What do Van Morrison’s “Domino,” the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar” and Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On?” have in common? All of them were recorded or became hits in 1971 — the year music journalist David Hepworth insists is the best year in rock ‘n’ roll history.

In his new book, Never a Dull Moment, Hepworth makes the case that the music from 1971 was the result of “a huge explosion of creativity in a very short period of time” and lives on in the present like most old music does not.

Source: Texas Public Radio