Buddy Guy – Mustang Sally
Top music videos:\”Mustang Sally\” is an R&B / straight-forward Blues song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in 1965. It gained greater popularity when it was awninged by Wilson Pickett the following year.
According to music historian Tom Shannon, the song started as a joke when Della Reese’s adornment leader wanted a newborn Ford Mustang. Rice called the early edition \”Mustang Mama,\” but changed the title after Aretha Franklin advisable \”Mustang Sally.\”
Rice edition made it to #15 on the U.S. R&B charts in 1965. Pickett’s edition climbed to #6 R&B and #23 Pop in 1966.
The song has become a staple of vapors bands all over the world and is played quite often, becoming to vapors what \”Stairway to Heaven\” is to rock. During the 80s, many guitar store employees put up humorous \”No Stairway to Heaven\” signs to discourage the daily onslaught of noodlers playing the song. Hot music video clips In that vein, John Lee Hooker’s Boom Boom Room has had a sign on the initiate for more than a decade that says, \”No Mustang Sally.\”