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Was it the greatest single year in the history of pop music?
It's hard to argue with James Brown's
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," the Rolling Stones'
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," and Bob Dylan's
"Like a Rolling Stone."
It was not only the year that Dylan made Pete Seeger
really mad by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival, it also saw
the release of not one but two of his greatest LPs:
Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited.
Similarly, the Beatles let loose both Help! (an underrated
masterpiece that began their ambitious music-making period
in earnest) and Rubber Soul, and their bad-boy counterpart
the Rolling Stones were also quite busy, with three U.S.
releases - The Rolling Stones, Now!, Out of Their Heads, and
December's Children.
That's not to mention such soul cuts as Wilson Pickett's "In
the Midnight Hour," and Otis Redding's "Respect," Motown
hits like the Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love" and the
Temptations' "My Girl" or hippie twists like the Byrds' "Turn!
Turn! Turn!" or Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About a Mover
Was it the greatest single year in the history of pop music?
It's hard to argue with James Brown's
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," the Rolling Stones'
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," and Bob Dylan's
"Like a Rolling Stone."
It was not only the year that Dylan made Pete Seeger
really mad by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival, it also saw
the release of not one but two of his greatest LPs:
Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited.
Similarly, the Beatles let loose both Help! (an underrated
masterpiece that began their ambitious music-making period
in earnest) and Rubber Soul, and their bad-boy counterpart
the Rolling Stones were also quite busy, with three U.S.
releases - The Rolling Stones, Now!, Out of Their Heads, and
December's Children.
That's not to mention such soul cuts as Wilson Pickett's "In
the Midnight Hour," and Otis Redding's "Respect," Motown
hits like the Supremes' "Stop! In the Name of Love" and the
Temptations' "My Girl" or hippie twists like the Byrds' "Turn!
Turn! Turn!" or Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About a Mover
