Listado de las que fueron las mejores 10 canciones de rock, por año:
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. Save The Last Dance For Me – Drifters
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. Dancing In The Street – Martha & the Vandellas
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
1970
1. Layla – Derek and the Dominos
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
3. Let It Be – The Beatles
4. Your Song – Elton John
5. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine – James Brown
6. Lola – The Kinks
7. Who’ll Stop the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival
8. Fire and Rain – James Taylor
9. Paranoid – Black Sabbath
10. All Right Now – Free
1971
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 – The Rolling Stones
9. Just My Imagination – The Temptations
10. Family Affair – Sly and the Family Stone
1972
1. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
2. Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone – The Temptations
3. Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
4. Lean on Me – Bill Withers
5. Heart of Gold – Neil Young
6. Walk on the Wild Side – Lou Reed
7. You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
8. If You Don’t Know Me by Now – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
9. I’ll Take You There – The Staple Singers
10. Tumbling Dice – The Rolling Stones
1973
1. Free Bird – Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
3. Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight and the Pips
4. Dream On – Aerosmith
5. Living for the City – Stevie Wonder
6. Money – Pink Floyd
7. Piano Man – Billy Joel
8. Killing Me Softly with His Song – Roberta Flack
9. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John
10. That Lady – Isley Brothers
1974
1. No Woman, No Cry – Bob Marley and the Wailers
2. Sweet Home Alabama – Lynyrd Skynyrd
3. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
4. Rock Your Baby – George McCrae
5. Lady Marmalade – LaBelle
6. Autobahn – Kraftwerk
7. Help Me – Joni Mitchell
8. Waterloo – Abba
9. Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe – Barry White
10. Tell Me Something Good – Rufus
1975
1. Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
2. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
3. Walk This Way – Aerosmith
4. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
5. Tangled Up in Blue – Bob Dylan
6. Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
7. Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
8. One of These Nights – Eagles
9. Low Rider – War
10. I’m Not in Love – 10cc
1976
1. Hotel California – The Eagles
2. Go Your Own Way – Fleetwood Mac
3. More Than a Feeling – Boston
4. Anarchy in the UK – The Sex Pistols
5. Dancing Queen – Abba
6. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult
7. Night Moves – Bob Seger
8. Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones
9. The Boys Are Back in Town – Thin Lizzy
10. Play That Funky Music – Wild Cherry
1977
1. Stayin’ Alive – The Bee Gees
2. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions – Queen
3. Heroes – David Bowie
4. Best of My Love – The Emotions
5. God Save the Queen – The Sex Pistols
6. Brick House – The Commodores
7. Dreams – Fleetwood Mac
8. Paradise by the Dashboard Light – Meat Loaf
9. I Feel Love – Donna Summer
10. Jamming – Bob Marley and the Wailers
1978
1. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
2. Roxanne – The Police
3. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
4. Heart of Glass – Blondie
5. One Nation Under a Groove – Funkadelic
6. I Wanna Be Sedated – The Ramones
7. Miss You – The Rolling Stones
8. Le Freak – Chic
9. Old Time Rock and Roll – Bob Seger
10. Rock Lobster – The B-52’s
1979
1. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 – Pink Floyd
2. London Calling – The Clash
3. Rapper’s Delight – The Sugarhill Gang
4. Good Times – Chic
5. Dont Stop ‘Til You Get Enough – Michael Jackson
6. We Are Family – Sister Sledge
7. Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
8. Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
9. Brass in Pocket – The Pretenders
10. Message in a Bottle – The Police
1980
1. Call Me – Blondie
2. Celebration – Kool & The Gang
3. Another One Bites the Dust – Queen
4. You Shook Me All Night Long – AC/DC
5. Whip It – Devo
6. Love Will Tear Us Apart – Joy Division
7. Rapture – Blondie
8. Back In Black – AC/DC
9. The Breaks – Kurtis Blow
10. Once In a Lifetime – Talking Heads
1981
1. I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll – Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
2. Don’t You Want Me? – Human League
3. Tainted Love – Soft Cell
4. Super Freak Part I – Rick James
5. Physical – Olivia Newton-John
6. Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
7. In the Air Tonight – Phil Collins
8. Start Me Up – Rolling Stones
9. Our Lips Are Sealed – Go-Gos
10. Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
1982
1. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
2. Sexual Healing – Marvin Gaye
3. The Message – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5
4. Beat It – Michael Jackson
5. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) – Eurythmics
6. Planet Rock – Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force
7. 1999 – Prince
8. Rock the Casbah – Clash
9. Hungry Like the Wolf – Duran Duran
10. Do You Really Want To Hurt Me – Culture Club
1983
1. Every Breath You Take – Police
2. Girls Just Want To Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
3. Jump – Van Halen
4. Flashdance…What a Feeling – Irene Cara
5. All Night Long (All Night) – Lionel Richie
6. Blue Monday – New Order
7. Relax – Frankie Goes To Hollywood
8. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
9. Let’s Dance – David Bowie
10. Karma Chameleon – Culture Club
1984
1. When Doves Cry – Prince
2. Like a Virgin – Madonna
3. What’s Love Got To Do With It? – Tina Turner
4. Born In the U.S.A. – Bruce Springsteen
5. Purple Rain – Prince
6. Careless Whisper – Wham! feat. George Michael
7. Take On Me – A-Ha
8. The Boys of Summer – Don Henley
9. Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
10. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
1985
1. Money For Nothing – Dire Straits
2. Into the Groove – Madonna
3. Addicted To Love – Robert Palmer
4. Word Up! – Cameo
5. How Will I Know? – Whitney Houston
6. Walk Like An Egyptian – Bangles
7. The Power of Love – Huey Lewis & The News
8. Everybody Wants To Rule the World – Tears For Fears
9. (Don’t You) Forget About Me – Simple Minds
10. West End Girls (1985 version) – Pet Shop Boys
1986
1. Walk This Way – Run-D.M.C.
2. (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party) – Beastie Boys
3. Kiss – Prince
4. Livin’ On a Prayer – Bon Jovi
5. Nasty – Janet Jackson
6. Push It – Salt-N-Pepa
7. Papa Don’t Preach – Madonna
8. Sledgehammer – Peter Gabriel
9. Take My Breath Away – Berlin
10. Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
1987
1. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses
2. With or Without You – U2
3. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – U2
4. Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
5. Bad – Michael Jackson
6. Welcome To the Jungle – Guns N’ Roses
7. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) – Whitney Houston
8. Faith – George Michael
9. It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) – R.E.M.
10. Need You Tonight – INXS
1988
1. Fast Car – Tracy Chapman
2. One – Metallica
3. She Drives Me Crazy – Fine Young Cannibals
4. Straight Up – Paula Abdul
5. My Prerogative – Bobby Brown
6. It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
7. Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
8. Wild Thing – Tone-Loc
9. Parents Just Don’t Understand – DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
10. Fuck Tha Police – N.W.A
1989
1. Like a Prayer – Madonna
2. Fight the Power – Public Enemy
3. Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
4. Love Shack – B-52s
5. Pump Up the Jam – Technotronic feat. Felly
6. Back To Life – Soul II Soul
7. Personal Jesus – Depeche Mode
8. Bust a Move – Young MC
9. Me, Myself, and I – De La Soul
10. Fool’s Gold – Stone Roses