Top Ten Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

Songs that you think were the most influential in shaping rock and roll.
The Top Ten
1 Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley

Probably most influential rock song ever.

2 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

This song is THE most important song in rock music by the most important artist in rock. The only rock song sent into space.

This song started it all. Without it, a lot of music we listen to today wouldn't exist.

3 Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
4 Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
5 Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
6 I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

Historical significance. Their first number one hit in the US, leading the "British Invasion" and enabling future influence.

7 Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & the Comets
8 Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys
9 (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
10 Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

I once took guitar lessons. One day we got off topic and started talking about classic rock. I remember him specifically rattling off a list of songs that shaped rock n roll. I remember him saying that this was the most important

Three years later, I realize he was right

The Contenders
11 Tutti Frutti - Little Richard

How is this song at #16 is beyond my understanding. It's one of the top songs that shaped RNR

12 Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
13 Hotel California - Eagles
14 Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
15 Rockin’ in the Free World - Neil Young
16 Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
17 Help! - The Beatles
18 More Than a Feeling - Boston
19 Light My Fire - The Doors
20 I Love Rock 'N' Roll - Joan Jett
21 Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
22 Another Brick In the Wall Pt 2 - Pink Floyd
23 Beat It - Michael Jackson

Are you serious? Did " beat it " shaped Rock and Roll? Ridiculous! And more ridiculous to put this on the top 20!

24 Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
25 American Pie - Don McLean
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