Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
(As of 2018, there are 324 members)
| ACT | Year Inducted |
Induction category |
|---|---|---|
| “5” Royales, The | 2015 | Early Influences |
| Abba | 2010 | Performers |
| AC/DC | 2003 | Performers |
| Ackerman, Paul | 1995 | Non-Performer |
| Adler, Lou | 2013 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Aerosmith | 2001 | Performers |
| Alice Cooper | 2011 | Performers |
| Allman Brothers Band, The | 1995 | Performers |
| Animals, The | 1994 | Performers |
| Armstrong, Louis | 1990 | Early Influences |
| Atkins, Chet | 2002 | Sideman |
| Baez, Joan | 2017 | Performers |
| Baker, Lavern | 1991 | Performers |
| Ballard, Hank | 1990 | Performers |
| Band, The | 1994 | Performers |
| Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| Barsalona, Frank | 2005 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Bartholomew, Dave | 1991 | Non-Performer |
| Bass, Ralph | 1991 | Non-Performer |
| Beach Boys, The | 1988 | Performers |
| Beastie Boys | 2012 | Performers |
| Beatles, The | 1988 | Performers |
| Beck, Jeff | 2009 | Performers |
| Bee Gees, The | 1997 | Performers |
| Benjamin, Benny | 2003 | Sideman |
| Berns, Bert | 2016 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Berry, Chuck | 1986 | Performers |
| Black Sabbath | 2006 | Performers |
| Black, Bill | 2009 | Sideman |
| Blackwell, Chris | 2001 | Non-Performer |
| Blackwell, Otis | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| Blaine, Hal | 2000 | Sideman |
| Bland, Bobby “Blue” | 1992 | Performers |
| Blondie | 2006 | Performers |
| Blue Caps, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | 1999 | Early Influences |
| Bon Jovi | 2018 | Performers |
| Booker T. and the M.G.’s | 1992 | Performers |
| Bowie, David | 1996 | Performers |
| Brown, Charles | 1999 | Early Influences |
| Brown, James | 1986 | Performers |
| Brown, Ruth | 1993 | Performers |
| Browne, Jackson | 2004 | Performers |
| Buffalo Springfield | 1997 | Performers |
| Burke, Solomon | 2001 | Performers |
| Burton, James | 2001 | Sideman |
| Byrds, The | 1991 | Performers |
| Cars, The | 2018 | Performers |
| Cash, Johnny | 1992 | Performers |
| Charles, Ray | 1986 | Performers |
| Cheap Trick | 2016 | Performers |
| Chess, Leonard | 1987 | Non-Performer |
| Chicago | 2016 | Performers |
| Christian, Charlie | 1990 | Early Influences |
| Clapton, Eric | 2000 | Performers |
| Clark, Dick | 1993 | Non-Performer |
| Clash, The | 2003 | Performers |
| Cliff, Jimmy | 2010 | Performers |
| Coasters, The | 1987 | Performers |
| Cochran, Eddie | 1987 | Performers |
| Cohen, Leonard | 2008 | Performers |
| Cole, Nat “King” | 2000 | Early Influences |
| Comets, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Cooke, Sam | 1986 | Performers |
| Costello, Elvis & The Attractions | 2003 | Performers |
| Cramer, Floyd | 2003 | Sideman |
| Cream | 1993 | Performers |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | 1993 | Performers |
| Crickets, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Crosby, Stills and Nash | 1997 | Performers |
| Curtis, King | 2000 | Sideman |
| Darin, Bobby | 1990 | Performers |
| Dave Clark Five, The | 2008 | Performers |
| Davis, Clive | 2000 | Non-Performer |
| Davis, Miles | 2006 | Performers |
| Deep Purple | 2016 | Performers |
| Dells, The | 2004 | Performers |
| Diamond, Neil | 2011 | Performers |
| Diddley, Bo | 1987 | Performers |
| Dion | 1989 | Performers |
| Dire Straits | 2018 | Performers |
| Dixon, Willie | 1994 | Early Influences |
| Domino, Fats | 1986 | Performers |
| Donahue, Tom | 1996 | Non-Performer |
| Donovan | 2012 | Performers |
| Doors, The | 1993 | Performers |
| Douglas, Steve | 2003 | Sideman |
| Dowd, Tom | 2012 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Dr. John | 2011 | Performers |
| Drifters, The | 1988 | Performers |
| Dylan, Bob | 1988 | Performers |
| E Street Band, The | 2014 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Eagles, The | 1998 | Performers |
| Earth, Wind & Fire | 2000 | Performers |
| Eddy, Duane | 1994 | Performers |
| Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) | 2017 | Performers |
| Epstein, Brian | 2014 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Ertegun, Ahmet | 1987 | Non-Performer |
| Ertegun, Nesuhi | 1991 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Everly Brothers, The | 1986 | Performers |
| Famous Flames, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Fender, Leo | 1992 | Non-Performer |
| Flamingos, The | 2001 | Performers |
| Fleetwood Mac | 1998 | Performers |
| Fontana, D.J. | 2009 | Sideman |
| Four Seasons, The | 1990 | Performers |
| Four Tops, The | 1990 | Performers |
| Franklin, Aretha | 1987 | Performers |
| Freed, Alan | 1986 | Non-Performer |
| Gabler, Milt | 1993 | Non-Performer |
| Gabriel, Peter | 2014 | Performers |
| Gamble, Kenny & Leon Huff | 2008 | Non-Performer |
| Gaye, Marvin | 1987 | Performers |
| Geffen, David | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| Genesis | 2010 | Performers |
| Gerry Goffin and Carole King | 1990 | Non-Performer |
| Gordy Jr, Berry | 1988 | Non-Performer |
| Graham, Bill | 1992 | Non-Performer |
| Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | 2007 | Performers |
| Grateful Dead, The | 1994 | Performers |
| Green Day | 2015 | Performers |
| Green, Al | 1995 | Performers |
| Guns n’ Roses | 2012 | Performers |
| Guthrie, Woody | 1988 | Early Influences |
| Guy, Buddy | 2005 | Performers |
| Haley, Bill | 1987 | Performers |
| Hall and Oates | 2014 | Performers |
| Hammond, John | 1986 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Harrison, George | 2004 | Performers |
| Hayes, Isaac | 2002 | Performers |
| Heart | 2013 | Performers |
| Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss | 2006 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Holiday, Billie | 2000 | Early Influences |
| Holland, Dozier and Holland | 1990 | Non-Performer |
| Hollies, The | 2010 | Performers |
| Holly, Buddy | 1986 | Performers |
| Holzman, Jac | 2011 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Hooker, John Lee | 1991 | Performers |
| Howlin Wolf | 1991 | Early Influences |
| Impressions, The | 1991 | Performers |
| Ink Spots, The | 1989 | Early Influences |
| Isley Brothers, The | 1992 | Performers |
| Jackson Five, The | 1997 | Performers |
| Jackson, Mahalia | 1997 | Early Influences |
| Jackson, Michael | 2001 | Performers |
| Jackson, Wanda | 2009 | Early Influences |
| Jamerson, James | 2000 | Sideman |
| James, Elmore | 1992 | Early Influences |
| James, Etta | 1993 | Performers |
| Jefferson Airplane | 1996 | Performers |
| Jimi Hendrix Experience, The | 1992 | Performers |
| Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | 2015 | Performers |
| Joel, Billy | 1999 | Performers |
| John, Elton | 1994 | Performers |
| Johns, Glyn | 2012 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Johnson, Johnnie | 2001 | Sideman |
| Johnson, Robert | 1986 | Early Influences |
| Jones, Quincy | 2013 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Joplin, Janis | 1995 | Performers |
| Jordan, Louis | 1987 | Early Influences |
| Journey | 2017 | Performers |
| King, Albert | 2013 | Performers |
| King, B.B. | 1987 | Performers |
| King, Freddie | 2012 | Early Influences |
| Kinks, The | 1990 | Performers |
| Kirshner, Don | 2012 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| KISS | 2014 | Performers |
| Knight, Gladys and the Pips | 1996 | Performers |
| Lead Belly | 1988 | Early Influences |
| Led Zeppelin | 1995 | Performers |
| Lee, Brenda | 2002 | Performers |
| Leiber, Jerry and Mike Stoller | 1987 | Non-Performer |
| Lennon, John | 1994 | Performers |
| Lewis, Jerry Lee | 1986 | Performers |
| Little Anthony & the Imperials | 2009 | Performers |
| Little Richard | 1986 | Performers |
| Little Walter | 2008 | Sideman |
| Little Willie John | 1996 | Performers |
| Love, Darlene | 2011 | Performers |
| Lovin’ Spoonful | 2000 | Performers |
| Lymon, Frankie and the Teenagers | 1993 | Performers |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 2006 | Performers |
| Ma Rainey | 1990 | Early Influences |
| Madonna | 2008 | Performers |
| Mamas and the Papas, The | 1998 | Performers |
| Marley, Bob | 1994 | Performers |
| Martha and the Vandellas | 1995 | Performers |
| Martin, George | 1999 | Non-Performer |
| Matassa, Cosimo | 2012 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Mayfield, Curtis | 1999 | Performers |
| McCartney, Paul | 1999 | Performers |
| McPhatter, Clyde | 1987 | Performers |
| Mellencamp, John | 2008 | Performers |
| Metallica | 2009 | Performers |
| Midnighters, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Miller, Steve | 2016 | Performers |
| Miracles, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Mitchell, Joni | 1997 | Performers |
| Monroe, Bill | 1997 | Early Influences |
| Moody Blues, The | 2018 | Performers |
| Moonglows, The | 2000 | Performers |
| Moore, Scotty | 2000 | Sideman |
| Morrison, Van | 1993 | Performers |
| Morton, Jelly Roll | 1998 | Early Influences |
| N.W.A | 2016 | Performers |
| Nathan, Syd | 1997 | Non-Performer |
| Nelson, Ricky | 1987 | Performers |
| Newman, Randy | 2013 | Performers |
| Nirvana | 2014 | Performers |
| Nyro, Laura | 2012 | Performers |
| O’Jays, The | 2005 | Performers |
| Oldham, Andrew Loog | 2014 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Oldham, Spooner | 2009 | Sideman |
| Orbison, Roy | 1987 | Performers |
| Orioles, The | 1995 | Early Influences |
| Ostin, Mo | 2003 | Non-Performer |
| Otis, Johnny | 1994 | Non-Performer |
| Palmer, Earl | 2000 | Sideman |
| Parliament Funkadelic | 1997 | Performers |
| Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The | 2015 | Performers |
| Paul, Les | 1988 | Early Influences |
| Pearl Jam | 2017 | Performers |
| Perkins, Carl | 1987 | Performers |
| Phillips, Sam | 1986 | Non-Performer |
| Pickett, Wilson | 1991 | Performers |
| Pink Floyd | 1996 | Performers |
| Pitney, Gene | 2002 | Performers |
| Platters, The | 1990 | Performers |
| Police, The | 2003 | Performers |
| Pomus, Doc | 1992 | Non-Performer |
| Presley, Elvis | 1986 | Performers |
| Pretenders, The | 2005 | Performers |
| Price, Lloyd | 1998 | Performers |
| Prince | 2004 | Performers |
| Professor Longhair | 1992 | Early Influences |
| Public Enemy | 2013 | Performers |
| Queen | 2001 | Performers |
| R.E.M. | 2007 | Performers |
| Raitt, Bonnie | 2000 | Performers |
| Ramones | 2002 | Performers |
| (Young) Rascals, The | 1997 | Performers |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | 2012 | Performers |
| Redding, Otis | 1989 | Performers |
| Reed, Jimmy | 1991 | Performers |
| Reed, Lou | 2015 | Performers |
| Righteous Brothers | 2003 | Performers |
| Robinson, Smokey | 1987 | Performers |
| Rodgers, Jimmie | 1986 | Early Influences |
| Rodgers, Nile | 2017 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Rolling Stones, The | 1989 | Performers |
| Ronettes, The | 2007 | Performers |
| Ronstadt, Linda | 2014 | Performers |
| Run-D.M.C. | 2009 | Performers |
| Rupe, Art | 2011 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Rush | 2013 | Performers |
| Russell, Leon | 2011 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Sam and Dave | 1992 | Performers |
| Santana | 1998 | Performers |
| Seeger, Pete | 1996 | Early Influences |
| Seger, Bob | 2004 | Performers |
| Sex Pistols | 2006 | Performers |
| Shannon, Del | 1999 | Performers |
| Shirelles, The | 1996 | Performers |
| Shuman, Mort | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| Simon And Garfunkel | 1990 | Performers |
| Simon, Paul | 2001 | Performers |
| Simone, Nina | 2018 | Performers |
| Sledge, Percy | 2005 | Performers |
| Sly and the Family Stone | 1993 | Performers |
| Small Faces/Faces, The | 2012 | Performers |
| Smith, Bessie | 1989 | Early Influences |
| Smith, Patti | 2007 | Performers |
| Soul Stirrers, The | 1989 | Early Influences |
| Spector, Phil | 1989 | Non-Performer |
| Springfield, Dusty | 1999 | Performers |
| Springsteen, Bruce | 1999 | Performers |
| Staple Singers, The | 1999 | Performers |
| Starr, Ringo | 2015 | Award for Musical Excellence |
| Steely Dan | 2001 | Performers |
| Stein, Seymour | 2005 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Stevens, Cat | 2014 | Performers |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | 2015 | Performers |
| Stewart, Jim | 2002 | Non-Performer |
| Stewart, Rod | 1994 | Performers |
| Stone, Jesse | 2010 | Non-Performer |
| Stooges, The | 2010 | Performers |
| Summer, Donna | 2013 | Performers |
| Supremes, The | 1988 | Performers |
| Talking Heads | 2002 | Performers |
| Taylor, James | 2000 | Performers |
| Temptations, The | 1989 | Performers |
| Tharpe, Sister Rosetta | 2018 | Early Influences |
| Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 2002 | Performers |
| Toussaint, Allen | 1998 | Non-Performer |
| Traffic | 2004 | Performers |
| Tupac Shakur | 2017 | Performers |
| Turner, Big Joe | 1987 | Performers |
| Turner, Ike and Tina | 1991 | Performers |
| U2 | 2005 | Performers |
| Valens, Ritchie | 2001 | Performers |
| Van Halen | 2007 | Performers |
| Velvet Underground, The | 1996 | Performers |
| Ventures, The | 2008 | Performers |
| Vincent, Gene | 1998 | Performers |
| Waits, Tom | 2011 | Performers |
| Walker, T-Bone | 1987 | Early Influences |
| Washington, Dinah | 1993 | Early Influences |
| Waters, Muddy | 1987 | Performers |
| Wenner, Jann S. | 2004 | Ahmet Ertegun Award |
| Wexler, Jerry | 1987 | Non-Performer |
| Who, The | 1990 | Performers |
| Williams, Hank | 1987 | Early Influences |
| Wilson, Jackie | 1987 | Performers |
| Withers, Bill | 2015 | Performers |
| Womack, Bobby | 2009 | Performers |
| Wonder, Stevie | 1989 | Performers |
| Yancey, Jimmy | 1986 | Early Influences |
| Yardbirds, The | 1992 | Performers |
| Yes | 2017 | Performers |
| Young, Neil | 1995 | Performers |
| Zappa, Frank | 1995 | Performers |
| ZZ Top | 2004 | Performers |
And here’s the link to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Clicking on that link will show the inductees (by scrolling through 14 pages)
or you can stay here and see all the inductees listed on one page.
Compiled in 2004
James Henke, chief curator for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with the help of music writers and critics,
selected 500 songs (not only rock songs) that they believe have been most influential in shaping rock and roll.
| Performer | Song |
|---|---|
| AC/DC | Back in Black |
| AC/DC | Highway to Hell |
| Roy Acuff and 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 and the Midnighters | Work With Me Annie |
| The Band | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
| The Band | The Weight |
| Beach Boys | California Girls |
| Beach Boys | Don’t Worry Baby |
| Beach Boys | God Only Knows |
| Beach Boys | Good Vibrations |
| 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 | Yesterday |
| The Beau Brummels | Laugh Laugh |
| Beck | Loser |
| Jeff Beck Group | Plynth (Water Down the Drain) |
| The Bee Gees | Stayin’ Alive |
| Archie Bell and the Drells | Tighten Up |
| Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode |
| Chuck Berry | Maybelline |
| Chuck Berry | Rock and Roll Music |
| The Big Bopper | Chantilly Lace |
| Big Brother and 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 M.G.’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 | 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 and the Fish | The Fish Cheer and I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag |
| Don Covay | 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 and Nash | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash and 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 and 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 and the Dominos | Layla |
| Devo | Whip It |
| Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley |
| Dion and the Belmonts | 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 Night |
| The Flamingos | I Only Have Eyes for You |
| Fleetwood Mac | Go Your Own Way |
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | Sin City |
| The 4 Seasons | Big Girls Don’t Cry |
| The 4 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 and the Pacemakers | How Do You Do It? |
| Gary Glitter | Rock ‘n’ Roll Part 2 |
| Go-Go’s | We Got the Beat |
| Golden Gate Quartet | Rock My Soul |
| Grand Funk Railroad | We’re an American Band |
| Grandmaster Flash and 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 and 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 and 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 |
| Hüsker Dü | 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 Parts 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 and 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 and 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 | Crossroads Blues |
| Robert Johnson | Hell Hound on My Trail |
| Robert Johnson | Love in Vain |
| Robert Johnson | Sweet Home Chicago |
| Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | Caldonia |
| Louis Jordan and 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 |
| LL 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 and the Teenagers | I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent |
| Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers | Why Do Fools Fall in Love |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird |
| Madonna | Like a Virgin |
| The Mamas and the Papas | California Dreamin’ |
| The Marcels | Blue Moon |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers | Lively Up Yourself |
| Bob Marley and The Wailers | No Woman, No Cry |
| Martha and the Vandellas | Dancing in the Street |
| Martha and the Vandellas | (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave |
| Curtis Mayfield | Superfly |
| M.C. 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 and Gordon | A World Without Love |
| Peter, Paul and Mary | If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song) |
| Tom Petty and 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 |
| Question Mark and 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 and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band | Prove It on Me Blues |
| Bonnie Raitt | Something to Talk About |
| 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 and The Raiders | Just Like Me |
| Cliff Richard and the Shadows | 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 and 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 and the Detroit Wheels | Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly |
| Sam and Dave | Soul Man |
| Sam the Sham and 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 and 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 |
| Shirelles | Dedicated to the One I Love |
| Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow |
| Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water |
| Simon and 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 and the Family Stone | Dance to the Music |
| Sly and the Family Stone | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) |
| Bessie Smith | Downhearted Blues |
| HueyPianoSmith & 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 | 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 and 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 MaeBig MamaThornton | Ball ‘n’ Chain |
| Willie MaeBig MamaThornton | Hound Dog |
| Toots and 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 and 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 and His Blue Caps | Be-Bop-a-Lula |
| The Wailers | Get Up Stand Up |
| The Wailers | I Shot the Sheriff |
| Jr. Walker and the All Stars | Shotgun |
| T-Bone Walker | Call It Stormy Monday |
| War | Slippin’ Into Darkness |
| Clara Ward and 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 and 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 Alright) |
| 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 |
| Performer | Song | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | Shop Around | Dec. ’60 |
| 499 | Weezer | Buddy Holly | Aug. ’94 |
| 498 | The Rolling Stones | Miss You | May ’78 |
| 497 | Bruce Springsteen | The Rising | July ’02 |
| 496 | Jackson Browne | Running on Empty | Jan. ’77 |
| 495 | The Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | April ’71 |
| 494 | R. Kelly | Ignition (Remix) | Oct. ’02 |
| 493 | MGMT | Time to Pretend | Jan ’08 |
| 492 | Gloria Gaynor | I Will Survive | Dec. ’78 |
| 491 | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | I Love Rock N Roll | Jan. ’82 |
| 490 | Coldplay | Clocks | Aug. ’02 |
| 489 | The Drifters | Under the Boardwalk | June ’64 |
| 488 | The Cure | Just Like Heaven | May ’87 |
| 487 | Alice Cooper | I’m Eighteen | Feb. ’71 |
| 486 | David Bowie | Young Americans | March ’75 |
| 485 | LaBelle | Lady Marmalade | Jan. ’75 |
| 484 | Justin Timberlake | Cry Me a River | Nov. ’02 |
| 483 | Jefferson Airplane | White Rabbit | Sept. ’67 |
| 482 | Kelly Clarkson | Since U Been Gone | Nov. ’04 |
| 481 | Rick James | Super Freak | Aug. ’81 |
| 480 | Beastie Boys | Sabotage | May ’94 |
| 479 | Foreigner | I Want to Know What Love Is | Nov. ’84 |
| 478 | The Strokes | Last Nite | Aug. ’01 |
| 477 | The Smiths | How Soon Is Now? | Feb. ’85 |
| 476 | Aretha Franklin | Do Right Woman Do Right Man | March ’67 |
| 475 | The Supremes | Where Did Our Love Go | June ’64 |
| 474 | Van Morrison | Into the Mystic | March ’70 |
| 473 | Guns N’ Roses | Welcome to the Jungle | Aug. ’87 |
| 472 | Del Shannon | Runaway | March ’61 |
| 471 | Cheap Trick | Surrender | May ’78 |
| 470 | The Four Tops | Standing in the Shadows of Love | Dec. ’66 |
| 469 | The Beatles | Rain | June ’66 |
| 468 | The Staple Singers | Respect Yourself | Oct. ’71 |
| 467 | Jay-Z Featuring UGK | Big Pimpin | Dec. ’99 |
| 466 | Missy Elliott | Get Ur Freak On | March ’01 |
| 465 | Muddy Waters | Rollin Stone | 1948 |
| 464 | Prince and the Revolution | Kiss | Feb. ’86 |
| 463 | Sam and Dave | Soul Man | Sept. ’67 |
| 462 | Nirvana | All Apologies | Sept. ’93 |
| 461 | Ramones | Sheena Is a Punk Rocker | May ’77 |
| 460 | George Harrison | My Sweet Lord | Nov. ’70 |
| 459 | Guns N’ Roses | Paradise City | Aug. ’87 |
| 458 | Sam Cooke | Cupid | July ’61 |
| 457 | Chubby Checker | The Twist | Aug. ’60 |
| 456 | The Beatles | Penny Lane | Feb. ’67 |
| 455 | The Velvet Underground | Heroin | March ’67 |
| 454 | The Shangri-Las | Leader of the Pack | Oct. ’64 |
| 453 | Toots and the Maytals | Pressure Drop | Feb. ’73 |
| 452 | Nirvana | Come As You Are | Sept. ’91 |
| 451 | Sonny and Cher | I Got You Babe | July ’65 |
| 450 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | I Shot the Sheriff | Oct. ’73 |
| 449 | The Dell-Vikings | Come Go With Me | Feb. ’57 |
| 448 | 50 Cent | In Da Club | Dec. ’02 |
| 447 | John Cougar Mellencamp | Pink Houses | Oct. ’83 |
| 446 | Salt ‘n Pepa | Push It | Nov. ’87 |
| 445 | The Stooges | I Wanna Be Your Dog | August ’69 |
| 444 | Elvis Presley | Love Me Tender | Oct. ’56 |
| 443 | The Rolling Stones | Beast of Burden | June ’78 |
| 442 | Love | Alone Again Or | Jan. ’68 |
| 441 | Wilson Pickett | Mustang Sally | Nov. ’66 |
| 440 | Led Zeppelin | Ramble On | Oct. ’69 |
| 439 | Gladys Knight and the Pips | Midnight Train to Georgia | Sept. ’73 |
| 438 | Fats Domino | Ain’t It a Shame | July ’55 |
| 437 | The Clash | (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais | July ’79 |
| 436 | Solomon Burke | Everybody Needs Somebody to Love | July ’64 |
| 435 | U2 | New Year’s Day | April ’83 |
| 434 | Deep Purple | Smoke on the Water | May ’73 |
| 433 | Rolling Stones | Tumbling Dice | April ’72 |
| 432 | Green Day | American Idiot | Oct. ’04 |
| 431 | The Smiths | William, It Was Really Nothing | Aug. ’84 |
| 430 | Elvis Presley | Blue Suede Shoes | March ’56 |
| 429 | Billy Joel | Piano Man | Nov. ’73 |
| 428 | The Isley Brothers | It’s Your Thing | Feb. ’69 |
| 427 | Dr. Dre | Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang | Jan. ’93 |
| 426 | Crosby, Stills and Nash | Suite: Judy Blue Eyes | June ’69 |
| 425 | N.W.A | F••k tha Police | Jan. ’89 |
| 424 | The Notorious B.I.G. | Juicy | Aug ’94 |
| 423 | Don Henley | The Boys of Summer’ | Nov. ’84 |
| 422 | The Four Tops | Can’t Help Myself | June ’65 |
| 421 | The Coasters | Young Blood | May ’57 |
| 420 | Little Richard | The Girl Can’t Help It | Jan. ’57 |
| 419 | Bobbie Gentry | Ode to Billie Joe | July ’67 |
| 418 | Donna Summer | I Feel Love | May ’77 |
| 417 | Pixies | Monkey Gone to Heaven | March ’89 |
| 416 | Aerosmith | Sweet Emotion | April ’75 |
| 415 | Nirvana | In Bloom | Sept. ’91 |
| 414 | Carpenters | We’ve Only Just Begun | Sept. ’70 |
| 413 | Bob Dylan | Visions of Johanna | May ’66 |
| 412 | Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z | Umbrella | March’ 07 |
| 411 | Eddie Cochran | C’mon Everybody | Oct. ’58 |
| 410 | Sly and the Family Stone | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Jan. ’70 |
| 409 | The Shirelles | Tonight’s the Night | Sept. ’60 |
| 408 | Metallica | Enter Sandman | July ’91 |
| 407 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Sweet Home Alabama | April ’74 |
| 406 | Big Star | Thirteen | April ’72 |
| 405 | Blue Öyster Cult | (Don’t Fear) the Reaper | July ’76 |
| 404 | The Shangri-Las | Remember (Walkin’ in the Sand) | Aug. ’64 |
| 403 | Elvis Presley | Can’t Help Falling in Love | Oct. ’61 |
| 402 | The Five Stairsteps | O-o-h Child | April ’70 |
| 401 | The Lovin’ Spoonful | Summer in the City | June ’66 |
| 400 | The Four Tops | Baby I Need Your Loving | July ’64 |
| 399 | The Temptations | Just My Imagination | Jan. ’71 |
| 398 | The Police | Roxanne | Jan ’79 |
| 397 | Elton John | Tiny Dancer | Nov. ’71 |
| 396 | Eric B. and Rakim | Know You Got Soul | July ’87 |
| 395 | Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | Ohio | June ’70 |
| 394 | The Beatles | Ticket to Ride | April ’65 |
| 393 | The Allman Brothers Band | Whipping Post | Nov. ’69 |
| 392 | The Verve | Bitter Sweet Symphony | Sept. ’97 |
| 391 | Aaron Neville | Tell It Like It Is | Nov. ’66 |
| 390 | Elton John | Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | Sept. ’73 |
| 389 | R.E.M. | Radio Free Europe | July ’83 |
| 388 | U2 | Pride (In the Name of Love) | Oct. ’84 |
| 387 | Ray Charles | Hit the Road Jack | Sept. ’61 |
| 386 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Maps | Feb. ’04 |
| 385 | Radiohead | Fake Plastic Trees | March ’95 |
| 384 | Pink Floyd | Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 | Nov. ’79 |
| 383 | Chuck Berry | Brown Eyed Handsome Man | Sept. ’56 |
| 382 | Sam Cooke | Wonderful World | May ’60 |
| 381 | Television | Marquee Moon | Feb. ’77 |
| 380 | The Who | I Can’t Explain | March ’65 |
| 379 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | The Wind Cries Mary | May ’67 |
| 378 | Bo Diddley | I’m a Man | June ’55 |
| 377 | Depeche Mode | Personal Jesus | Nov. ’89 |
| 376 | Cream | White Room | Aug. ’68 |
| 375 | Bee Gees | How Deep Is Your Love | Sept. ’77 |
| 374 | The Righteous Brothers | Unchained Melody | July ’65 |
| 373 | Bob Dylan | Highway 61 Revisited | Aug. ’65 |
| 372 | The Box Tops | The Letter | July ’67 |
| 371 | The Clash | Complete Control | July ’79 |
| 370 | The Beatles | All You Need is Love | July ’67 |
| 369 | Roberta Flack | Killing Me Softly With His Song | Jan ’73 |
| 368 | Muddy Waters | Got My Mojo Working | 1957 |
| 367 | Martha and the Vandellas | Nowhere to Run | Feb. ’65 |
| 366 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Little Wing | Feb. ’68 |
| 365 | Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) | April ’83 |
| 364 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Bad Moon Rising | April ’69 |
| 363 | Elvis Costello | Watching the Detectives | Nov. ’77 |
| 362 | Eric Clapton | Tears in Heaven | Jan. ’92 |
| 361 | Elvis Presley | All Shook Up | March ’57 |
| 360 | The Platters | The Great Pretender | Dec. ’55 |
| 359 | Little Eva | The Loco-Motion | June ’62 |
| 358 | Ben E. King | Spanish Harlem | Dec. ’60 |
| 357 | The Isley Brothers | That Lady (Part 1 and 2) | July ’73 |
| 356 | Elton John | Candle in the Wind | Oct. ’73 |
| 355 | Dr. Dre and 2Pac | California Love | Feb. ’96 |
| 354 | Ritchie Valens | La Bamba | Oct. ’58 |
| 353 | Big Brother and the Holding Company | Piece of My Heart | Aug. 68 |
| 352 | Lavern Baker | Jim Dandy | Dec. ’56 |
| 351 | Dion | Runaround Sue | Sept. ’61 |
| 350 | Jimmy Cliff | The Harder They Come | March ’75 |
| 349 | The Who | Baba O’Riley | Aug. ’71 |
| 348 | The Supremes | You Keep Me Hanging On | Oct. 66 |
| 347 | Paul McCartney | Maybe I’m Amazed | April ’70 |
| 346 | Aerosmith | Walk This Way | Dec. ’76 |
| 345 | U2 | Beautiful Day | Oct. ’00 |
| 344 | Michael Jackson | Beat It | Dec. ’82 |
| 343 | The Rolling Stones | Wild Horses | April ’71 |
| 342 | The Velvet Underground | Sweet Jane | Aug. ’70 |
| 341 | Norman Greenbaum | Spirit in the Sky | Feb. ’70 |
| 340 | Bob Dylan | Subterranean Homesick Blues | March ’65 |
| 339 | Bonnie Raitt | I Can’t Make You Love Me | Nov. ’91 |
| 338 | Queen | We Will Rock You | Oct. ’77 |
| 337 | Earth, Wind and Fire | Way of the World | March ’75 |
| 336 | The Doors | The End | March ’67 |
| 335 | Jerry Butler and The Impressions | For Your Precious Love | June ’58 |
| 334 | James Brown | Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine | July ’70 |
| 333 | The Young Rascals | Good Lovin’ | March ’66 |
| 332 | The Supremes | Baby Love | Sept. ’64 |
| 331 | Patti Smith Group | Dancing Barefoot | May ’79 |
| 330 | Public Enemy | Fight the Power | June ’89 |
| 329 | Neil Young | Cortez the Killer | Nov. ’75 |
| 328 | Led Zeppelin | Heartbreaker | Oct. ’69 |
| 327 | Franz Ferdinand | Take Me Out | Feb. ’04 |
| 326 | Alice Cooper | School’s Out | May ’72 |
| 325 | Jimmy Cliff | Many Rivers to Cross | Dec. ’69 |
| 324 | Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here | Sept. ’75 |
| 323 | Elvis Costello | Alison | Nov. ’77 |
| 322 | The Animals | Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | Jan. ’65 |
| 321 | Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb | Dec. ’79 |
| 320 | Screamin’ Jay Hawkins | I Put a Spell on You | Sept. ’56 |
| 319 | Roy Orbison | In Dreams | Feb. ’63 |
| 318 | The Everly Brothers | Wake Up Little Susie | Sept. ’57 |
| 317 | Black Sabbath | Iron Man | Feb. ’71 |
| 316 | Tina Turner | What’s Love Got to Do With It | June ’84 |
| 315 | Jackie Wilson | Lonely Teardrops | Nov. ’58 |
| 314 | Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers | Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Jan. ’56 |
| 313 | The Jam | That’s Entertainment | Nov. ’80 |
| 312 | James Brown | Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud | Sept. ’68 |
| 311 | The Beatles | With a Little Help From My Friends | June ’67 |
| 310 | The Rolling Stones | Ruby Tuesday | Jan. ’67 |
| 309 | Willie Nelson | Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain | July ’75 |
| 308 | Rod Stewart | Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? | Dec. ’78 |
| 307 | Daft Punk | One More Time | Nov. ’00 |
| 306 | Madonna | Like A Prayer | March ’89 |
| 305 | Blondie | One Way or Another | Sept. ’78 |
| 304 | Prince | Sign ‘O’ The Times | March ’87 |
| 303 | Neil Young | Heart of Gold | Feb ’72 |
| 302 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Get Up, Stand Up | Nov. ’75 |
| 301 | The Rolling Stones | Street Fighting Man | Aug. ’68 |
| 300 | Led Zeppelin | Black Dog | Nov. ’71 |
| 299 | Al Green | Tired of Being Alone | July ’71 |
| 298 | The Clash | Train in Vain | Dec. ’79 |
| 297 | The Zombies | She’s Not There | Oct. ’64 |
| 296 | Eminem feat. Dido | Stan | March ’00 |
| 295 | The Beatles | Can’t Buy Me Love | March ’64 |
| 294 | Barrett Strong | Money (That’s What I Want) | Jan. ’60 |
| 293 | Run-DMC | Walk This Way | May ’86 |
| 292 | Pavement | Summer Babe (Winter Version) | April ’92 |
| 291 | Howlin’ Wolf | Smokestack Lightning | March ’56 |
| 290 | Elvis Costello and the Attractions | (What’s So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding | Jan. ’79 |
| 289 | Blondie | Call Me | Feb. ’80 |
| 288 | Joni Mitchell | Help Me | Feb. ’74 |
| 287 | Stevie Wonder | You Are the Sunshine of My Life | Nov. ’72 |
| 286 | The White Stripes | Seven Nation Army | April ’03 |
| 285 | Bill Withers | Ain’t No Sunshine | July ’71 |
| 284 | The Dixie Cups | Chapel of Love | June ’64 |
| 283 | The Cure | Pictures of You | May ’89 |
| 282 | David Bowie | Ziggy Stardust | June ’72 |
| 281 | The Staple Singers | I’ll Take You There | June ’72 |
| 280 | Bruce Springsteen | Born in the U.S.A. | June ’84 |
| 279 | Jefferson Airplane | Somebody to Love | Feb. ’67 |
| 278 | The Beatles | Something | Oct. ’69 |
| 277 | Chuck Berry | Sweet Little Sixteen | Jan. ’58 |
| 276 | The Beach Boys | Sloop John B | March ’66 |
| 275 | George Jones | He Stopped Loving Her Today | March ’80 |
| 274 | The Modern Lovers | Roadrunner | Oct. ’76 |
| 273 | Kanye West | Jesus Walks | Feb. ’04 |
| 272 | U2 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | March ’83 |
| 271 | New York Dolls | Personality Crisis | Aug. ’73 |
| 270 | Archie Bell and The Drells | Tighten Up | March ’68 |
| 269 | The Ronettes | Walking in the Rain | Oct. ’64 |
| 268 | Randy Newman | Sail Away | June ’72 |
| 267 | The Crystals | He’s A Rebel | Aug. ’62 |
| 266 | Smokey Robinson and The Miracles | Ooo Baby Baby | March ’65 |
| 265 | Stevie Wonder | Higher Ground | Aug. ’73 |
| 264 | Jeff Buckley | Hallelujah | Aug. ’94 |
| 263 | The Dells | Oh, What A Night | Aug. ’69 |
| 262 | The Who | I Can See For Miles | Oct. ’67 |
| 261 | The Troggs | Wild Thing | June ’66 |
| 260 | Bob Dylan | Mississippi | Sept. ’01 |
| 259 | Blondie | Heart of Glass | Sept. ’78 |
| 258 | AC/DC | Highway to Hell | Aug. ’79 |
| 257 | Radiohead | Paranoid Android | May ’97 |
| 256 | Mott the Hoople | All the Young Dudes | July 72 |
| 255 | Bobby Darin | Mack the Knife | March ’59 |
| 254 | The Drifters | Money Honey | Sept.’53 |
| 253 | Black Sabbath | Paranoid | Nov. ’70 |
| 252 | Aretha Franklin | Chain of Fools | Nov. ’67 |
| 251 | Sugarhill Gang | Rapper’s Delight | Oct. ’79 |
| 250 | Sly and the Family Stone | Hot Fun in the Summertime | Aug. ’69 |
| 249 | The Band | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | Sept. ’69 |
| 248 | Jackie Wilson | (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher | Aug. ’67 |
| 247 | The Spencer Davis Group | Gimme Some Lovin’ | Dec. ’66 |
| 246 | The B-52’s | Love Shack | June ’89 |
| 245 | Elton John | Rocket Man | May ’72 |
| 244 | Sly and the Family Stone | Stand! | April ’69 |
| 243 | Dion | The Wanderer | Dec. ’61 |
| 242 | Dusty Springfield | Son of a Preacher Man | Nov. ’68 |
| 241 | Patsy Cline | I Fall to Pieces | Jan. ’61 |
| 240 | Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force | Planet Rock | July ’82 |
| 239 | Ray Charles | I Got a Woman | Nov. ’54 |
| 238 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Everyday | Sept. ’57 |
| 237 | The Byrds | I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better | June ’65 |
| 236 | M.I.A. | Paper Planes | August ’07 |
| 235 | The Animals | We Gotta Get Out of This Place | Aug. 65 |
| 234 | Roy Orbison | Only the Lonely | May ’60 |
| 233 | Marvin Gaye | Sexual Healing | Oct. ’82 |
| 232 | Bob Dylan | Just Like a Woman | May ’66 |
| 231 | Van Morrison | Moondance | Feb. ’70 |
| 230 | Muddy Waters | Mannish Boy | May ’55 |
| 229 | Chic | Good Times | June ’79 |
| 228 | The Clash | Should I Stay or Should I Go | May ’82 |
| 227 | James Taylor | Fire and Rain | Feb. ’70 |
| 226 | Muddy Waters | Hoochie Coochie Man | Jan. ’54 |
| 225 | Sly and the Family Stone | Dance to the Music | Jan. ’68 |
| 224 | Roy Orbison | Oh, Pretty Woman | Aug. ’64 |
| 223 | Lou Reed | Walk on the Wild Side | Dec. ’72 |
| 222 | The Left Banke | Walk Away Renee | Sept. ’66 |
| 221 | Howlin’ Wolf | Spoonful | June ’60 |
| 220 | John Lee Hooker | Boom Boom | Feb. ’62 |
| 219 | Dolly Parton | Jolene | Jan. ’74 |
| 218 | The Lovin’ Spoonful | Do You Believe in Magic | July ’65 |
| 217 | Hank Williams | Your Cheatin’ Heart | Jan. ’53 |
| 216 | Neil Young | Rockin’ in the Free World | Oct. ’89 |
| 215 | Prince | 1999 | Oct. ’82 |
| 214 | The Beach Boys | Caroline, No | March ’66 |
| 213 | ? and the Mysterians | 96 Tears | Sept. ’66 |
| 212 | The Beach Boys | In My Room | Sept. ’63 |
| 211 | Them | Gloria | March ’65 |
| 210 | The Everly Brothers | Bye Bye Love | May ’57 |
| 209 | The Four Tops | Reach Out, I’ll Be There | Aug. ’66 |
| 208 | Bill Withers | Lean on Me | June ’72 |
| 207 | Otis Redding | Try a Little Tenderness | Dec. ’66 |
| 206 | Bob Dylan | Positively 4th Street | Sept. ’65 |
| 205 | The Beatles | Come Together | Sept. ’69 |
| 204 | New Order | Bizarre Love Triangle | Oct. ’86 |
| 203 | Beck | Loser | 1993 |
| 202 | Parliament | Flash Light | Dec. ’77 |
| 201 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Hey Joe | Dec. ’66 |
| 200 | Elvis Presley | Don’t Be Cruel | July ’56 |
| 199 | The Chantels | Maybe | Dec. ’57 |
| 198 | Guns n’ Roses | Sweet Child O’Mine | Aug. ’87 |
| 197 | Buddy Holly | Peggy Sue | Sept. ’57 |
| 196 | The Drifters | There Goes My Baby | May ’59 |
| 195 | Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman | Nov. ’68 |
| 194 | Amy Winehouse | Rehab | March ’07 |
| 193 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Free Bird | Sept. ’73 |
| 192 | Bob Dylan | Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door | July ’73 |
| 191 | Bee Gees | Stayin’ Alive | Nov. ’77 |
| 190 | AC/DC | Back in Black | July ’80 |
| 189 | Aretha Franklin | I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) | March ’67 |
| 188 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Who’ll Stop the Rain | Jan. ’70 |
| 187 | Bob Dylan | Desolation Row | Aug. ’65 |
| 186 | The Beatles | Please Please Me | Feb. ’64 |
| 185 | B.B. King | The Thrill is Gone | Dec. ’69 |
| 184 | The Drifters | Save the Last Dance for Me | Sept. ’60 |
| 183 | Booker T. and the MG’s | Green Onions | Oct. ’62 |
| 182 | OutKast | Hey Ya! | Sept. ’03 |
| 181 | Joy Division | Love Will Tear Us Apart | April ’80 |
| 180 | Big Star | September Gurls | May ’74 |
| 179 | Tom Petty | Free Fallin’ | June ’89 |
| 178 | The Beach Boys | Don’t Worry Baby | May ’64 |
| 177 | The Bobby Fuller Four | I Fought the Law | Feb. ’66 |
| 176 | The Rolling Stones | Paint it Black | May ’66 |
| 175 | The Sex Pistols | God Save the Queen | May ’77 |
| 174 | Abba | Dancing Queen | Nov. ’76 |
| 173 | Aerosmith | Dream On | June ’73 |
| 172 | Jay-Z | 99 Problems | Nov. ’03 |
| 171 | Joni Mitchell | Both Sides Now | May ’69 |
| 170 | R.E.M. | Losing My Religion | March ’91 |
| 169 | The Temptations | Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone | Oct. ’72 |
| 168 | Marvin Gaye | Let’s Get It On | June ’73 |
| 167 | Tracy Chapman | Fast Car | April ’88 |
| 166 | Queen | Bohemian Rhapsody | Nov. ’75 |
| 165 | Sinead O’Connor | Nothing Compares 2 U | March ’90 |
| 164 | Ray Charles | I Can’t Stop Loving You | May ’62 |
| 163 | Johnny Cash | Folsom Prison Blues | Jan. ’56 |
| 162 | Public Enemy | Bring the Noise | April ’88 |
| 161 | The Velvet Underground | I’m Waiting for the Man | March ’67 |
| 160 | U2 | Moment of Surrender | March ’09 |
| 159 | Bill Haley and His Comets | (We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock | May ’54 |
| 158 | The Flamingos | I Only Have Eyes for You | April ’59 |
| 157 | Simon and Garfunkel | The Sounds of Silence | Nov. ’65 |
| 156 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Proud Mary | Jan. ’69 |
| 155 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Rave On | April ’58 |
| 154 | The Beatles | A Hard Day’s Night | July ’64 |
| 153 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Foxey Lady | Aug. ’65 |
| 152 | The Penguins | Earth Angel | Dec. ’54 |
| 151 | The Byrds | Eight Miles High | April ’66 |
| 150 | The Everly Brothers | Cathy’s Clown | April ’60 |
| 149 | Iggy Pop | Lust for Life | Sept. ’77 |
| 148 | Janis Joplin | Me and Bobby McGee | Jan. ’71 |
| 147 | The B-52’s | Rock Lobster | July ’79 |
| 146 | Sly and the Family Stone | Everyday People | Nov. ’68 |
| 145 | Ramones | I Wanna Be Sedated | Oct. ’78 |
| 144 | Prince and the Revolution | Purple Rain | June ’84 |
| 143 | James Brown and His Famous Flames | Please, Please, Please | Feb. ’56 |
| 142 | The Everly Brothers | All I Have to Do Is Dream | May ’58 |
| 141 | Led Zeppelin | Kashmir | March ’75 |
| 140 | The Beatles | I Saw Her Standing There | Jan. ’64 |
| 139 | Sly and the Family Stone | Family Affair | Oct. ’71 |
| 138 | The Beatles | Eleanor Rigby | Aug. ’66 |
| 137 | Elton John | Your Song | Nov. ’70 |
| 136 | The Beatles | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | Nov. ’68 |
| 135 | Wilson Pickett | In the Midnight Hour | July ’65 |
| 134 | The Who | Won’t Get Fooled Again | July ’71 |
| 133 | Bo Diddley | Who Do You Love? | March ’57 |
| 132 | U2 | With or Without You | March ’87 |
| 131 | Rod Stewart | Maggie May | June ’71 |
| 130 | Steppenwolf | Born to Be Wild | Jan. ’68 |
| 129 | Chuck Berry | Rock & Roll Music | Sept. ’57 |
| 128 | David Bowie | Changes | Dec. ’71 |
| 127 | Big Joe Turner | Shake, Rattle & Roll | April ’54 |
| 126 | The Shirelles | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | Nov. ’60 |
| 125 | The Rolling Stones | Jumpin’ Jack Flash | May ’68 |
| 124 | James Brown | It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World | April ’66 |
| 123 | The Animals | The House of the Rising Sun | July ’64 |
| 122 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me | April ’61 |
| 121 | The Jackson 5 | I Want You Back | Nov. ’69 |
| 120 | Fleetwood Mac | Go Your Own Way | Jan. ’77 |
| 119 | The Isley Brothers | Shout (Parts 1 and 2) | Sept. ’59 |
| 118 | Beyonce feat. Jay-Z | Crazy in Love | May ’03 |
| 117 | Al Green | Take Me to the River | Nov. ’74 |
| 116 | The Rolling Stones | Honky Tonk Women | July ’69 |
| 115 | Sam Cooke | You Send Me | Oct. ’57 |
| 114 | The Drifters | Up on the Roof | Nov. ’62 |
| 113 | Elvis Presley | That’s All Right | Aug. ’54 |
| 112 | Hank Williams | I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | Nov. ’49 |
| 111 | Otis Redding | I’ve Been Loving You too Long (to Stop Now) | April ’65 |
| 110 | Van Morrison | Brown Eyed Girl | June ’67 |
| 109 | Prince | Little Red Corvette | March ’83 |
| 108 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Not Fade Away | Oct. ’57 |
| 107 | Bob Dylan | Mr. Tambourine Man | March ’65 |
| 106 | Simon and Garfunkel | The Boxer | April ’69 |
| 105 | Stevie Wonder | Living for the City | August ’73 |
| 104 | Donna Summer | Hot Stuff | April ’79 |
| 103 | Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps | Be-Bop-A-Lula | May ’56 |
| 102 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | Oct. ’68 |
| 101 | The Rolling Stones | You Can’t Always Get What You Want | July ’69 |
| 100 | Gnarls Barkley | Crazy | May ’06 |
| 99 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Fortunate Son | Oct. ’69 |
| 98 | Al Green | Love and Happiness | June ’72 |
| 97 | Chuck Berry | Roll Over Beethoven | May ’56 |
| 96 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Great Balls of Fire | Nov. ’57 |
| 95 | Carl Perkins | Blue Suede Shoes | Feb ’56 |
| 94 | Little Richard | Good Golly, Miss Molly | Feb. ’58 |
| 93 | U2 | I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For | May ’87 |
| 92 | Ramones | Blitzkrieg Bop | May ’76 |
| 91 | Elvis Presley | Suspicious Minds | Sept. ’69 |
| 90 | The Five Satins | In the Still of the Night | Sept. ’56 |
| 89 | The Mamas and the Papas | California Dreamin’ | Dec. ’65 |
| 88 | The Temptations | My Girl | Jan. ’65 |
| 87 | Johnny Cash | Ring of Fire | May ’63 |
| 86 | Bruce Springsteen | Thunder Road | Aug. ’75 |
| 85 | Patsy Cline | Crazy | Oct. ’61 |
| 84 | The Police | Every Breath You Take | May ’83 |
| 83 | The Beatles | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | Dec. ’65 |
| 82 | Fats Domino | Blueberry Hill | Oct. ’56 |
| 81 | Marvin Gaye | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Oct. ’68 |
| 80 | The Kinks | You Really Got Me | Sept. ’64 |
| 79 | The Byrds | Mr. Tambourine Man | May ’65 |
| 78 | James Brown | I Got You (I Feel Good) | Nov. ’65 |
| 77 | Elvis Presley | Mystery Train | Sept. ’55 |
| 76 | The Beatles | Strawberry Fields Forever | Feb. ’67 |
| 75 | Led Zeppelin | Whole Lotta Love | Oct. ’69 |
| 74 | Eddie Cochran | Summertime Blues | July ’58 |
| 73 | Stevie Wonder | Superstition | Nov. ’72 |
| 72 | The Beach Boys | California Girls | July ’65 |
| 71 | James Brown | Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag | July ’66 |
| 70 | Dionne Warwick | Walk On By | April ’64 |
| 69 | Roy Orbison | Crying | Aug. ’61 |
| 68 | Bob Dylan | Tangled Up in Blue | Jan. ’75 |
| 67 | Elvis Presley | Jailhouse Rock | Oct. ’57 |
| 66 | Bob Marley and the Wailers | Redemption Song | June ’80 |
| 65 | Cream | Sunshine of Your Love | Jan. ’68 |
| 64 | The Beatles | She Loves You | Sept. ’63 |
| 63 | Buffalo Springfield | For What It’s Worth | Feb. ’67 |
| 62 | Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | June ’55 |
| 61 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On | June ’57 |
| 60 | Al Green | Let’s Stay Together | Dec. ’71 |
| 59 | Bob Dylan | The Times They Are A-Changin | Jan. ’64 |
| 58 | Michael Jackson | Billie Jean | Jan. ’83 |
| 57 | Procol Harum | Whiter Shade of Pale | June ’67 |
| 56 | The Sex Pistols | Anarchy in the U.K. | Nov. ’77 |
| 55 | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally | March ’56 |
| 54 | The Kingsmen | Louie Louie | June ’63 |
| 53 | Percy Sledge | When a Man Loves a Woman | March ’66 |
| 52 | Prince | When Doves Cry | June ’84 |
| 51 | Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | The Message | May ’82 |
| 50 | Smokey Robinson and the Miracles | The Tracks of My Tears | June ’65 |
| 49 | The Eagles | Hotel California | Dec. ’76 |
| 48 | Simon and Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | Feb. ’70 |
| 47 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | All Along the Watchtower | Sept. ’68 |
| 46 | David Bowie | Heroes | Sept. ’77 |
| 45 | Elvis Presley | Heartbreak Hotel | Jan. ’56 |
| 44 | Ray Charles | Georgia on My Mind | Sept. ’60 |
| 43 | Little Richard | Tutti-Frutti | Dec. ’55 |
| 42 | The Kinks | Waterloo Sunset | Feb. ’68 |
| 41 | The Band | The Weight | Aug. ’68 |
| 40 | Martha Reeves and the Vandellas | Dancing in the Street | Sept. ’64 |
| 39 | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | That’ll Be the Day | May ’57 |
| 38 | The Rolling Stones | Gimme Shelter | April ’69 |
| 37 | Bob Marley | No Woman, No Cry | May ’75 |
| 36 | U2 | One | Nov. ’91 |
| 35 | The Doors | Light My Fire | June ’67 |
| 34 | The Righteous Brothers | You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ | Dec. ’64 |
| 33 | Ike and Tina Turner | River Deep – Mountain High | May ’66 |
| 32 | The Rolling Stones | Sympathy for the Devil | Dec. ’68 |
| 31 | Led Zeppelin | Stairway to Heaven | Nov. ’71 |
| 30 | Johnny Cash | I Walk the Line | Aug. ’56 |
| 29 | The Beatles | Help! | July ’65 |
| 28 | The Beatles | A Day in the Life | June ’67 |
| 27 | Derek and the Dominos | Layla | Nov. ’70 |
| 26 | Otis Redding | (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay | Jan. ’68 |
| 25 | The Beach Boys | God Only Knows | May ’66 |
| 24 | The Impressions | People Get Ready | Jan. ’65 |
| 23 | The Beatles | In My Life | Dec. ’65 |
| 22 | The Ronettes | Be My Baby | Aug. ’63 |
| 21 | Bruce Springsteen | Born to Run | Aug. ’75 |
| 20 | The Beatles | Let It Be | March ’70 |
| 19 | Elvis Presley | Hound Dog | July ’56 |
| 18 | Chuck Berry | Maybellene | July ’55 |
| 17 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Purple Haze | March ’67 |
| 16 | The Beatles | I Want to Hold Your Hand | Dec. ’63 |
| 15 | The Clash | London Calling | Jan. ’80 |
| 14 | Bob Dylan | Blowin’ in the Wind | May ’63 |
| 13 | The Beatles | Yesterday | Sept. ’65 |
| 12 | Sam Cooke | A Change Is Gonna Come | Dec. ’64 |
| 11 | The Who | My Generation | Nov. ’65 |
| 10 | Ray Charles | What’d I Say | June ’59 |
| 9 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Sept. ’91 |
| 8 | The Beatles | Hey Jude | Aug. ’68 |
| 7 | Chuck Berry | Johnny B. Goode | April ’58 |
| 6 | The Beach Boys | Good Vibrations | Oct. ’66 |
| 5 | Aretha Franklin | Respect | April ’67 |
| 4 | Marvin Gaye | What’s Going On | Feb. ’71 |
| 3 | John Lennon | Imagine | Oct. ’71 |
| 2 | The Rolling Stones | (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction | May ’65 |
| 1 | Bob Dylan | Like a Rolling Stone | July ’65 |