Mustang Sally (song) Australian charts and #17 on the New Zealand charts. 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
Walking in Memphis am tonight!' " Cohn finds it funny that many listeners infer from the lyric that he is a Christian or born again. "But to me," Cohn said, "that line could have only been written by a Jew. It's such a Jewish line, and I love that." With "Walking in Memphis," Cohn reached number 13 in 1991 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. It is the only Top 40 hit for Cohn. "Walking in Memphis" has since been remade several times, notably in 1995 by Cher (number 11 UK), and in 2003 by Lonestar (number 8 C&W/ number 61 Hot 100).