the top 500 songs that shaped rock and roll

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its supposed to be a list of the most influential songs of all time (and yes there is some rap too)

AC/DC - Back in Black
AC/DC - Highway to Hell
Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys - Wabash Cannonball
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin’ Man
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
The Animals - The House of the Rising Sun
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out of this Place
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues
Arrested Development - Tennessee
The B-52’s - Rock Lobster
LaVern Baker - Jim Dandy
Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - Work with Me Annie
The Band - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Band - The Weight
The Beach Boys - California Girls
The Beach Boys - Don’t Worry Baby
The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Beach Boys - Surfin’ U.S.A.
The Beastie Boys - (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
The Beatles - HELP!
The Beatles - Hey Jude
The Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles - Norwegian Wood
The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
The Beatles - Yesterday
The Beau Brummels - Laugh Laugh
Beck - Loser
Jeff Beck Group - Plynth (Water Down the Drain)
The Bee Gees - Stayin’ Alive
Archie Bell & the Drells - Tighten Up
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry - Maybellene
Chuck Berry - Rock & Roll Music
The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace
Big Brother & the Holding Company - Piece of My Heart
Big Star - September Gurls
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Bobby Blue Bland - Turn on Your Love Light
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Gary U.S. Bonds - Quarter to Three
Booker T. & The MG’s - Green Onions
Boston - More Than a Feeling
David Bowie - Fame
David Bowie - Space Oddity
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust
The Box Tops - The Letter
Charles Brown - Driftin’ Blues
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown - Please Please Please
James Brown - Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud
Ruth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
Jackson Browne - Late for the Sky
Buffalo Springfield - For What It’s Worth
Solomon Burke - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
Johnny Burnette Trio - The Train Kept A-Rollin’
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Byrds - Hickory Wind
The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
The Champs - Tequila
Gene Chandler - Duke of Earl
The Chantays - Pipeline
Ray Charles - Hallelujah I Love Her So
Ray Charles - I Got a Woman
Ray Charles - What’d I Say
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Chic - Le Freak
Charlie Christian with the Benny Goodman Orchestra - Solo Flight
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
The Clash - London Calling
Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Patsy Cline - I Fall to Pieces
The Clovers - Love Potion No. 9
The Coasters - Yakety Yak
The Coasters - Young Blood
Eddie Cochran - C’mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Joe Cocker - With a Little Help from My Friends
The Contours - Do You Love Me
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come
Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
Alice Cooper - I’m Eighteen
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up
The Count Five - Psychotic Reaction
Country Joe and the Fish - The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die-Rag
Don Covey - Mercy Mercy
Cream - Crossroads
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Proud Mary
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
The Crows - Gee
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)
The Crystals - He’s a Rebel
Culture Club - Time (Clock of the Heart)
Artists D-F

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’
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
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
Artists G-J

Peter Gabriel - Biko
Cecil Gant - We’re Gonna Rock
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It through the Grapevine
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Gerry and the Pacemakers - How Do You Do It?
Gary Glitter - Rock ‘N’ Roll Part 2
Go-Go’s - We Got the Beat
Golden Gate Quartet - Rock My Soul
Grand Funk Railroad - We’re An American Band
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five - The Message
The Grateful Dead - Dark Star
The Grateful Dead - Uncle John’s Band
Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
Guitar Slim - The Things That I Used to Do
Guns N’ Roses - Welcome to the Jungle
Woody Guthrie - Pastures of Plenty
Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd
Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land
Bill Haley & His Comets - (We’re Gonna) Rock around the Clock
Slim Harpo - Rainin’ in My Heart
Wynonie Harris - Good Rockin’ Tonight
Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
Dale Hawkins - Suzy-Q
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - (I Belong to the) Blank Generation
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The Hollies - Bus Stop
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - That’ll Be the Day
John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun
John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin’
Howlin’ Wolf - Spoonful
Howlin ‘Wolf - The Red Rooster
Human League - Don’t You Want Me?
Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O’ Lee Blues
Husker Du - Turn on the News
The Impressions - People Get Ready
The Ink Spots - If I Didn’t Care
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
The Isley Brothers - It’s Your Thing
The Isley Brothers - Shout - Pts. 1 & 2

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Jackson 5 - ABC
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Mahalia Jackson - Move on Up a Little Higher
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Elmore James - Dust My Broom
Elmore James - Shake Your Moneymaker
Etta James - Tell Mama
Rick James - Super Freak
Tommy James and the Shondells - Hanky Panky
Jan & Dean - Surf City
Jane’s Addiction - Been Caught Stealin’
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock N’ Roll
Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Elton John - Your Song
Little Willie John - Fever
Blind Willie Johnson - Motherless Children
Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson - Hellhound on My Trail
Robert Johnson – Love in Vain
Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Caldonia
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - Saturday Night Fish Fry
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Artists K-M

Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
B.B. King - Sweet Little Angel
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Ben E. King - Spanish Harlem
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Carole King - You’ve Got a Friend
Freddy King - Hide Away
The Kingsmen - Louie Louie
The Kinks - A Well Respected Man
The Kinks - Lola
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite
Buddy Knox - Party Doll
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
L.L. Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Leadbelly - The Midnight Special
Led Zeppelin - Dazed and Confused
Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee
John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon - Instant Karma (We All Shine On)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
Little Eva - The Loco-Motion
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken
Little Walter - Juke
Professor Longhair - Tipitina
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Do You Believe in Magic
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - I’m Not a Juvenile Delinquent
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Madonna - Like a Virgin
The Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin’
The Marcels - Blue Moon
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Lively Up Yourself
Bob Marley and the Wailers - No Woman, No Cry
Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street
Martha and the Vandellas - (Love Is Like a) Heat Wave
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly
MC Hammer - U Can’t Touch This
Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed
Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
Don McLean - American Pie
Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
John Cougar Mellencamp - Authority Song
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Amos Milburn - Let’s Have a Party
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle
The Miracles - Going to a Go-Go
The Miracles - The Tracks of My Tears
The Miracles - You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
Moby Grape - Omaha
The Monkees - I’m a Believer
The Monkees - Last Train to Clarksville
The Monotones - Book of Love
Bill Monroe - Mule Skinner Blues
The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin
The Moonglows - Sincerely
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Van Morrison - Madame George
Van Morrison - Moondance
The Mothers Of Invention - Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes
Artists N-P

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
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
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
Artists Q-S

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

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
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
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
Artists W-Z

The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up
The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff
Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun
T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday
War - Slippin’ into Darkness
Clara Ward & the Ward Singers - How I Got Over
Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Muddy Waters - Rollin’ Stone
The Weavers - Goodnight Irene
Mary Wells - My Guy
The Who - Baba O’Riley
The Who - Go to the Mirror Boy
The Who - My Generation
Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don’t Go
Larry Williams - Bony Maronie
Marion Williams - Packing Up
Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson - Good Morning (Little) School Girl
Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back to Tulsa
Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin’)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Airight)
Link Wray - Rumble
X - Los Angeles
Jimmy Yancey - Midnight Stomp
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things
Yes - Roundabout
Neil Young - Down by the River
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Neil Young - My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)
ZZ Top - Legs

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Jay will be very happy to know that Rush did indeed make the list