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 T-V

T

• Take It Easy - The Eagles
• Take Me Back To Tulsa - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
• Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
• Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
• Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
• Tell Mama - Etta James
• Tennessee - Arrested Development
• Tequila - The Champs
• Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) - Sly & The Family Stone
• That’ll Be the Day - Buddy Holly And The Crickets
• That’s All Right - Elvis Presley
• The Breaks - Kurtis Blow
• The End - The Doors
• The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag - Country Joe and The Fish
• The Great Pretender - The Platters
• The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
• The House Of The Rising Sun - The Animals
• The Letter - The Box Tops
• The Loco-Motion - Little Eva
• The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
• The Midnight Special - Lead Belly
• The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
• The Red Rooster - Howlin ‘Wolf
• The Sounds Of Silence - Simon And Garfunkel
• The Spirit Of Radio - Rush
• The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
• The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ - Bob Dylan
• The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles
• The Train Kept A-Rollin’ - Johnny Burnette Trio
• The Twist - Chubby Checker
• The Weight - The Band
• There Goes My Baby - The Drifters
• This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
• This Train - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• Tighten Up - Archie Bell & The Drells
• Time (Clock Of The Heart) - Culture Club
• Time Is On My Side - The Rolling Stones
• Tipitina - Professor Longhair
• Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
• Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
• Turn On the News - Husker Du
• Turn On Your Love - Bobby Blue Bland
• Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

U

• U Can’t Touch This - MC Hammer
• Uncle John’s Band - The Grateful Dead
• Up On The Roof - The Drifters
• Uptight (Everything’s Alright) - Stevie Wonder

V

• Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix

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• D-F
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• K-M
• N-P
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