5. "Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto," James Brown
A soulful appeal that might be a little less sad if its command weren't so urgent: Fill every stocking you see, and don't forget any kid. A sharp electric guitar chord drives the song like a spur to the side of the reindeer.
4. "7 O'Clock News/Silent Night," Simon & Garfunkel
Lenny Bruce dying of an overdose, Martin Luther King marching for fair housing, Richard Speck indicted for killing nine student nurses, and Richard Nixon s