"", and 2000's ""1"". The 2009 CD rerelease of the Beatles' catalog included the 1966 stereo remix on ""Past Masters"" and the original mono mix on ""Mono Masters"". The song was greeted by raving fans on both sides of the Atlantic but was dismissed by some critics as nothing more than another fad song that would not hold up to the test of time. Cynthia Lowery of the Associated Press expressed her"
"10. A song of unusual longevity as a hit, it remained on the ""Billboard"" charts until March 1982, long after its peak, ultimately charting for 30 weeks. The following year, co-writer Terry Hall re-recorded the song with his own band, Fun Boy Three. It was included on their second album ""Waiting"" and reached number seven on the UK Singles Chart and was the last single to chart in the UK, before their split later in 1983. Backing vocals were provided by Mo-dettes drummer June Miles-Kingston, who also played drums on the single and the ""Waiting"" LP. Sisters Hilary and Haylie"
"changed the horns, got different horn players to play on it. But then the tapes got mixed up and Atlantic put out their original version. So that's the hit."" Released by Atlantic Records in April 1966, Sledge's recording reached number one on both the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and R&B singles charts, becoming the first number 1 hit recorded in Muscle Shoals. It is also one of seven number 1 hits to debut on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 at number 100. The single was also a top ten hit in the UK reaching number four on its initial release and ultimately"
"""Long Tall Sally"" EP. According to music critic Richie Unterberger, ""George Harrison's resonant 12-string electric guitar leads were hugely influential; the movie helped persuade the Byrds, then folksingers, to plunge all out into rock & roll, and the Beatles would be hugely influential on the folk-rock explosion of 1965. The Beatles' success, too, had begun to open the US market for fellow English bands like the Rolling Stones, the Animals, and the Kinks, and inspired young American groups like the Beau Brummels, Lovin' Spoonful, and others to mount a challenge of their own with self-penned material that owed a great"
"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"
"Carl Smith (musician) Carl Milton Smith (March 15, 1927 – January 16, 2010) was an American country music singer. Known as ""Mister Country,"" Smith was the husband of June Carter (later June Carter Cash) and Goldie Hill, and the father of Carlene Carter. He was one of country's most successful male artists during the 1950s, with 30 Top 10 ""Billboard"" hits, including 21 in a row. Smith's success continued well into the 1970s, when he had a charting single every year except one. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. A native of Maynardville, Tennessee, Carl"
"Mary Ford Mary Ford (born Iris Colleen Summers; July 7, 1924 – September 30, 1977) was an American vocalist and guitarist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits, including ""How High the Moon"" and ""Vaya con Dios"", which were number one hits on the ""Billboard"" charts. In 1951 alone they sold six million records. With Paul, Ford became one of the early practitioners of multi-tracking. Mary Ford was born Iris Colleen Summers in El Monte, California, the second daughter of Marshall McKinley Summers (born February"
"did ""Tutti Frutti""), ""Long Tall Sally"" was the best-selling 45 of the history of Specialty Records. The recording session took place on February 10, 1956 at J&M Studio in New Orleans, the legendary studio owned by Cosimo Matassa on the corner of Rampart and Dumaine where Fats Domino and many other New Orleans luminaries recorded. ""Long Tall Sally"", as well as many other Little Richard sides, was also recorded there. The music was a fast uptempo number with Little Richard's hammering, boogie piano. Richard plays staccato eighth notes while Palmer plays a fast shuffle. The shuffle was the most common"
"""Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time"". Lay Down Sally ""Lay Down Sally"" is a song performed by Eric Clapton, and written by Clapton, Marcella Detroit (as Marcy Levy, the diminutive form of her birth name), and George Terry. It appeared on his November 1977 album ""Slowhand"", and reached No. 3 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart. ""Lay Down Sally"" is a country blues performed in the style of J. J. Cale. Clapton also attributed other members of his band – Carl Radle of Oklahoma, George Terry, Jamie Oldaker and others – as influencing the song. Clapton explained,"
"10 hit with ""Everybody"", which reached US number 3 and UK number 9, and ""The Folk Singer"" (number 4 UK) written by Merle Kilgore was also popular. Following a more successful tour of the United Kingdom by his friend Roy Orbison, Roe toured there and then moved to England where he lived for several years. In 1964, Roe recorded a song written by Buzz Cason entitled, ""Diane From Manchester Square."" It was a story in song about a girl called Diane, who worked in an upstairs office at EMI House, when it was based in London's Manchester Square. Sales of"
"Morris Stoloff Morris Stoloff (1 August 1898 – 16 April 1980) was a musical composer. Stoloff worked with Sammy Davis Jr., Dinah Shore and Frank Sinatra. Stoloff worked as music director at Columbia Pictures from 1936 to 1962. Among space age pop fans, he is best remembered for his 1956 Top 10 hit that paired the swing era tune ""Moonglow"" with the love theme from the movie ""Picnic"", the medley called ""Moonglow and Theme from ""Picnic"""". It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA. Stoloff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy"
"Susan Maughan Susan Maughan (born Marian Maughan, 1 July 1938,) is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, ""Bobby's Girl"" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It also reached number six in the Norwegian chart in that year. Maughan was born in Consett, County Durham. The sleeve notes on her 1963 album, written by John Franz, stated that ""Susan's family moved to Birmingham (in 1953) when Susan was 15. She started work there as a shorthand typist,"
"Suzi Quatro Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and actress. She was the first female bass player to become a major rock star. In the 1970s, Quatro scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland. She reached no. 1 in the UK and other European countries and Australia with her singles ""Can the Can"" (1973) and ""Devil Gate Drive"" (1974). Following a recurring role as bass player Leather Tuscadero on the popular American sitcom ""Happy Days"", her duet ""Stumblin' In"" with Smokie's lead"
"Fame. His wife Goldie died in 2005. Smith, who lived on a horse farm in Franklin, south of Nashville, followed her in January 2010. He was survived by two sons, Carl, Jr. and Larry Dean; and two daughters, Carlene and Lori Lynn. Carl Smith (musician) Carl Milton Smith (March 15, 1927 – January 16, 2010) was an American country music singer. Known as ""Mister Country,"" Smith was the husband of June Carter (later June Carter Cash) and Goldie Hill, and the father of Carlene Carter. He was one of country's most successful male artists during the 1950s, with 30 Top"
"Award nominations, including two for Sinatra and one for arranger Billy Strange. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She appeared on TV in high boots, and with colorfully dressed go-go dancers, a craze during the late '60s, and created a popular and enduring image of the Swinging Sixties. A run of chart singles followed, including the two 1966 Top 10 hits ""How Does That Grab You, Darlin'?"" (U.S. No.7) and ""Sugar Town"" (U.S. No.5). ""Sugar Town"" became her second million-seller. The ballad ""Somethin' Stupid""—a duet with her father—hit No. 1 in the U.S. and"
"Mustang Records, represented a first success for songwriter and arranger Barry White. The label’s first number 1 came in 1968, as British mixed-race band the Equals hit with ""Baby, Come Back"", written by the teenage leader of the band, Eddy Grant. The song was originally a single B-side to ""Hold Me Closer""; a radio DJ in Germany flipped the single and it took off. The Equals scored two more top ten hits on President with ""Viva Bobby Joe"" and ""Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys"". President was also successful with a series of top 30 hits by Welsh vocalist Dorothy Squires,"
"she recorded the song, ""Time"", from the film, ""Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry"", which she sang during her appearance the same year on the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club show. She married advertising executive Nicolas Teller, February 1965. She now lives in Eastbourne with second husband Nick Leigh, a theatre director. Susan Maughan Susan Maughan (born Marian Maughan, 1 July 1938,) is an English singer who released successful singles in the 1960s. Her most famous and successful song, ""Bobby's Girl"" (a cover of the Marcie Blane single), reached number three in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas time in 1962. It"
"""Long Tall Sally"", which would influence performers such as James Brown, Elvis Presley, and Otis Redding. Ruth Brown on the Atlantic label, placed hits in the top five every year from 1951 through 1954: ""Teardrops from My Eyes"", ""Five, Ten, Fifteen Hours"", ""(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean"" and ""What a Dream"". Faye Adams's ""Shake a Hand"" made it to number two in 1952. In 1953, the R&B record-buying public made Willie Mae Thornton's original recording of Leiber and Stoller's ""Hound Dog"" the number three hit that year. Ruth Brown was very prominent among female R&B stars; her popularity was"
"Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section played on hits by many Stax artists during the late 1960s through the mid-1970s, and Atlantic Records artists Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge, Joe Tex and Aretha Franklin. The popularity of Southern soul declined during the height of disco's commercial dominance in the mid- to late 1970s. In 1983, however, J. Blackfoot saw success with his single ""Taxi"". Southern soul music is still being recorded and performed by artists such as Sharon Jones, Charles Bradley, Avail Hollywood, Shirley Brown, Sir Charles Jones, Barbara Carr, Willie Clayton, Bobby Rush, Denise LaSalle, Reggie Sears, TK Soul, Joyce Cobb, Ms"
"— both of which peaked at no. 9 on the UK Singles Chart, in 1964 and 1966 respectively — and ""I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten"", which reached no. 4 in the UK in 1968. He also co-wrote ""Here I Go Again"" with Mort Shuman for The Hollies – a UK no. 4 in 1964 – and wrote songs recorded by Shirley Bassey, Vera Lynn, Elvis Presley, Petula Clark, Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Roger Whittaker, Crystal Gayle and others. Another of his hits was ""Constantly"" for Cliff Richard. One of his early efforts was a ""B"" side for"
"11 in its list of 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. Bill Monroe wrote the song in 1946, recording it for Columbia Records on September 16. It was released in early 1947. At the time, the Bluegrass Boys included vocalist and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjoist Earl Scruggs, who later formed their own bluegrass band, the Foggy Mountain Boys. Both Flatt and Scruggs performed on the recording, although Bill Monroe supplied the vocals on this song. The song, described as a ""bluegrass waltz"", had become a United States wide hit by 1947 and also became enormously popular with other bluegrass,"
"including Hugh McCracken, Gary Chester, Chuck Rainey, Sal DiTroia, and Ron Frangipane to provide the music and Ron Dante and Toni Wine as vocalists. Dante, also of the Cuff Links, with whom he scored a No. 9 bubblegum hit, ""Tracy"", during the same period, would go on later to produce hits for Barry Manilow in the early 1970s. The fictional band's ""Sugar Sugar"" (a song Kirshner may have earlier offered to the Monkees, though the claim is disputed) was the best-selling single of 1969, and the band would score five other Hot 100 singles, including ""Bang-Shang-A-Lang"", ""Jingle Jangle"", and ""Who's"