Respect Yourself – The message that rock music may still looking for. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #TheStapleSingers #MavisStaples #PervisStaples

Today’s feature takes us back almost 55 years. Once again, we are reminded how the combination of moral imperative, a borrowed groove, and a commanding voice, in this case the legendary Mavis Stapl…

Ted Tocks Covers
"Mustang Sally" is a #rhythmAndBlues (#RAndB) song written and first recorded by #MackRice 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 #WilsonPickett #covered it the following year on a single, a version that was also released on the 1966 album #TheWickedPickett. Also in 1966.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u6w0cjjrU
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

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Hot Line To Jesus, by Mack Rice

from the album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Stax Records
Nobody But You, by Mack Rice

from the album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Stax Records
Respect Yourself, by Mack Rice

from the album Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos

Stax Records
"Mustang Sally" is a #rhythmAndBlues (R&B) song written and first recorded by #MackRice 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 #WilsonPickett #covered it the following year on a single, a version that was also released on the 1966 album #TheWickedPickett. Also in 1966.
https://youtu.be/16u6w0cjjrU
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally

YouTube