"The 'In' Crowd," The Ramsey Lewis Trio (1965)
One of the greatest live singles of all time
Peak: #5 on the Hot 100
Streams: 6.9 million
To explain why I’m so enthusiastic about “The ‘In’ Crowd” by The Ramsey Lewis Trio, I need to reference “Fuel” by Ani DiFranco. About halfway through that spoken-word piece, DiFranco notes, “People used to make records. As in a record of an event. The event of people playing music in a room.”
She’s bemoaning so…
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