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
- Blueberry Hill Fats Domino 1956
- Uncle John's Band Grateful Dead 1970
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Bruce Springsteen 1973
- People Get Ready The Impressions 1965
- The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff 1972
- Porcelain Moby 1999
- All I Have to Do Is Dream The Everly Brothers 1965
- Dream On Aerosmith 1973
- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis 1974
- Say Man Bo Diddley 1959
- Legalize It Peter Tosh 1976
- Take It Easy Eagles 1972
- Here Comes a Regular The Replacements 1985
- American Girl Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1976
- Voodoo Child (slight return) The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
- I Can't Stop Loving You Ray Charles 1962
- Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane 1967
- Maybellene Chuck Berry 1955
- Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin 1969
- Legs ZZ Top 1983
- Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters 1977
- White Light/White Heat The Velvet Underground 1967
- Jeremy Pearl Jam 1991
- Matchbox Carl Perkins 1974
- Sweet Little Angel B.B. King 1957
- Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel 1970
- Fire and Rain James Taylor 1970
- Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J 1990
- Le Freak Chic 1978
- Maggie May Rod Stewart 1971
- Time of the Season The Zombies 1968
- Sunshine Superman Donovan 1966
- ABC The Jacksons 1970
- Pushin' Too Hard The Seeds 1965
- More Than a Feeling Boston 1976
- Good Vibrations The Beach Boys 1966
- All Right Now Free 1970
- Welcome to the Black Parade My Chemical Romance 2006
- Don't Worry Baby The Beach Boys 1964
- Hell Hound on My Trail Robert Johnson 1937
- All Along the Watchtower The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968
- California Girls The Beach Boys 1965
- Rock Lobster The B‐52s 1979
- Madame George Van Morrison 1968
- Good Golly Miss Molly Little Richard 1958
- Mannish Boy Muddy Waters 1966
- Hotel California Eagles 1976
- Ivo Cocteau Twins 1984
- Heartbreak Hotel Elvis Presley 1956
- Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones 1976
- Big Girls Don't Cry The Four Seasons 1962
- Spoonful Howlin' Wolf 1960
- Wild Horses The Rolling Stones 1971
- Do You Believe in Magic The Lovin' Spoonful 1965
- Ants Marching Dave Matthews Band 1994
- Little Red Corvette Prince 1982
- Tracks of My Tears The Miracles 1965
- Head Like a Hole Nine Inch Nails 1989
- Groovin' The Rascals 1967
- God Only Knows The Beach Boys 1966
- Wipe Out The Surfaris 1963
- What a Fool Believes The Doobie Brothers 1978
- Toys in the Attic Aerosmith 1975
- Whipping Post The Allman Brothers Band 1969
- Omaha Moby Grape 1967
- Little Wing The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1967
- Give It Away Red Hot Chili Peppers 1991
- Sail Away Randy Newman 1972
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man Chuck Berry 1956
- Nights in White Satin The Moody Blues 1967
- Please Please Please James Brown 1956
- Redemption Song Bob Marley & The Wailers 1980
- Highway to Hell AC/DC 1979
- Wabash Cannonball Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys 1949
- Ramblin' Man The Allman Brothers Band 1973
- House of the Rising Sun The Animals 1984
- We've Gotta Get Out of This Place The Animals 1965
- West End Blues Louis Armstrong 1959
- Pick Up the Pieces Average White Band 1976
- Jim Dandy LaVern Baker 1956
- Planet Rock Afrika Bambaataa 1989
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band 1969
- Surfin' USA The Beach Boys 1963
- Hey Ladies Beastie Boys 1989
- A Day in the Life The Beatles 1967
- Help! The Beatles 1965
- Hey Jude The Beatles 1968
- I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles 1963
- Strawberry Fields Forever The Beatles 1967
- Loser Beck 1993
- Plynth (Water Down the Drain) Jeff Beck Group 1969
- Stayin' Alive Bee Gees 1977
- Tighten Up Archie Bell & the Drells 1968
- Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry 1958
- Rock and Roll Music Chuck Berry 1977
- Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry 1956
- Chantilly Lace The Big Bopper 1972
- September Gurls Big Star 1974
- TV Party Black Flag 1981
- Iron Man Black Sabbath 1970