A friend's dad once confidently claimed that the lyrics "ride, Sally ride!" in the 1965/1966 R&B song "Mustang Sally" were about astronaut Sally Ride's 1983 achievement of becoming the first American woman in space.
Born in 1951, Ride would have been in her early teens when the song was written.
Andy K250
Today in History: Sally Ride becomes America’s first woman in space
