‘What’d I Say’ — Ray Charles
“What’d I say” is Rolling Stone’s choice for Ray Charles’ 10 Greatest Song of All Time. It was written in 1958, while Charles and his group were in Pittsburgh on the stage with a particular time to fill up in the dead of night. The crowd’s response was genuinely enthusiastic, and Charles did manage to be the first top ten pop single with his hit, “What’s it?” Throughout his career, Charles ended each stage performance with that track.
‘What’d I Say’ — Ray Charles
‘Paint It Black’ — The Rolling Stones
The 1966 single The Rolling Stones released and the number one of both Billboard Hot 100 and UK, “Paint It Black,” is the fifth in ranking among Ranker’s best-ever music. Singles Chart; the band hit the number spot yet again for the third time with this song in the US and sixth in the UK. Rolling Stone’s readers evaluated “Paint It Black” as the band’s third-largest hit between “Gimme Shelter” and “Sympathy for the Devil.”
‘Paint It Black’ — The Rolling Stones
