| No. |
Song |
Artist |











|
| 1 |
Stairway to Heaven
|
Led Zeppelin
|
| 2 |
Imagine
|
John Lennon
|
| 3 |
What's Going On
|
Marvin Gaye
|
| 4 |
Let's Stay Together
|
Al Green
|
| 5 |
Maggie May
|
Rod Stewart
|
| 6 |
American Pie
|
Don McLean
|
| 7 |
Won't Get Fooled Again
|
The Who
|
| 8 |
Brown Sugar
|
Rolling Stones
|
| 9 |
Just My Imagination
|
Temptations
|
| 10 |
Family Affair
|
Sly and the Family Stone
|
| 11 |
Theme from "Shaft"
|
Isaac Hayes
|
| 12 |
Me and Bobby McGee
|
Janis Joplin
|
| 13 |
Baba O'Riley
|
The Who
|
| 14 |
It's Too Late
|
Carole King
|
| 15 |
Riders On the Storm
|
Doors
|
| 16 |
Ain't No Sunshine
|
Bill Withers
|
| 17 |
Rock and Roll
|
Led Zeppelin
|
| 18 |
Changes
|
David Bowie
|
| 19 |
Black Dog
|
Led Zeppelin
|
| 20 |
Tired of Being Alone
|
Al Green
|
| 21 |
Mercy Mercy Me
|
Marvin Gaye
|
| 22 |
Bang a Gong (Get It On)
|
T. Rex
|
| 23 |
Roundabout
|
Yes
|
| 24 |
Aqualung
|
Jethro Tull
|
| 25 |
Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)
|
Hollies
|
| 26 |
Have You Seen Her
|
Chi-Lites
|
| 27 |
Tiny Dancer
|
Elton John
|
| 28 |
Respect Yourself
|
Staple Singers
|
| 29 |
Without You
|
Nilsson
|
| 30 |
Smiling Faces Sometimes
|
Undisputed Truth
|
| 31 |
Behind Blue Eyes
|
The Who
|
| 32 |
LA Woman
|
Doors
|
| 33 |
Mr. Big Stuff
|
Jean Knight
|
| 34 |
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
|
Marvin Gaye
|
| 35 |
A Horse With No Name
|
America
|
| 36 |
Locomotive Breath
|
Jethro Tull
|
| 37 |
Clean Up Woman
|
Betty Wright
|
| 38 |
You've Got A Friend
|
James Taylor
|
| 39 |
Slipping into Darkness
|
War
|
| 40 |
Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
|
Cher
|
| 41 |
You Are Everything
|
Stylistics
|
| 42 |
It Don't Come Easy
|
Ringo Starr
|
| 43 |
Thin Line Between Love and Hate
|
Persuaders
|
| 44 |
Hot Pants
|
James Brown
|
| 45 |
I Feel the Earth Move
|
Carole King
|
| 46 |
Love Her Madly
|
Doors
|
| 47 |
Wild Horses
|
Rolling Stones
|
| 48 |
Life on Mars?
|
David Bowie
|
| 49 |
Take Me Home, Country Roads
|
John Denver
|
| 50 |
Betcha By Golly Wow
|
Stylistics
|
| 51 |
Stay with Me
|
Faces
|
| 52 |
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
|
Dramatics
|
| 53 |
Spanish Harlem
|
Aretha Franklin
|
| 54 |
I've Seen All Good People
|
Yes
|
| 55 |
Jealous Guy
|
John Lennon
|
| 56 |
Superstar
|
Carpenters
|
| 57 |
Indian Reservation
|
Raiders
|
| 58 |
Rock Steady
|
Aretha Franklin
|
| 59 |
Want Ads
|
Honey Cone
|
| 60 |
Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
|
John & Yoko & Plastic Ono Band
|
| 61 |
If You Really Love Me
|
Stevie Wonder
|
| 62 |
Day After Day
|
Badfinger
|
| 63 |
Wild Night
|
Van Morrison
|
| 64 |
Treat Her Like a Lady
|
Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
|
| 65 |
Do You Know What I Mean
|
Lee Michaels
|
| 66 |
Don't Pull Your Love
|
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
|
| 67 |
I'd Love to Change the World
|
Ten Years After
|
| 68 |
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
|
Traffic
|
| 69 |
Going to California
|
Led Zeppelin
|
| 70 |
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
|
Paul & Linda McCartney
|
| 71 |
Never Can Say Goodbye
|
Jackson 5
|
| 72 |
Peace Train
|
Cat Stevens
|
| 73 |
Got To Be There
|
Michael Jackson
|
| 74 |
Levon
|
Elton John
|
| 75 |
Drowning in the Sea of Love
|
Joe Simon
|
| 76 |
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
|
Bee Gees
|
| 77 |
I Am, I Said
|
Neil Diamond
|
| 78 |
Hocus Pocus
|
Focus
|
| 79 |
All Day Music
|
War
|
| 80 |
She's a Lady
|
Tom Jones
|
| 81 |
Baby I'm-a Want You
|
Bread
|
| 82 |
I Gotcha
|
Joe Tex
|
| 83 |
Coat of Many Colors
|
Dolly Parton
|
| 84 |
Precious And Few
|
Climax
|
| 85 |
Bargain
|
The Who
|
| 86 |
Case of You
|
Joni Mitchell
|
| 87 |
Maggot Brain
|
Funkadelic
|
| 88 |
Morning Has Broken
|
Cat Stevens
|
| 89 |
Rainy Days and Mondays
|
Carpenters
|
| 90 |
So Far Away
|
Carole King
|
| 91 |
Brand New Key
|
Melanie
|
| 92 |
Can't You Hear Me Knocking
|
Rolling Stones
|
| 93 |
If
|
Bread
|
| 94 |
Reason To Believe
|
Rod Stewart
|
| 95 |
Vincent
|
Don McLean
|
| 96 |
Funky Nassau
|
Beginning Of The End
|
| 97 |
Sylvia's Mother
|
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
|
| 98 |
An Old Fashioned Love Song
|
Three Dog Night
|
| 99 |
Sweet City Woman
|
Stampeders
|
| 100 |
Make It Funky
|
James Brown
|
| 20 more worth mentioning. |
| 101 |
When the Levee Breaks
|
Led Zeppelin
|
| 102 |
Never Been To Spain
|
Three Dog Night
|
| 103 |
Another Day
|
Paul McCartney
|
| 104 |
Statesboro Blues
|
Allman Brothers Band
|
| 105 |
Hot Rod Lincoln
|
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
|
| 106 |
Famous Blue Raincoat
|
Leonard Cohen
|
| 107 |
Outa-Space
|
Billy Preston
|
| 108 |
The Story In Your Eyes
|
Moody Blues
|
| 109 |
Sunshine
|
Jonathan Edwards
|
| 110 |
Sooner Or Later
|
Grass Roots
|
| 111 |
Sam Stone
|
John Prine
|
| 112 |
Bitch
|
Rolling Stones
|
| 113 |
Jeepster
|
T. Rex
|
| 114 |
No One to Depend On
|
Santana
|
| 115 |
I Just Want To Celebrate
|
Rare Earth
|
| 116 |
Scorpio
|
Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band
|
| 117 |
She's Not Just Another Woman
|
Eighth Day
|
| 118 |
Long Distance Runaround
|
Yes
|
| 119 |
Don't Knock My Love
|
Wilson Pickett
|
| 120 |
Sweet Seasons
|
Carole King
|
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|
Stephen Stills
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Emitt Rhodes
|