Duval Central Picks the Greatest Rock and Roll Songs
(In Numerical Order)
I was frustrated when I saw the list compiled by VH1, so the wife said, "Well, compose your own then." So here are my top rock 'n' roll picks for the last 5 decades in no particular order yet. We're still trimming the list and Nina has a different of opinion on what songs should be on this list. Hopefully we'll get it right. You're welcome to participate. Send me an email or sign my guest book below.
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand
Doors - Light My Fire
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze
The Kingsman - Louie Louie
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love
Beatles - Hey Jude
Who - My Generation
Don McLean - American Pie
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Beatles - Yesterday
Derek and the Dominos - Layla
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
The Clash - Train In Vain
Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
John Lennon - Imagine
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Kinks - You Really Got Me
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
Elvis Presley - Hound Dog
Eagles - Hotel California
Beatles - Let It Be
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On)The Dock of the Bay
Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
The Temptations - My Girl
Bill Hailey & His Comets - Rock Around the Clock
Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
Creedance Clearwater - Proud Mary
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Police - Every Breath You Take
Beatles - A Day in the Life
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
Ray Charles - What'd I Say
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Buddy Holly and the Crickets - That'll Be the Day
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
Aerosmith - Dream On
Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin'
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Troggs - Wild Thing
Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Beatles - She Loves You
David Bowie - Space Oddity
Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir
Patsy Cline - Crazy
Clash - London Calling
Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash
R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe
Led Zeppelin - Rock & Roll
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Elvis Presley - All Shook Up
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Elton John - Your Song
Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel
Beach Boys - God Only Knows
Chubby Checker - The Twist
Little Richard - Good Golly, Miss Molly
Beach Boys - California Girls
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Part 2
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Beatles - Hard Days Night
James Taylor - Fire and Rain
Them - Gloria
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Pink Floyd - Money
Police - Roxanne
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Queen - We Are the Champions
Jefferson Airplane - Somebody To Love
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
The Who - Who Are You
Blue Oyster Cult - (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Beatles - Day Tripper
AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
Prince & the Revolution - Little Red Corvette
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'
Van Halen - Running With The Devil
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
The Animals - House Of The Rising Sun
Temptations - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
Cream - White Room
The Band - The Weight
Free - All Right Now
Neil Young - Old Man
Chicago - Make Me Smile
The Cars - Good Times Roll
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
Beatles - Get Back
David Bowie - Changes
Queen - We Will Rock You
Santana - Black Magic Woman
Monkees - I’m A Believer
AC/DC - T.N.T.
Beatles - Eleanor Rigby
Rolling Stones - Get Off Of My Cloud
Blondie - Call Me
Beatles - Ticket To Ride
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water
David Bowie - Suffragette City
The Byrds - Eight Miles High
The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things
Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
Big Brother & The Holding Company - Piece Of My Heart
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
Paul McCartney - Band on the Run
R.E.M - Stand
T. Rex - Bang-A-Gong
The Cars - Just What I Needed
The Doors - Touch Me
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
Beach Boys - Surfin’ U.S.A.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House
Talking Heads - Take Me To The River
Beatles - Paperback Writer
Beatles - In My Life
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin’ Care Of Business
The Doors - Break On Through (To The Other Side)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
Beatles - All You Need is Love
Allman Brothers Band - Melissa
Fixx - Red Skys at Night
Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time
Beatles - Please Please Me
The Four Seasons - Sherry
The Doors - Hello, I Love You
The Four Tops - Reach Out I’ll Be There
Golden Earring - Radar Love
Guess Who - American Woman
Eric Clapton - Cocaine
INXS - What You Need
Cream - I Feel Free
Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Couldn't Stand the Weather
Turtles - Happy Together
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Refugee
Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London
Steelers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle With You
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
Beatles - Norweigan Wood
Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
Beatles - Help
Cream - Badge
Midnight Oil - Beds Are Burning
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin’ Band
Beach Boys - Fun Fun Fun
J.Geils Band - Love Stinks
Neil Young - Down by the River
Jethro Tull - Teacher
Aerosmith - Back in the Saddle
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Elvis Costello - Alison
R.E.M. - Drive
Fixx - Saved by Zero
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
The Doors - L.A. Woman
The Association - Along Comes Mary
INXS - Devil Inside
Dave Clark Five - Glad All Over
Traffic - The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
Beatles - Eight Days A Week
The Animals - We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
The Who - Baba O’Riley
Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden
Beatles - With A Little Help From My Friends
David Bowie - Rebel, Rebel
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - OOO Baby Baby
The Zombies - Time of the Season
Grateful Dead - Truckin'
Grateful Dead - Touch of Gray
Grateful Dead - Casey Jones
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Santana - Oye Como Va
The Animals - Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
Yes - Roundabout
Bad Company - Ready For Love
Steve Miller Band - Rock N' Me
Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes
The Animals - It’s My Life
Beatles - Revolution
The Association - Then Along Comes Mary
David Bowie - Ziggystardust
The Supremes - Keep Me Hanging On
Chicago - Wishing You Were Here
Bad Company - Ready For Love
The Cars - My Best Friend’s Girl
B-52’s - Rock Lobster
Beach Boys - Help Me Rhonda
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Three Dog Night - Shambala
Argent - Hold Your Head Up
Beatles - Back In The USSR
Bad Company - Bad Company
Beach Boys - I Get Around
Beatles - Love Me Do
David Bowie - Fashion
U2 - New Year’s Day
Beatles - The Fool On The Hill
AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Chuck Berry - Maybelline
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Petula Clark - Downtown
Black Sabbath - Changes
The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues
David Bowie - Heroes
Chicago - Saturday in the Park
The Pretenders - Precious
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
Bob Dylan - Positively 4th Street
The Cars - Let’s Go
Extreme - Hole Hearted
Gene Chandler - Duke Of Earl
Elvis Presley - Don’t Be Cruel
Ray Charles - What’d I Say
Cheap Trick - Surrender
J.Geils Band - Centerfold
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Lou Christie - Lightnin’ Strikes
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Caught in the Crossfire
Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
The Clash - Rock The Casbah
The Coasters - Charlie Brown
Sam Cooke - Wonderful World
Alice Cooper - School’s Out
Elvis Costello - (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock
Dion & The Belmonts - Runaround Sue
The Who - Magic Bus
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q
Elton John - Crocodile Rock
Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long
Donovan - Yellow Mellow
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Carry On
The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
Talking Heads - Burning Down The House
Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop
Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin’
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Fats Domino - I’m Walkin’
Doobie Brothers - China Grove
The Doors - Rides of the Storm
Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
Monkees - Daydream Believer
Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
Ricky Nelson - Travelin’ Man
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home
The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk
Bob Dylan - Knocking on Heaven's Door
The Eagles - Lyin’ Eyes
Electric Light Orchestra - Roll Over Beethoven
The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie
Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy
Fixx - One Thing Leads to Another
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
The Four Tops - Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)
Foghat - Slow Ride
Foreigner - Urgent
The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don’t Cry
The Four Tops - Baby I Need Your Loving
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
Georgia Satellites - Keep Your Hands To Yourself
Gin Blossoms - Idiot Summer
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone
Lesley Gore - It’s My Party
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
The Grass Roots - Let’s Live For Today
Peter Gabriel - Big
The Grass Roots - Midnight Confessions
Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
Guess Who - No Time
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
The Cars - You Might Think
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced?
Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Jethro Tull - Living in the Past
R.E.M - Nightswimming
Billy Idol - Rebel Yell
Nirvana - Lithium
Billy Idol - White Wedding
INXS - Need You Tonight
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
J.Geils Band - Come Back
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Jethro Tull - Bungle in the Jungle
Squeeze - Tempted
Billy Joel - It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me
Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
Heart - Crazy On You
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Kinks - Lola
Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way?
Living Colour - Cult of Personality
John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over
Allman Brothers Band - Blue Sky
John Lennon - Mind Games
Little Richard - Long Tall Sally
Little Richard - Tuttie Frutti
The Lovin’ Spoonful - Summer In The City
Lymon Frankie & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Manfred Mann - Blinded By The Light
Marley, Bob And The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff
Martha & The Vandellas - Dancing In The Streets
Paul McCartney - Jet
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do
Pink Floyd - Us and Them
Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die
The Temptations - I Can’t Get Next To You
The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell
Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man
Robert Plant - Tall Cool One
John Cougar Mellencamp - Hurts So Good
Men At Work - Down Under
Steve Miller Band - Jungle Love
Electric Light Orchestra - Strange Magic
Steve Miller Band - Fly like an Eagle
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster
U2 - Desire
Robert Palmer - Addicted To Love
Pickett, Wilson - Land Of 1,000 Dances
U2 - I Will Follow
Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
Beatles - Come Together
Green Day - When I Come Around
Robert Plant - Big Log
The Police - Message In A Bottle
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Second that Emotion
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
Elvis Presley - Burnin' Love
Pearl Jam - Alive
Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
The Who - I Can See for Miles
Pretenders - Middle of the Road
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - Free Fallin’
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Prince And The Revolution - Let’s Go Crazy
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
The Police - Spirits In The Material World
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
The Rascals - Good Lovin’
Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Linda Ronstadt - You’re No Good
Rush - Tom Sawyer
3 Doors Down - Kryptonite
Rush - Spirit of the Radio
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Mitch Ryder - Devil With The Blue Dress On
Sam and Dave - Hold On, I’m Comin’
Santana - Evil Ways
Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Shadows Of Knight - Gloria
Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
Del Shannon - Runaway
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears of a Clown
Squeeze - Pulling Mussels (From the Shell)
Billy Squier - Lonely is the Night
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
The Stray Cats - Rock This Town
Steely Dan - Reeling in the Years
Styx - Rockin’ The Paradise
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Nine Inch Nails - Head like a Hole
Devo - Whip It
Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life
The Temptations - Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Bad To The Bone
Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open The Door
Traffic - The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Look at Little Sister
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
U2 - I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Cold Shot
Tommy James And The Shondells - Mony Mony
Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep Mountain High
The Ventures - Wipe Out
The Who - I’m Free
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Ramones - Rock ‘n’ Roll High School
Tommy James And The Shondells - I Think We’re Alone Now
