In 1970, The Guess Who topped the charts with “American Woman.” The Canadian rockers’ hit song went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on May 9, 1970, and remained there for three weeks. But the song ...
Soul music in 1963 spoke to the times, but it also laid the groundwork for the future of R&B, pop, rock and roll, funk, and eventually hip-hop.