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It was 50 years ago today: Was 1965 the best year ever for pop music?

My column in this week's Sunday Inquirer Live Life Love section is about '60s nostalgia, anniersary journalism and this question: "Was 1965 the greatest year in the history of recorded pop music?"

You decide. But first listen to the streaming Spotify playlist below, which begins with James Brown's "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" kicking it off and John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme" closing it out. In between, there's The Who, Wilson Pickett, The Supremes, Fontella Bass, The Byrds, Otis Redding, The Rolling Stones, and more. Sorry, no Beatles: Their music isn't on Spotify.

Previously: Sufjan Stevens at the Academy of Music Follow In the Mix on Twitter