This list of songs gives an overview of Rock, with a focus on my formative years (60's, some 70's). I collected these in hopes that my son Noah would find something that resonates (so far he hasn't). It's not intended to be a list of great songs, or to be comprehensive.

Please email me if any of the links here don't work (YouTube videos come and go) or if you'd like to suggest changes or additions.

Radio station

The following plays a random shuffle of 50 of these songs. Reload this page to get a new shuffle. It stops if it hits a video that's been removed; please let me know if this happens.

Early

• bill haley and the comets
  • rock around the clock
• little richard
  • tutti frutti
• chuck berry
  • roll over beethoven
  • johnny b. goode
• elvis
  • jailhouse rock
  • heartbreak hotel
• eddie cochran
  • blue suede shoes
• jerry lee lewis
  • great balls of fire
• everly brothers
  • wake up little susie
• ronettes
  • be my baby
• sam cooke
  • another saturday night
• ray charles
  • what'd I say
• the coasters
  • yakety yak

60s

• the beatles
  • hold your hand
  • eleanor rigby
  • ticket to ride
  • a day in the life
  • within you without you
  • revolution
  • lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • while my guitar gently weeps
• john lennon
  • imagine
• the rolling stones
  • jumpin jack flash
  • satisfaction
  • gimme shelter
  • paint it black
  • ruby tuesday
  • sympathy for the devil
  • back street girl
• the monkees
  • I'm a believer
  • Steppin Stone
• the byrds
  • turn turn turn
  • eight miles high
• the doors
  • touch me
  • light my fire
  • the end
  • riders on the storm
• barry mcguire
  • eve of destruction
• the supremes
  • can't hurry love
• lovin spoonful
  • do you believe in magic
  • summer in the city
• jimi hendrix
  • purple haze
  • star spangled banner (woodstock)
  • dolly dagger
  • all along the watchtower
  • castles made of sand
  • machine gun
  • hey joe
  • manic depression
• them
  • Gloria
• aretha franklin
  • Respect
• beach boys
  • Good vibrations
  • wouldn't it be nice
  • surfin' usa
  • surfin' safari
  • in my room
• cream
  • sunshine of your love
  • white room
  • sittin' on top of the world
  • badge
• the who
  • my generation
  • I can see for miles
  • behind blue eyes
  • baba o'riley
  • young man blues
• bob dylan
  • subterranean homesick blues
  • mr tambourine man
  • time they are a changin
  • like a rolling stone
• steppenwolf
  • born to be wild
  • magic carpet ride
• iron butterfly
  • In a gadda da vida
• the fifth dimension
  • age of aquarius / let the sunshine in
• the band
  • chest fever
• martha reeves and the vandellas
  • dancin in the streets
• mamas and papas
  • california dreamin
  • monday monday
• bb king
  • the thrill is gone
  • blues man
• zombies
  • time of the season
• james brown
  • I feel good
• tower of power
  • what is hip?
  • still a young man
• kinks
  • you really got me
  • all day and all of the night
  • lola
  • a well respected man
• santana
  • evil ways
• the turtles
  • happy together
  • she'd rather be with me
• the electric prunes
  • too much to dream last night
• buffalo springfield
  • for what it's worth
  • sit down i think i love you
• crosby/stills/nash/young
  • suite: judy blue eyes
  • ohio
• chambers brothers
  • time has come today
• jefferson airplane
  • somebody to love
  • white rabbit
• spencer davis group
  • I'm a man
  • gimme some lovin'
• the troggs
  • wild thing
• the association
  • along comes mary
• pink floyd
  • wish you were here
  • money
  • brick in the wall
• grateful dead
  • truckin
  • friend of the devil
• canned heat
  • on the road again
• procul harem
  • a whiter shade of pale
  • whiskey train
• moody blues
  • nights in white satin
• Zappa and mothers of invention
  • absolutely free
  • plastic people
• animals
  • house of the rising sun
• shocking blue
  • venus
• janis joplin
  • piece of my heart
  • summertime
• stevie wonder
  • sunshine of my life
  • superstition
• gil scott-heron
  • the revolution will not be televised
• marvin gaye
  • heard it through the grapevine
• bill withers
  • ain't no sunshine
• sly and the family stone
  • everyday people
• carole king
  • I feel the earth move
• james taylor
  • fire and rain
• chicago
  • saturday in the park
  • 25 or 6 to 4
• bobby fuller four
  • I fought the law
• curtis mayfield
  • move on up
• neil young
  • old man
  • southern man
• steve winwood
  • dear mr. fantasy
• blind faith
  • had to cry today
  • can't find my way home
• quicksilver messenger service
  • who do you love
  • the fool
• donovan
  • sunshine superman
• petula clark
  • i know a place
• the yardbirds
  • for your love
• isaac hayes
  • theme from shaft
• creedence clearwater
  • fortunate son
• ten years after
  • i'd love to change the world
• joni mitchell
  • big yellow taxi

70s

• oingo boingo
  • nothing to fear
• queen
  • bohemian rhapsody
  • we will rock you
  • another one bites the dust
• zeppelin
  • stairway to heaven
  • ramble on
• eagles
  • hotel california
  • life in the fast lane
• Bowie
  • suffragette city
  • changes
  • let's dance
  • space oddity
  • modern love
• aerosmith
  • dream on
  • walk this way
• AC/DC
  • back in black
• lynyrd skynyrd
  • free bird
• springsteen
  • born to run
• clapton
  • layla
• paul mccartney and wings
  • jet
• electric light orchestra
  • turn to stone
• the cars
  • just what I needed
• jethro tull
  • aqualung
  • locomotive breath
• black sabbath
  • paranoid
  • iron man
• captain beefheart
  • like my decals off baby
• blue oyster cult
  • the reaper
• dire straits
  • sultans of swing
• elton john
  • rocket man
  • bennie and the jets
  • your song
• yes
  • roundabout
  • your move
• allman brothers
  • in memory of elizabeth reed
  • whippin' post
• the knack
  • my sharona
• kansas
  • carry on my wayward son
• the hollies
  • long cool woman
• doobie brothers
  • long train running
  • listen to the music
  • what a fool believes
• supertramp
  • the logical song
  • goodbye stranger
  • breakfast in america
• steely dan
  • deacon blues
  • reelin in the years
  • hey nineteen
  • josie
  • do it again
• boston
  • more than a feeling
• billy joel
  • piano man
  • vienna
  • my life
  • I've loved these days
  • we didn't start the fire
• talking heads
  • once in a lifetime
  • burning down the house
  • psycho killer
• ZZ top
  • la grange
• king crimson
  • in the court of crimson king
• emerson, lake and palmer
  • karn evil 9
• bee gees
  • new york mining disaster
  • stayin' alive
  • night fever
• ABBA
  • take a chance on me
• renaissance
  • trip to the fair
• mountain
  • mississippi queen
  • for yasgur's farm
• lou reed
  • take a walk on the wild side
• fleetwood mac
  • tell me all the things you do
  • Rhiannon
• blondie
  • one way or another
• heart
  • crazy on you
• average white band
  • pick up the pieces
• deep purple
  • smoke on the water
• ramones
  • teenage lobotomy
• sex pistols
  • god save the queen
• joy division
  • transmission
• the cure
  • primary
• earth wind and fire
  • september
• seals and crofts
  • summer breeze
• madonna
  • like a virgin
• x
  • los angeles
• rod stewart
  • you're in my heart
• don mcclean
  • american pie
• spinal tap
  • big bottom
  • stonehenge
  • tonight I'm gonna rock you tonight
• joe walsh
  • life's been good
• john mellencamp
  • jack and diane
• commodores
  • brick house
• cat stevens
  • father and son
• joan jett
  • i love rock and roll
• devo
  • whip it
• B52s
  • rock lobster
• golden earring
  • radar love
• bachman-turner overdrive
  • you ain't seen nothing yet
• free
  • all right now
• t. rex
  • bang a gong (get it on)
• faces
  • stay with me
• village people
  • ymca
• harry chapin
  • cat's in the cradle
• Ram Jam
  • black betty

80s

• the police
  • roxanne
  • message in a bottle
  • don't stand so close to me
• grandmaster flash
  • the message
• go-go's
  • we got the beat
• R.E.M
  • man on the moon
• joe jackson
  • steppin' out
• the clash
  • should I stay or should I go
  • rock the casbah
• prince
  • when doves cry
• Michael Jackson
  • billie jean
  • bad
• journey
  • don't stop believing
• men at work
  • down under
• men without hats
  • safety dance
• red hot chile peppers
  • otherside
• murray head
  • one night in bangkok
• madness
  • our house
• thomas dolby
  • she blinded me with science
• peter gabriel
  • games without frontiers
  • solsbury hill
• dead kennedys
  • i fought the law
  • nazi punks fuck off
• bow wow wow
  • i want candy
• elvis costello
  • alison
• u2
  • I will follow
• tom petty
  • american girl
• rush
  • tom sawyer
• beastie boys
  • fight for your right
• cindy lauper
  • girls just want to have fun
• husker du
  • don't want to know if you are lonely
• the vapors
  • turning japanese
• steve winwood
  • higher love
• soft cell
  • tainted love
• the human league
  • don't you want me
• huey lewis and the news
  • the power of love
• hit me with your best shot
  • pat benetar

90s

• nirvana
  • smells like teen spirit
• green day
  • american idiot
• foo fighters
  • the pretender
• the cranberries
  • zombie
• pearl jam
  • even flow
• smashing pumpkins
  • tonight tonight
• radiohead
  • creep
• xtc
  • sense working overtime

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Intentional omissions:

• Simon and Garfunkel
• most folk (joan baez, woodie guthrie)
• the carpenters
• phil collins