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MUSTANG SALLY
This song was written and performed by Mack Rice, who originally called it "Mustang Mama", only changing the title under advice from
Aretha Franklin. The song is better known through later cover versions from Wilson Pickett, then the movie The Commitments.
You are the Sunshine of my Life
This Stevie Wonder number was from his 1972 Grammy Award winning album "Talking Book", which also included "Superstition", a real funk classic.
My Girl
This was written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White, who were both members of The Miracles. Robinson wrote the lyrics, which were inspired by his wife, Claudette.
This was the first of 4 US #1 hits for The Temptations.
This was used as the title and theme song of a movie starring Macaulay Culkin.
Some of the many artists who covered this song include Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton and The Mamas & The Papas.
This song was written and performed by Otis Redding, the gravel voiced singer who became more famous after he died tragically young.
He was inspired by The Beatles, and the Dock itself in San Francisco. The Song went on to eventually be a worldwide hit, which he never saw happen.
The Soul though, still lives on.
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