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 Q-S

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• Queen  - Bohemian Rhapsody
• Queen Latifah - Ladies First
• Question Mark and the Mysterians - 96 Tears
• Quicksilver Messenger Service - Who Do You Love

r

• R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
• R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
• Ma Rainey & Her Tub Jug
• Washboard Band - Prove It on Me
• Bonnie Raitt - Something to Talk About
• Ramones - Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
• The Young Rascals - Groovin’
• The Young Rascals - Good Lovin’
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
• Otis Redding - Shake
• Otis Redding - (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay
• Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
• Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man
• Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights, Big City
• Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
• The Replacements - I Will Dare
• Paul Revere & The Raiders - Just Like Me
• Cliff Richard and the Drifters - Move It
• Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
• Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
• Little Richard - Tutti Frutti
• The Righteous Brothers - You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
• Billy Riley & His Little Green Men - Red Hot
• Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel No. 9
• The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
• The Rolling Stones - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction
• The Rolling Stones - Jumpin’ Jack Flash
• The Rolling Stones - Miss You
• The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
• The Rolling Stones - Time Is on My Side
• The Ronettes - Be My Baby
• Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug
• Run-D.M.C. - Walk This Way
• Rush - The Spirit of Radio
• Otis Rush - I Can’t Quit You Baby
• Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Devil with a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly

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• Sam & Dave - Soul Man
• Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs - Wooly Bully
• Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen
• The Searchers - Needles and Pins
• The Seeds - Pushin’ Too Hard
• Pete Seeger - Where Have All the Flowers Gone
• Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
• Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the U.K.
• Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen
• The Shadows of Knight - Gloria
• The Shangri-Las - Leader of the Pack
• Del Shannon - Runaway
• The Shirelles – Dedicated to the One I Love
• The Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
• Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
• Simon and Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence
• Paul Simon - Graceland
• Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s Sbout a Mover
• Sister Sledge - We Are Family
• Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
• Sly & the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
• Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
• Bessie Smith - Downhearted Blues
• Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & His Clowns - Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie-Woogie Flu
• Patti Smith - Gloria (in Excelsis Deo)
• The Smiths - Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now
• Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot
• The Soul Stirrers - By and By
• Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
• Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
• Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
• The Standells - Dirty Water
• The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself
• Edwin Starr - War
• Steely Dan - Reelin’ in the Years
• Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild
• Rod Stewart - Maggie May
• Iggy and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
• The Stooges - I Wanna Be Your Dog
• Stray Cats - Rock This Town
• Barrett Strong - Money (That’s What I Want)
• The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight
• Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
• The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love
• The Supremes - You Can’t Hurry Love
• The Surfaris - Wipe Out
• Swinging Blue Jeans - Hippy Hippy Shake

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Sorted by Song

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