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.

Artists D-F

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• 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 - 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’

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• 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

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• 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 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

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500 Songs

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Sorted by Song

• A-C
• D-F
• G-J
• K-M
• N-P
• Q-S
• T-V
• W-Z