Mustang Sally

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Mustang Sally

• Mustang Sally" is an RB / straight-forward Blues
  song written and first recorded by Mack Rice in
  1965.
• It gained greater popularity when it was covered
  by Wilson Pickett the following year.
• According to music historian , the song started
  as a joke when Della Reese's band leader wanted a
  new Ford Mustang. Rice called the early version
  "Mustang Mama," but changed the title after
  Aretha Franklin suggested "Mustang Sally.
• Rice's version made it to 15 on the U.S. RB
  charts. Pickett's version made it to 23 in 1966.
• The song has become a staple of blues bands all
  over the world and is played quite often,
  becoming to blues what "Stairway to Heaven" is to
  rock.
• In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the song 434 on a
  list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Wilson Pickett

• Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 January 19,
  2006) was an American RB/Rock and Roll and soul
  singer.
• Known for his raw, raspy, passionate vocal
  delivery, he recorded some of the most incendiary
  soul music of the twentieth century.
• A major figure in the development of Southern
  soul music, his recordings between 1963 and 1973
  left behind a legacy of some of the deepest,
  funkiest soul music ever to emerge from the
  South.
• The impact of his recordings also resulted in his
  1991 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of
  Fame.

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The Commitments

• The Commitments is a 1991 film adaptation of the
  novel of the same name by Roddy Doyle, which
  tells the story of some unemployed Dubliners who
  form a soul band.
• It was directed by Alan Parker from a screenplay
  adapted by Dick Clement, Ian Le Frenais and Doyle
  himself. The film was an international
  co-production between companies in Ireland, the
  UK and the United States.
• The Commitments stars as Jimmy Rabbitte, as
  Joey "The Lips" Fagan, and Colm Meaney as Jimmy
  Rabbitte Sr. The members of the band are played
  by , Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle, , Bronagh
  Gallagher, , Glen Hansard, , , and Andrew Strong
  as Deco.
• The film was very successful at the box office
  and introduced a new generation to rhythm and
  blues, much as The Blues Brothers had in the
  1980s.

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