"A Rockin' Good Way," Brook Benton & Dinah Washington (1960)

A saucy bridge between two musical eras

Peak: #7 on the Hot 100
Streams: 7.3 million

In 1960, the pop music rules were in flux. Rock and roll was just starting to break through into the mainstream: Alan Freed had coined the term only nine years earlier, while Little Richard, Bill Haley, Elvis, and Jerry Lee Lewis were all at the start of their careers. Meanwhile, the “supper club” style of pop …