From the June 29, 2016, Goldsboro (NC) News-Argus by AP.
'MUSTANG SALLY' COMPOSER MACK RICE DIES
One of my all-time favorite songs. A sixties classic by the Wicked Pickett.
MACK RICE, 82. Died June 27, 2016.
Mack Rice, the composer of the '60s hit "Mustang Sallly" and co-writer of the Staple Singers' "Respect Yourself" has died in Detroit.
"Sir" Mack Rice was best known for writing "Mustang Sally," which he initially recorded but it was Wilson Pickett who really made it popular. The two of them had been in a group called the Falcons.
His wife, Laura Rice, said, "When he wrote 'Mustang Sally' and he saw that royalty check, he really started writing. He never thought 'Mustang Sally' would ever be as big as it became. ...He used to tell me, 'Honey that Mustang has rolled a long time.'"
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