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 Q-S
Q
- Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds
R
- Radio Free Europe - R.E.M.
- Rainin’ In My Heart - Slim Harpo
- Ramblin’ Man - The Allman Brothers Band
- Rapper’s Delight - The Sugarhill Gang
- Reach Out I’ll Be There - The Four Tops
- Rebel-’Rouser - Duane Eddy
- Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
- Red Hot - Billy Riley & His Little Green Men
- Reelin’ In The Years - Steely Dan
- Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
- Respect - Aretha Franklin
- Right Place Wrong Time - Dr. John
- River Deep, Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner
- Rock & Roll Music - Chuck Berry
- Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss
- Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
- (We’re Gonna) Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Rock Island Line - Lonnie Donegan
- Rock Lobster - The B-52’s
- Rock My Soul - Golden Gate Quartet
- Rock This Town - Stray Cats
- Rock ‘N’ Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter
- Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie-Woogie Flu - Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns
- Rollin’ Stone - Muddy Waters
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) - Bruce Springsteen
- Roundabout - Yes
- Roxanne - The Police
- Roxanne, Roxanne - U.T.F.O.
- Rumble - Link Wray
- Runaway - Del Shannon
- Runnin’ With the Devil - Van Halen
S
- Sail Away - Randy Newman
- (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
- Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
- Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud - James Brown
- Search And Destroy - Iggy And The Stooges
- See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
- September Gurls - Big Star
- Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Shake - Otis Redding
- Shake, Rattle And Roll - Big Joe Turner
- Shapes Of Things - The Yardbirds
- She’s About A Mover - Sir Douglas Quintet
- Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones
- Shotgun - Jr. Walker and the All Stars
- Shout - Pts. 1 & 2 - The Isley Brothers
- Sin City - The Flying Burrito Brothers
- Sincerely - The Moonglows
- Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
- Slippin’ Into Darkness - War
- Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
- Smokestack Lightnin’ - Howlin’ Wolf
- Solo Flight - Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Orchestra
- Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
- Something To Talk About - Bonnie Raitt
- Soul Man - Sam & Dave
- Space Oddity - David Bowie
- Spanish Harlem - Ben E. King
- Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
- Spoonful - Howlin’ Wolf
- Stack O’ Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
- Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
- Stand By Me - Ben E. King
- Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
- Stop! In The Name Of Love - The Supremes
- Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles
- Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
- Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
- Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
- Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
- Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
- Sunshine Superman - Donovan
- Super Freak - Rick James
- Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
- Superstition - Stevie Wonder
- Surf City - Jan & Dean
- Surfin’ U.S.A. - The Beach Boys
- Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
- Suzy-Q - Dale Hawkins
- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Eurythmics
- Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
- Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
- Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones
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