500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll

Selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum curatorial staff and a number of rock critics and historians, these 500 songs are some of rock and roll’s most popular and influential recordings. Arranged by artist and song title, the songs cover a variety of musicians and genres illustrating the evolution of rock and roll over the last century.

Artists W-Z

w

• The Wailers - Get Up Stand Up
• The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff
• Jr. Walker and the All Stars - Shotgun
• T-Bone Walker - Call It Stormy Monday
• War - Slippin’ into Darkness
• Clara Ward & the Ward Singers - How I Got Over
• Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much
• Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
• Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
• Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
• Muddy Waters - Rollin’ Stone
• The Weavers - Goodnight Irene
• Mary Wells - My Guy
• The Who - Baba O’Riley
• The Who - Go to the Mirror Boy
• The Who - My Generation
• Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don’t Go
• Larry Williams - Bony Maronie
• Marion Williams - Packing Up
• Sonny Boy (John Lee) Williamson - Good Morning (Little) School Girl
• Chuck Willis - C.C. Rider
• Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Take Me Back to Tulsa
• Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
• Stevie Wonder - Living for the City
• Stevie Wonder - Master Blaster (Jammin’)
• Stevie Wonder - Superstition
• Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything’s Airight)
• Link Wray - Rumble

x

• X - Los Angeles

y

• Jimmy Yancey - Midnight Stomp
• The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things
• Yes - Roundabout
• Neil Young - Down by the River
• Neil Young - Heart of Gold
• Neil Young - My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)

z

• ZZ Top - Legs

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500 Songs

Sorted by Artist

• A-C
• D-F
• G-J
• K-M
• N-P
• Q-S
• T-V
• W-Z

Sorted by Song

• A-C
• D-F
• G-J
• K-M
• N-P
• Q-S
• T-V
• W-Z