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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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