Ranking #43 singles, U.S. edition: 1972-1977 (opens in new tab)

I could talk about Jerry Lee Lewis’ unfuckwithable cover of “Chantilly Lace.” or Millie Jackson and Johnnie Bristol’s excellent confident examples of prime R&B. But something called “Popsicle Toes” wagged a finger. Arranged to lounge-pop guitar and electric piano with an assurance no one in the disco era had heard since a decade earlier (Tommy […]