Criteria: - Here are the top ten greatest songs of each year from 1950 through 1969.
Songs listed are from rock and roll and related genres. These songs are ranked based on their intitial and lasting popularity, as well as their influence and impact on the evolution of rock and related genres.
Songs are listed strictly in the year that they were originally released in. (Click the button on the right for the complete 100 list)
Last Updated 7-31-07
Newly added names are in RED
Edited By: Bruce
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1950 1. The Fat Man - Fats Domino 2. Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield 3. Teardrops From My Eyes - Ruth Brown 4. Mona Lisa - Nat "King" Cole 5. Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page 6. Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Hank Williams 7. Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Professor Longhair 8. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow 9. Rollin' Stone - Muddy Waters 10. Double Crossing Blues - Johnny Otis (Little Esther & the Robins)
1951 1. Sixty Minute Man - Dominoes 2. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston 3. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 4. Cry - Johnnie Ray 5. Too Young - Nat "King" Cole 6. Cold Cold Heart - Hank Williams 7. Glory Of Love - Five Keys 8. Three O'Clock Blues - B.B. King 9. Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams 10. How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
1952 1. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price 2. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) - Hank Williams 3. Have Mercy Baby - Dominoes 4. One Mint Julep - Clovers 5. Night Train - Jimmy Forrest 6. My Song - Johnny Ace 7. Goin' Home - Fats Domino 8. Moody Mood For Love - King Pleasure 9. Juke - Little Walter 10. Baby, Don't Do It - "5" Royales
1953 1. Money Honey - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter 2. Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams 3. Crying In The Chapel - Orioles 4. Gee - Crows 5. Shake A Hand - Faye Adams 6. Honey Hush - Joe Turner 7. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 8. Hound Dog - Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton 9. Kaw-Liga - Hank Williams 10. The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
1954 1. Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets 2. Shake, Rattle And Roll - Joe Turner / Bill Haley & His Comets 3. Earth Angel - Penguins 4. Sh-Boom - Chords 5. That's All Right - Elvis Presley with Scotty and Bill 6. Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace 7. Goodnite Sweetheart Goodnite - Spaniels 8. I've Got A Woman - Ray Charles 9. White Christmas - Drifters featuring Clyde McPhatter 10. Work With Me Annie - Royals / Midnighters
1955 1. Tutti-Frutti - Little Richard 2. Maybellene - Chuck Berry 3. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 4. Why Do Fools Fall In Love - Teenagers 5. The Great Pretender - Platters 6. Ain't It A Shame - Fats Domino 7. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two 8. Speedoo - Cadillacs 9. Story Untold - Nutmegs 10. My Babe - Little Walter
1956 1. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley 2. Long Tall Sally - Little Richard 3. Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins / Elvis Presley 4. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley 5. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & the Bluecaps 6. Roll Over Beethoven - Chuck Berry 7. In The Still Of The Nite - Five Satins 8. Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino 9. Please, Please, Please - James Brown & the Famous Flames 10. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash and the Tennessee Two
1957 1. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 2. Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On - Jerry Lee Lewis 3. That'll Be The Day - Crickets 4. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers 5. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis 6. School Day - Chuck Berry 7. Rock And Roll Music - Chuck Berry 8. Peggy Sue - Buddy Holly 9. Lucille - Little Richard 10. Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu - Huey "Piano" Smith & the Clowns
1958 1. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry 2. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran 3. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard 4. For Your Precious Love - Jerry Butler & the Impressions 5. Sweet Little Sixteen - Chuck Berry 6. Yakety Yak - Coasters 7. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens 8. Since I Don't Have You - Skyliners 9. Rumble - Link Wray 10. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson
1959 1. What'd I Say - Ray Charles 2. I Only Have Eyes For You - Flamingos 3. Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin 4. There Goes My Baby - Drifters 5. Shout - Isley Brothers 6. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison 7. Poison Ivy - Coasters 8. Money - Barrett Strong 9. Love Potion No. 9 - Clovers 10. You're So Fine - Falcons
1960 1. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Shirelles 2. Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles 3. Only The Lonely - Roy Orbison 4. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go - Hank Ballard & the Midnighters 5. Stay - Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs 6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke 7. Spoonful - Howlin' Wolf 8. Shop Around - Miracles 9. The Twist - Chubby Checker 10. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
1961 1. Stand By Me - Ben E. King 2. Crazy - Patsy Cline 3. The Wanderer - Dion 4. Runaround Sue - Dion 5. Crying - Roy Orbison 6. Hit The Road Jack - Ray Charles 7. Runaway - Del Shannon 8. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds 9. It Will Stand - Showmen 10. Running Scared - Roy Orbison
1962 1. Green Onions - Booker T. & the MG's 2. Bring It On Home To Me - Sam Cooke 3. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - Miracles 4. The Loco-Motion - Little Eva 5. Sherry - Four Seasons 6. I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles 7. Up On The Roof - Drifters 8. Twist And Shout - Isley Brothers 9. These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding 10. Do You Love Me - Contours
1963 1. Louie Louie - Kingsmen 2. She Loves You - Beatles 3. I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles 4. Be My Baby - Ronettes 5. I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles 6. Surfin' USA - Beach Boys 7. Glad All Over - Dave Clark Five 8. It's All Right - Impressions 9. Blowin' In The Wind - Bob Dylan / Peter Paul & Mary 10. Please Please Me - Beatles
1964 1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Righteous Brothers 2. My Girl - Temptations 3. You Really Got Me - Kinks 4. House Of The Rising Sun - Animals 5. Where Did Our Love Go - Supremes 6. I Get Around - Beach Boys 7. All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks 8. Oh, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 9. A Hard Day's Night - Beatles 10. She's Not There - Zombies
1965 1. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 2. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan 3. In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 4. Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown 5. My Generation - The Who 6. Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds / Bob Dylan 7. Yesterday - Beatles 8. The Sounds Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel 9. Ticket To Ride - Beatles 10. The Tracks Of My Tears - Miracles
1966 1. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys 2. When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge 3. Reach Out, I'll Be There - Four Tops 4. Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group 5. Ain't Too Proud To Beg - Temptations 6. Eight Miles High - Byrds 7. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 8. Paint It Black - Rolling Stones 9. You Keep Me Hangin' On - Supremes 10. Wild Thing - Troggs
1967 1. Respect - Aretha Franklin 2. Light My Fire - Doors 3. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream 4. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix 5. A Day In The Life - Beatles 6. Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum 7. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane 8. Soul Man - Sam & Dave 9. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles 10. Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
1968 1. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye 2. Hey Jude - Beatles 3. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix 4. Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding 5. Mony Mony - Tommy James & the Shondells 6. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Rolling Stones 7. Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf 8. White Room - Cream 9. Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones 10. Revolution - Beatles
1969 1. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin 2. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival 3. I Want You Back - Jackson 5 4. Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones 5. Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival 6. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash 7. Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin 8. Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones 9. Come Together - Beatles 10. I Can't Get Next To You - Temptations
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Jim, "Witchi Tao To" was by Everything Is Everything,
from 1969.,
Bruce
- Friday, November 09, 2007 at 21:29:40 (EST)Does anyone out there recall a song that was popular on
FM radio during 1968 - 69 that was more of a Native
American Chant than a rock song. I beleive its name as
sounding like "witchie ty toe". I've been asking around
about it for the past couple years and never recieve an
answer. Help me please. I keep having LSD flashbacks
because of this song. :-)
Thanks.
Jim
Romulus, Michigan USA - Friday, November 09, 2007 at 02:06:21 (EST)Don, you must mean "Rip Off" by Laura Lee, from 1972.
Bruce
- Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 19:02:46 (EST)Kathy, "Guess Who" is By Jesse Belvin
Bruce
- Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 19:01:04 (EST)There was a soul song in the mid to late 1960's whose
title I think was called "Setting him up for the
ripoff". My question is who sang it and what year did
it come out?
Don
Washington, D. C. USA - Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 02:30:14 (EST)I want to know how sings a song from the 50's called (I
think) "Guess Who" Or Someone really Loves
you....Guess Who? It is driving me crazy I cannot
remember the Male singer, sounds like Jerry Butler, but
it is not
Kathy
San Diego, Calif USA - Friday, October 26, 2007 at 10:31:29 (EDT)Joey..There is a song called 'Rock This Town' by Stray Cats.
Perhaps, that is the one you are thinking about.
Sylvia Darby
Columbia, SC USA - Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 18:26:09 (EDT)Who sings Rock this town
Joey
athens, Maine - Friday, October 12, 2007 at 09:57:00 (EDT)Vear, there were lots of versions of "Wheel Of Fortune"
in 1952. The huge hit version was by Kay Starr.
Bruce
- Monday, October 01, 2007 at 09:24:39 (EDT)who sang Wheel of Fortune in the 50's?
vera
nj usa - Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 19:31:15 (EDT)bob, we have a page here of the top 100 "roots of rock"
songs from the 1940s:
Bruce
- Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 16:15:18 (EDT)i was looking through your site and really enjoy the
ride back through memory lane.
my question is (do you have or know of another site
that would have songs of the 30's & 40's)?
bob
hinton, alberta canada - Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 13:24:43 (EDT)omg o.k. riddle me this. wikipedia.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B versus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll
morgana
iowa, - Monday, September 17, 2007 at 17:30:34 (EDT)Doc, there's a criteria to follow here. Our individual
opinions of what the records sound like have nothing to
do with it. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, there are
400 or 500 songs from 1967 that I like better than "See
Emily Play."
Bruce
- Monday, September 17, 2007 at 17:08:28 (EDT)Are there really 106 better songs in `67 than "See
Emily Play"? I mean really it's much better than that
Top 100 at least
DocStrange
- Monday, September 17, 2007 at 15:28:02 (EDT)So what did Chuck Berry mean when he said "dig these
rhythm and blues" in the lyrics of "Roll Over
Beethoven?"
Bruce
- Monday, September 17, 2007 at 11:21:01 (EDT)omg rhythm and blues is 1940s music. anyone can see that
morgana
iowa, - Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 22:12:48 (EDT)Morgana, you have no idea what you're talking about.
The term "rock and roll" originated as a different name
for "rhythm and blues." Many early rock and roll
records refer to the music as "rhythm and blues,"
including numerous rockabilly records by white artists
from rural areas.
Bruce
- Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 20:43:46 (EDT)rhythm n blues and rock n roll arent the same
morgana
iowa, - Sunday, September 16, 2007 at 19:17:40 (EDT)
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