500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll
Selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum curatorial staff and a number of rock critics and historians, these 500 songs are some of rock and roll’s most popular and influential recordings. Arranged by artist and song title, the songs cover a variety of musicians and genres illustrating the evolution of rock and roll over the last century.
Song Title A-C
A
- A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke
- A Day in the Life - The Beatles
- A Teenager In Love - Dion And The Belmonts
- A Well Respected Man - The Kinks
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
- ABC - Jackson 5
- After Midnight - Eric Clapton
- Ain’t That a Shame - Fats Domino
- Ain’t Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations
- All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
- All I Have to Do Is Dream - The Everly Brothers
- All Right Now - Free
- All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
- Am I Asking Too Much - Dinah Washington
- American Girl - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Anarchy In The U.K. - Sex Pistols
- Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
- Aqualung - Jethro Tull
- At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors
- Authority Song - John Cougar Mellencamp
- Autobahn - Kraftwerk
- A World Without Love - Peter And Gordon
B
- Baba O’Riley - The Who
- Baby I Need Your Loving - The Four Tops
- Baby Please Don’t Go - Big Joe Williams
- Back In Black - AC/DC
- Ball ‘N’ Chain - Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton
- Bang A Gong (Get It On) - T. Rex
- Be My Baby - The Ronettes
- Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
- Beat It - Michael Jackson
- Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
- Been Caught Stealin’ - Jane’s Addiction
- Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
- Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed
- Big Girls Don’t Cry - The 4 Seasons
- Biko - Peter Gabriel
- Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
- Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen - Santana
- (I Belong To The) Blank Generation - Richard Hell & The Voidoids
- Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan
- Blue Moon - The Marcels
- Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
- Blue Yodel No. 9 - Jimmie Rodgers
- Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
- Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
- Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
- Bony Maronie - Larry Williams
- Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
- Book Of Love - The Monotones
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
- Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
- Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
- Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon And Garfunkel
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
- Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
- Brown Shoes Don’t Make It - The Mothers Of Invention (with Frank Zappa)
- Bus Stop - The Hollies
- By And By - The Soul Stirrers
- Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
C
- C’mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
- C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis
- Caldonia - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
- California Dreamin’ - The Mamas And The Papas
- California Girls - The Beach Boys
- Call It Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
- Chantilly Lace - The Big Bopper
- Chapel Of Love - The Dixie Cups
- Come Go With Me - The Dell-Vikings
- Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
- Crossroads - Cream
- Crying In The Chapel - The Orioles
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