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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• T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On)
• Talking Heads - Life During Wartime
• Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
• James Taylor - Fire and Rain
• Television - Little Johnny Jewel
• The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
• The Temptations - My Girl
• The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - This Train
• Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton - Ball ‘n’ Chain
• Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton - Hound Dog
• Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop
• Peter Tosh - Legalize It
• Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
• The Trammps - Disco Inferno
• The Troggs - Wild Thing
• Big Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle Roll
• Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep, Mountain High
• The Turtles - It Ain’t Me Babe

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• U.T.F.O. - Roxanne, Roxanne
• U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
• U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
• U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

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• Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
• Van Halen - Jump
• Van Halen - Runnin’ with the Devil
• Stevie Ray Vaughan - Pride and Joy
• Velvet Underground - Heroin
• Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat
• The Ventures - Walk Don’t Run
• Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Be-Bop-a-Lula

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500 Songs

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