Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll

Source: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Year: 2006
659 songs
20 voters

Weight: 35%

How much this list influences our overall rankings. Higher weight means more reliable data.

Penalties Applied:

Voters: are mostly from a single country/location: 10%
Voters: Unknown Names: 10%
Voters: Estimated Count: 5%
List: only covers 1 specific genre: 40%

“Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll” is an unranked, influence-based exhibit list from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, originally 500 songs and later expanded to roughly 660, spanning recordings from the 1920s into the 2000s; it was compiled by chief curator Jim Henke with input from the Hall’s curatorial staff and numerous outside critics and music experts, but aside from Henke the Hall has not published contributor names, so a reasonable estimate of participants is about 20–40 people in total.

Rank Song Artists Year
- Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills & Nash 1969
- Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 1970
- Gee The Crows 1953
- Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) The Crystals 1963
- In Between Days The Cure 1985
- Lets Go Trippin' Dick Dale 1987
- New Rose The Damned 1977
- At the Hop Danny & the Juniors 1988
- Mack the Knife Bobby Darin 1959
- Splish Splash Bobby Darin 1958
- Gimme Some Lovin' The Spencer Davis Group 1966
- Me Myself and I De La Soul 1989
- Sonic Reducer Dead Boys 1977
- Holiday in Cambodia Dead Kennedys 1980
- Oh What a Night The Dells 1956
- Hillbilly Boogie The Delmore Brothers 1946
- Surf City Jan & Dean 1963
- Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) JAY‐Z 1998
- Come Go With Me The Del‐Vikings 1956
- People Are People Depeche Mode 1984
- Whip It DEVO 1980
- Runaround Sue Dion 1971
- A Teenager in Love Dion & The Belmonts 1959
- Chapel of Love The Dixie Cups 1964
- I'll Live Again The Dixie Hummingbirds 1993
- Honky Tonk Bill Doggett 1969
- Aint That a Shame Fats Domino 1988
- Sixty Minute Man Billy Ward and His Dominoes 1951
- Rock Island Line Lonnie Donegan 1955
- Light My Fire / Main Title The Doors 2000
- Nuthin' but a "G" Thang Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg 1992
- Right Place Wrong Time Dr. John 1977
- Money Honey The Drifters 1956
- On Broadway The Drifters 1963
- There Goes My Baby The Drifters 1959
- Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965
- Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan 1965
- Tangled Up In Blue Bob Dylan 1975
- Times They Are A-Changin' Bob Dylan 1987
- Rebel Rouser Duane Eddy 1958
- Get Ur Freak On Missy Elliott 2001
- Mirror in the Bathroom The Beat 1980
- Bye Bye Love The Everly Brothers 1957
- Rockafeller Skank Fatboy Slim 1998
- Think The "5" Royales 1957
- (I'll Remember) In the Still of The Nite The Five Satins 1956
- Walk Like a Man The Four Seasons 1963
- Baby I Need Your Loving Four Tops 1964
- Reach Out (I'll Be There) Four Tops 1966
- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Loved You) Aretha Franklin 1967
- Respect Aretha Franklin 1967
- I Fought the Law The Bobby Fuller Four 1965
- Reconsider Baby Lowell Fulson 1954
- One Nation Under a Groove Funkadelic 1978
- What We All Want Gang of Four 1981
- We're gonna rock Cecil Gant 2005
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 1968
- Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 1982
- Whats Going On Marvin Gaye 1971
- How Do You Do It Gerry and the Pacemakers 1963
- Mind Playing Tricks on Me Geto Boys 1991
- Rock and Roll, Part 2 Gary Glitter 1972
- Crazy Gnarls Barkley 2006
- We Got the Beat Go‐Go's 1981
- Rock My Soul The Golden Gate Quartet 1969
- Solo Flight Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Charlie Christian 1943
- Were an American Band Grand Funk Railroad 1973
- The Message Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five 1982
- Lets Stay Together Al Green 1975
- Things That I Used to Do Guitar Slim 1953
- Welcome to the Jungle Guns N' Roses 1986
- Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie 1948
- Pretty Boy Floyd Woody Guthrie 1945
- This Land Is Your Land Woody Guthrie 1956
- (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock Bill Haley and His Comets 1954
- She's Gone Daryl Hall & John Oates 1973
- Flying Home Lionel Hampton 1992
- Rainin' in My Heart Slim Harpo 1961
- Good Rockin' Tonight Wynonie Harris 1948
- Kansas City Wilbert Harrison 1969
- Suzy Q Dale Hawkins 1977
- Title Shaft (Theme From Shaft) Isaac Hayes 1974
- Barracuda Heart 1977
- (I Belong to the) Blank Generation Richard Hell & the Voidoids 1977
- Strange Fruit Billie Holiday 1939
- Bus Stop The Hollies 1966
- Peggy Sue Buddy Holly, The Crickets 1987
- That'll Be the Day Buddy Holly, The Crickets 1959
- Boogie Chillen John Lee Hooker 1948
- Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom John Lee Hooker 1992
- The Red Rooster (Little Red Rooster) Howlin' Wolf 1961
- Don't You Want Me The Human League 1981
- Stack O' Lee Blues Mississippi John Hurt 1929
- (For) Your Precious Love Jerry Butler, The Impressions 1962
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Iron Butterfly 1968
- It's a New Thing (It's Your Thing) The Isley Brothers 2004
- Shout The Isley Brothers 1979
- I Want You Back The Jacksons 1969
- Move on up a Little Higher Mahalia Jackson 1963
- Beat It (under end title credits) Michael Jackson 2010