61 years ago, The Who released their iconic single "My Generation." The hit was ranked #11 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Pete Townshend reportedly wrote the song on a train but credits American jazz and bluesman Mose Allison'sYoung Man Blues as its inspiration, saying “Without Mose I wouldn't have written My Generation”. Singer Roger Daltrey's delivery—an angry and frustrated stutter (‘Why don't you all fff ... fade away’)—was inspired by, among other things, John Lee Hooker's Stuttering Blues. WATCH the Smothers Brothers introduce the young mods to the world, before they play the song... (1965)
