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Mick Jagger is the headline grabber, the spotlight guy, the one girls chase after. Keith Richards, on the other hand, was never any of that. Their solo catalogs only make these distinctions clearer. On the surface, Richards successes were the most surprising. He isnt much of a singer. He isnt much to look at. He isnt even that much of a guitar player, really — more scroungy tics and oddball strums than virtuoso. But as the following list of his most underrated songs shows, something emerges t...

Where Im Coming From, an album released in April 1971 that pointed to greatness. On the cusp of 21, Wonder was taking control of his music and his life. His contract with Motown allowed him to void their decade-long agreement once he reached legal adulthood, giving him access to a burgeoning trust fund filled with previously earned royalties – and a new leveraging tool. If his hit-factory label boss wanted to keep Wonder, hed have to renegotiate. "I wasnt growing," Wonder later told GQ. "I j...