In honor of Super Sunday, this month’s playlist salutes the music of the Mardi Gras Indians, both as played straight-up and as incorporated into rock and funk.

Sugar Boy Crawford: “Jock-a-Mo” and The Dixie Cups: “Iko Iko”

Got to include both early versions of this timeless tune. Sugar Boy Crawford’s 1953 record was likely the first to turn an Indian chant into straight-up R&B, and it’s still an infectious landmark of New Orleans music. Flash forward to 1965 when the Dixi...