1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
3. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
4. Respect - Aretha Franklin
5. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
6. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
7. A Day In The Life - Beatles
8. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
9. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
10. What'd I Say - Ray Charles
11. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
12. Won't Get Fooled Again - Who
13. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
14. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
15. Imagine - John Lennon
16. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
17. Layla - Derek & the Dominos
18. Light My Fire - Doors
19. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
20. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
21. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - Jerry Lee Lewis
22. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
23. Hey Jude - Beatles
24. Hotel California - Eagles
25. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
26. You Really Got Me - Kinks
27. American Pie - Don McLean
28. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
29. Baba O'Riley - The Who
30. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones
31. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
32. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
33. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
34. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley
35. Yesterday - The Beatles
36. My Generation - The Who
37. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
38. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
39. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
40. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
41. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
42. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran
43. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett
44. Time - Pink Floyd
45. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
46. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
47. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
48. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
49. A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
50. What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
51. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton
52. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
53. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
54. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
55. Good Golly, Miss Molly - Little Richard
56. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone
57. Roundabout - Yes
58. Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers
59. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
60. Sixty Minute Man - The Dominoes
61. Voodoo Child (slight return) - Jimi Hendrix
62. November Rain - Guns N' Roses
63. One Nation Under A Groove - Funkadelic
64. The House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
65. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds
66. Let's Go Crazy - Prince
67. Please, Please, Please - James Brown
68. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
69. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
70. Dust In The Wind - Kansas
71. Slow Ride - Foghat
72. Crossroads - Cream
73. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins
74. With Or Without You - U2
75. More Than A Feeling - Boston
76. We Will Rock You - Queen
77. Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
78. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson
79. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley
80. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills and Nash
81. Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
82. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes
83. My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) - Neil Young
84. Money - Pink Floyd
85. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
86. Master of Puppets - Metallica
87. Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
88. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
89. That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly & The Crickets
90. Dream On - Aerosmith
91. Maybellene - Chuck Berry
92. Every Breath You Take - Police
93. Jesus Christ Pose - Soundgarden
94. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield
95. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks
96. Tom Sawyer - Rush
97. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
98. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
99. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
100. All Right Now - Free

NAH

Favorite Group of all Time: CCR!

Credence Clearwater Revival for those of you to young to remember..

2nd Favorite: Dire Straits..

Dude. Theres no AC/DC or Ozzy on your list.

Louie Louie

That was some pretty racy stuff back in the day.

They didn't make the top 100 of all-time...they came up in the top 200-300 though

That list must have been made by a golden oldys rock station.

Agree, some hardly touch rock on the music scale.

Probably...what are your favorites?

Hey You Get off my Cloud the Rolling Stones

There have been so many great songs over the years, just not recently

Never understood why Stairway to Heaven is so highly regarded.

The song just flat sucks.

Most assuredly agree with Sam...

Bob Segar

JD338

All of Segar's songs sound the same.

Huh? How can a song be racy if no one can understand the lyrics?
Anyway, even though I've devoted my entire adult life to enjoying and performing Country and Bluegrass music, I do have a favorite Rock song: Highway Star by Deep Purple.
Also, when I was a teen in the late 1960's, I thought the group Canned Heat was pretty cool.

Just about anything from the Clash prior to Combat Rock.
Probably "White Man in Hammersmith Palais" from their first US released album.

Always liked "Go back home" by Stephen Stills[ with Eric Clapton on 2nd quitar]. Whew; Canned Heat, hadn't heard that name in a while! Tom

I wouldn't call all that stuff "Rock". I've always wondered the same about "Stairway". Regardless of what you think of the song, I've just never even considered it one of those "classic" songs that you heard so much you can't get it out of your head. It wasn't that big when I was growing up. Seems like the oldies stations got ahold of it about the time I was in college in the 80's and it really took off.

Of those mentioned, I dunno. Dust in the Wind by Kansas was the theme of our senior prom. Born to Be Wild has to be on about anybody's list. Hotel California, You Shook Me All Night Long and are perennial favorites. Is Welcome to the Jungle on there? What about Back on the Chain Gang?

Freebird and Layla are my personal favorites. There are so many good ones from the past, it's hard to come up with less than 50 "gotta haves".

Show me the way - Frampton (Frampton comes alive, 1999 video, studio versions)
Peaceful easy feeling - Eagles
Whenever God shines His Light - Van Morrison
Brown eyed girl
Pretty woman - Roy Orbison
Only the lonely
Para bailar la bamba
Waiting for a girl like you - Foreiner

Jambala -Fogerty and Hank Williams versions
Centerfield

Everything by CCR

Ring of fire
Boy named sue - Johnny Cash

Just wlk away Renee - Left Banke

Green Grass and High Tides The Outlaws.

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

Anything by Leon Russell, Talking Heads, James McMurtry, Willie, Waylon, Johnny Paycheck or the Allman Bros.

"You Got Me Under Pressure" - ZZ Top

"I Know A Little". We enjoyed Steve Gaines performing this in SE KS long before he joined Lynard Skynard. Steve also did a great rendition of "Blackjack Davey". I was an old man before I found out that he didn't write it, it's a Bob Dillon song. Life is good.

HuntKY
Do you know about the "Hank Wilson's Back" album? It's right behind behind "Outlaws" on my top two country rock albums.

What is 54?

I"m partial to the Eagles so it be 24 for me.

Come on nobody even mentions three of the best ever!
Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy
Thunderstruck - ACDC
Enter Sandman - Metallica

I do like kashmir by led zeppelin.

Iron Maiden Ace's High, I love hearing the Churchill speech at the beginning!

Metallica's old stuff is cool, I personally couldn't stand anything after Master of Puppet's. I also Dig Anthrax!

I retired after 32 yrs with the electric co in 1999. I had to work 1/2 day on my last day. I dialed up the distribution operator, 150 mi away, punched the button on my jambox, and keyed the mic on my truck. Everyone on the system got to hear Johnny Paycheck singing "Take this job and shove it". Like my wedding, my children's births, and my first 8# bass, I'll never forget it.

That's a classic Country Song, I also have one called "My boss is a Jerk".

The Trooper is pretty awesome too! Cool thing about Iron maiden, the lead singer Bruce Dickenson is considered one of the English Armor experts in England. He loves history and is a licensed Commercial Airline pilot.

they are are in the running

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8HAzI63X8Q

Yes I do....Leon released "Hank Wilson's Back" in '73 or '74 I believe. Leon is an absolute legend, my all-time favorite. He can barely walk now, but he still rocks the keyboard/piano like nobody else.

Any list without Gimme Shelter at the top, or damned near it, isn't one I think much of. :p

Will

Stones "Gimme Shelter" has the best vocals! Wow ,who is that woman?
Also a vote for Rush "YYZ"

Merry Clayton, a gospel singer that someone had heard and recommended. Good choice wasn't it?

Will

This is good too,Great playing plus Shannon Hoons voice is awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPuOGaoDeIE

Any "best/greatest rock song" list that has Aretha, Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, etc. has no credibility in my book.

Best is too much of a personal thing, though I'm thinking the top ten should include something by Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath/Ozzy, GNR, Motley Crue, Metallica, AC/DC, etc. That is just my opinion, though.

My personal top five:

1. Metallica - Ride The Lightning
2. Guns 'N Roses - You Could Be Mine
3. Motley Crue - Wild Side
4. Alice in Chains - Man in the Box
5. Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears

Metallica's old stuff is awesome in that it is more edgier, faster, and in your face. Anthrax is definitely good tunes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGHsxMqpL0c

I can definitely agree with that. I've never seen the allure that some have with that song. Perhaps one has to be using hallucinogens to fully appreciate it or something?

Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, Celtic Frost and Slayer were mainstays of my High School music, I also dug quite a bit of Punk, DK, ST, Circle Jerks.............

I know some of you won't care for this at all. Oh well, different tastes.

anything by JJ Cale will work

Some good stuff but a lot that I don't think should be there.

And they missed both Heart and The Doobie Brothers.

Dale

Anything Zappa blow's them all away

Free Bird!

W.A.S.P. Wild Child
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsoLb-E7oy8
GNR great band that really kicked of the 80's rock.
Beatles, stones, doors, etal suck

Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers' version. Best slow dance song ever written.