Ranking #4 singles, U.S. edition: 1963-1965 (opens in new tab)

For many of my readers, a Thursday night sitcom built around a sex deviant named Bill Cosby had a theme song that could’ve doubled as our intro to “Shotgun.” This greasy sax-led number by Junior Walker is one of the early rocker’s most essential, propulsive numbers. “Heat Wave” and “Rescue Me” almost match it in […]