Ranking #31 singles, U.S. edition: 1965-1967 (opens in new tab)

The stories of the finest songs on this list involve the effect of blinkered white audiences.Inspired by what the Stones had done with their R&B influences to create something of their own, Otis Redding covered “Satisfaction,” honing it to bone and sinew and, in its fadeout, priapic babble (I wonder how a Stax comp of […]