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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

AC/DC - Back In Black
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Roy Acuff & the Smoky Mountain Boys[?] - Wabash Cannonball
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
The Animals - The House Of The Rising Sun
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
Arrested Development - Tennessee
The B-52's - Rock Lobster
LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters[?] - Work With Me Annie
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down[?]
The Band - The Weight[?]
The Beach Boys - California Girls
The Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys - Surfin' U.S.A.
The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
The Beatles - HELP!
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand[?]
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Beau Brummels[?] - Laugh Laugh
Beck - Loser
Jeff Beck Group - Plynth (Water Down The Drain)
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Archie Bell & the Drells[?] - Tighten Up
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode[?]
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Big Brother & the Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart
Big Star - September Gurls
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bobby Blue Bland - Turn On Your Love Light
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Gary U.S. Bonds[?] - Quarter To Three
Booker T. & The MG's[?] - Green Onions
Boston - More Than A Feeling
David Bowie - Fame
David Bowie - Space Oddity[?]
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Box Tops[?] - The Letter
Charles Brown - Driftin' Blues
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown - Please Please Please
James Brown - Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Johnny Burnette Trio[?] - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Byrds - Hickory Wind
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
The Champs[?] - Tequila
Gene Chandler[?] - Duke Of Earl
The Chantays - Pipeline
Ray Charles - Hallelujah I Love Her So
Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
Ray Charles - What'd I Say
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Chic - Le Freak
Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Orchestra - Solo Flight
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
The Clash - London Calling
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces
The Clovers[?] - Love Potion No. 9
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
The Coasters - Young Blood
Eddie Cochran - C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
The Contours[?] - Do You Love Me
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home to Me
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
The Count Five[?] - Psychotic Reaction
Country Joe & the Fish - The Fish Cheer I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die-Rag
Don Covey[?] - Mercy Mercy
Cream - Crossroads
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
The Crows[?] - Gee
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
The Crystals - He's A Rebel
Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
Dick Dale & the Del-Tones - Let's Go Trippin'
The Damned - New Rose
Danny & the Juniors[?] - At The Hop
Bobby Darin - Splish Splash
Spencer Davis Group[?] - Gimme Some Lovin'
De La Soul - Me Myself And I
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
The Dell-Vikings[?] - Come Go With Me
The Dells[?] - Oh, What A Night
The Delmore Brothers[?] - Hillbilly Boogie
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
Devo - Whip It
Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
Dion[?] - A Teenager In Love
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
The Dixie Cups[?] - Chapel Of Love
The Dixie Hummingbirds[?] - I'll Live Again
Bill Doggett[?] - Honky Tonk
Fats Domino - Ain't That a Shame
Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill
The Dominoes[?] - Sixty Minute Man
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
Donovan - Sunshine Superman
The Doors - Light My Fire
The Doors - The End
Dr. Dre - Nuthin' But A "G" Thang
Dr. John[?] - Right Place Wrong Time
The Drifters - Money Honey
The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
The Drifters - Up On The Roof
Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues[?]
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin'[?]
The Eagles - Hotel California
The Eagles - Take It Easy
Duane Eddy - Rebel-'Rouser
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
The 5 Satins[?] - In The Still Of The Nite
The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sin City
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry
The Four Seasons - Walk Like A Man
The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
The Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
Aretha Franklin - Chain Of Fools
Aretha Franklin - I Never Loved A Man (the Way I Love You)
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Free[?] - All Right Now
The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law
Lowell Fulson[?] - Reconsider Baby
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Peter Gabriel - Biko
Cecil Gant[?] - We're Gonna Rock
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through The Grapevine[?]
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing[?]
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Gerry & the Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
Gary Glitter - Rock 'N' Roll Part 2
The Go-Go's - We Got The Beat
Golden Gate Quartet[?] - Rock My Soul
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five[?] - The Message
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star
The Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Guitar Slim[?] - The Things That I Used To Do
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle[?]
Woody Guthrie - Pastures Of Plenty
Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock
Slim Harpo[?] - Rainin' In My Heart
Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin' Tonight
Wilbert Harrison[?] - Kansas City
Dale Hawkins[?] - Suzy-Q
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell On You
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - (I Belong To The) Blank Generation
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Hollies[?] - Bus Stop
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly & the Crickets - That'll Be the Day
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
Howlin' Wolf - The Red Rooster
Human League - Don't You Want Me?
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues
Husker Du - Turn On the News
The Impressions - People Get Ready
The Ink Spots - If I Didn't Care
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing
The Isley Brothers - Shout - Pts. 1 & 2
Jackson 5 - ABC
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Mahalia Jackson - Move On Up A Little Higher
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker
Etta James - Tell Mama
Rick James[?] - Super Freak
Tommy James & the Shondells - Hanky Panky
Jan & Dean - Surf City
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin'
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts[?] - I Love Rock 'N Roll
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
Elton John - Your Song
Little Willie John - Fever
Blind Willie Johnson[?] - Motherless Children
Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail
Robert Johnson - Love In Vain
Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Caldonia
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Albert King[?] - Born Under A Bad Sign
B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Ben E. King[?] - Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King[?] - Stand By Me
Carole King - You've Got A Friend
Freddy King[?] - Hide Away
The Kingsmen[?] - Louie Louie
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man
The Kinks - Lola
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite
Buddy Knox[?] - Party Doll
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
L.L. Cool J[?] - Mama Said Knock You Out
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Leadbelly - The Midnight Special
Led Zeppelin - Dazed And Confused[?]
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
The Left Banke[?] - Walk Away Renee
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On
Little Eva[?] - The Loco-Motion
Little Feat[?] - Dixie Chicken
Little Walter[?] - Juke
Professor Longhair - Tipitina
The Lovin' Spoonful - Do You Believe In Magic
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent
Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Madonna - Like A Virgin
The Mamas & the Papas - California Dreamin'
The Marcels[?] - Blue Moon
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Lively Up Yourself
Bob Marley & the Wailers - No Woman, No Cry[?]
Martha & the Vandellas - Dancing In The Street
Martha & the Vandellas - (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Barry McGuire[?] - Eve of Destruction
Don McLean - American Pie
Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
John Cougar Mellencamp - Authority Song
Metallica - Enter Sandman[?]
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Amos Milburn[?] - Let's Have A Party
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
The Miracles[?] - Going To A Go-Go
The Miracles[?] - The Tracks Of My Tears
The Miracles[?] - You've Really Got A Hold On Me
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
Moby Grape - Omaha
The Monkees - I'm A Believer
The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
The Monotones[?] - Book Of Love
Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Blues
The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
The Moonglows - Sincerely
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Madame George
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Mothers Of Invention - Brown Shoes Don't Make It
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Ricky Nelson - Hello Mary Lou
Aaron Neville[?] - Tell It Like It Is
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Randy Newman - Sail Away
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
O'Jays - Love Train
Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman
The Orioles - Crying In The Chapel
Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)
Les Paul and Mary Ford[?] - How High The Moon
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes[?]
Carl Perkins - Matchbox
Pinetop Perkins[?] - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Peter & Gordon - A World Without Love
Peter, Paul & Mary - If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - American Girl
Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Pink Floyd - Money
Pink Floyd - See Emily Play
The Platters - The Great Pretender
The Police - Every Breath You Take
The Police - Roxanne
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Elvis Presley - Love Me Tender
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
Elvis Presley - That's All Right
The Pretenders - Brass In Pocket
Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Prince - When Doves Cry
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Public Enemy - Fight the Power
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen Latifah - Ladies First
? & the Mysterians - 96 Tears
Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion[?]
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug Washboard Band[?] - Prove It On Me
Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About
The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
The Young Rascals - Groovin'
The Young Rascals - Good Lovin'
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away[?]
Otis Redding - Shake
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness
Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
The Replacements - I Will Dare
Paul Revere & the Raiders[?] - Just Like Me
Cliff Richard & the Drifters[?] - Move It
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly[?]
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti[?]
The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Billy Riley & His Little Green Men[?] - Red Hot
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 9
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction[?]
The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
The Rolling Stones - Miss You
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil
The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side
The Ronettes - Be My Baby
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug
Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
Otis Rush[?] - I Can't Quit You Baby
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels[?] - Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
Sam & Dave - Soul Man
Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs[?] - Wooly Bully
Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
The Searchers - Needles and Pins
The Seeds[?] - Pushin' Too Hard
Pete Seeger - Where Have All The Flowers Gone
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band[?] - Night Moves
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K.
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
The Shadows of Knight[?] - Gloria
The Shangri-Las[?] - Leader Of The Pack
Del Shannon - Runaway
The Shirelles - Dedicated To The One I Love
The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel - The Sounds Of Silence
Paul Simon - Graceland
Sir Douglas Quintet[?] - She's About A Mover
Sister Sledge - We Are Family
Percy Sledge[?] - When A Man Loves A Woman
Sly & the Family Stone - Dance To The Music
Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues
Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns[?] - Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu
Patti Smith - Gloria (in Excelsis Deo)
The Smiths - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
The Soul Stirrers - By And By
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run[?]
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
The Standells[?] - Dirty Water
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
Edwin Starr - War
Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Iggy & the Stooges - Search And Destroy
The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog[?]
Stray Cats - Rock This Town
Barrett Strong[?] - Money (That's What I Want)
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love
The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
The Surfaris - Wipe Out
Swinging Blue Jeans[?] - Hippy Hippy Shake
T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On)
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
James Taylor - Fire And Rain
Television - Little Johnny Jewel
The Temptations - Ain't Too Proud To Beg
The Temptations - My Girl
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Sister Rosetta Tharpe[?] - This Train
Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton[?] - Ball 'N' Chain
Willie Mae 'Big Mama' Thornton[?] - Hound Dog
Toots & the Maytals[?] - Pressure Drop
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
The Trammps[?] - Disco Inferno
The Troggs - Wild Thing[?]
Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle And Roll
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
The Turtles - It Ain't Me Babe
U.T.F.O.[?] - Roxanne, Roxanne
U2- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
U2- Pride (In The Name Of Love)
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Van Halen - Jump
Van Halen - Runnin' With the Devil
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride And Joy
Velvet Underground - Heroin
Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
The Ventures[?] - Walk Don't Run
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-A-Lula
The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up
The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff
Jr. Walker & the All Stars[?] - Shotgun
T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday
War - Slippin' Into Darkness
Clara Ward & the Ward Singers[?] - How I Got Over
Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone
The Weavers[?] - Goodnight Irene
Mary Wells[?] - My Guy
The Who - Baba O'Riley
The Who - Go To The Mirror Boy
The Who - My Generation
Big Joe Williams[?] - Baby Please Don't Go
Larry Williams[?] - Bony Maronie
Marion Williams[?] - Packing Up
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson[?] - Good Morning (Little) School Girl
Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back To Tulsa
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin')
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Airight)
Link Wray - Rumble
X - Los Angeles
Jimmy Yancey - Midnight Stomp
The Yardbirds - Shapes Of Things
Yes - Roundabout
Neil Young - Down By The River
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Neil Young - My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
ZZ Top - Legs

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