All Time Top 100 Rock and Roll Hits–Do you agree??
A popular American author, John Sandford, has written an extensive series of “prey” novels. Lucas Davenport is the tough, charming, smart and, of course, handsome cop protagonist of the series. In one novel Davenport lists his all time top 100 rock and roll songs. The list, in no particular order, ave the first ZZ Top song, follows here. So, do you agree or disagree? If you disagree with one or more songs, please post your own other choices. Have fun.
1. Sharp-Dressed Man ZZ Top
2. Legs ZZ Top
3. Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
4. Superman’s Song Crash Test Dummies
5. Rock On David Essex
6. Radar Love Golden Earring
7. Heart of Glass Blondie
8. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
9. Somebody to Love Jefferson Airplane
10. Layla Derek and the Dominoes
11. Roadhouse Blues Doors
12. House of the Rising Sun Animals
13. Sweet Emotion Aerosmith
14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) Aerosmith
15. Dancing in the Dark Bruce Springsteen
16. Born to Run Bruce Springsteen
17. Thunder Road Bruce Springsteen
18. Every Breath You Take Police
19. Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits
20. Hot for Teacher Van Halen
21. Won’t Get Fooled Again Who
22. Hotel California (covers the Eagles) Gipsy Kings
23. Give Me One Reason Tracy Chapman
24. Down on the Corner CCR
25. Lyin’ Eyes Eagles
26. Life in the Fast Lane Eagles
27. Roller Girl Dire Straits
28. Mary Jane’s Last Dance Tom Petty
29. Me ‘n Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
30. Black Water Doobie Brothers
31. I Love Rock ‘n Roll Joan Jett
32. Jack and Diane John Mellencamp
33. The Wall (Part 2) Pink Floyd
34. Money Pink Floyd
35. Piano Man Billy Joel
36. After Midnight Eric Clapton
37. Lay Down Sally Eric Clapton
38. You Shook Me (All Night Long) AC/DC
39. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC
40. Long Cool Woman Hollies
41. Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
42. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Bob Dylan
43. Subterranean Homesick Blues Bob Dylan
44. Satisfaction Rolling Stones
45. Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
46. Sympathy for the Devil Rolling Stones
47. Anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols
48. Sugar Magnolia Grateful Dead
49. Slow Hand Pointer Sisters
50. Sweet Dreams Eurythmics
51. Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley
52. Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
53. Night Moves Bob Seger
54. Bye-Bye-Love Everly Brothers
55. Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
56. Lola Kinks
57. Tender is the Night Jackson Browne
58. Louie Louie Kingman
59. Bad to the Bone George Thoroughgood
60. Turn the Page (covers Bob Seger) Metallica
61. Sweet Home Alabama Lynryd Skynyrd
62. We Will Rock You Queen
63. Ramblin’ Man Allman Brothers
64. Rock ‘n Roll Led Zeppelin
65. What’s Love Got to Do With It Tina Turner
66. Born to Be Wild Steppenwolf
67. With or Without You U2
68. Paranoid Black Sabbath
69. Blue Morning Blue Foreigner
70. White Wedding Billy Idol
71. Sweet Child o’ Mine Guns ‘n Roses
72. Paradise City Guns ‘n Roses
73. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (covers Dylan) Guns ‘n Roses
74. Walk on the Wild Side Lou Reed
75. Feel Like Makin’ Love Bad Company
76. Rock of Ages Def Leppard
77. Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
78. Devil With a Blue Dress Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
79. Respect Aretha Franklin
80. I’m in the Mood John Lee Hooker & Bonnie Raitt
81. I Got You (I Feel Good) James Brown
82. Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
83. Little Red Corvette Prince
84. Roll Over Beethoven Chuck Berry
85. Mr. Tamborine Man (covers Dylan) Byrds
86. Ohio CSNY
87. Peggy Sue Buddy Holly
88. Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis
89. Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
90. Runaway Del Shannon
91. Walk This Way Aerosmith / Run-DMC
92. (Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay Otis Redding
93. Smells like Teen Spirit Nirvana
94. Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon
95. Who Do You Love? Bo Diddley
96. One Toke Over the Line Brewer and Shipley
97. I Wanna Be Sedated Ramones
98. Should I Stay or Should I Go Clash
99. Burning Down the House Talking Heads
100. Waltz 2 / Jazz Suite Dimitri Shostakovich
No one responded? I cant believe that. Or are we not suppose to because of the multiple entries issue? I will wait and see what happens.
I’m disappointed that Fleetwood Mac isn’t there.
Good call David! I agree! What is your favorite Fleetwood song? While I love the song Landslide, I believe for the purpose of the list it would be Dreams for me. HS
Seven Wonders.
Oh ,I still haven’t decided which of the posts
to read … Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
Catch a tiger by the toe.
If he hollers, let him go,
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
Oh , got distracted, I have to start again ..Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,
This could take me all night ! 🙂
Hahaha Nmod, have you decided yet? LMAO! hs xxx
omg, each and every song brings back a memory! Such a great list, but i have to throw in edgar winters Frankenstien, was and still is one of my faves, cranked up really blow the walls off loud!
Is there any other way to play or listen to Rock n Roll other than cranked up loud? Never knew…lol
Loud is the only way! Yep! 😀
For those of you flummoxed by the multiple blog repeats, they’ve disappeared. But wait, if you were, why have you comments here? Were you confused about being confused? Now i am cofused.
I remember most of those songs! That’s a fun list, brings up lots of memories too. Thanks for posting something really unique here.
I loved the Everly Brothers. My list would include more songs by them. And where’s Ricky Nelson? Another favorite of mine…”I’m Walkin”…”Garden Party”… “Mary Lou”…