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.
Song Title D-F
D
- Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home) - The Crystals
- Dance To The Music - Sly & The Family Stone
- Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen
- Dancing In The Street - Martha And The Vandellas
- Dark Star - The Grateful Dead
- Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin
- Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
- Dedicated To The One I Love - The Shirelles
- Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly - Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels
- Dirty Water - The Standells
- Disco Inferno - The Trammps
- Dixie Chicken - Little Feat
- (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
- Do You Believe In Magic - The Lovin’ Spoonful
- Do You Love Me - The Contours
- Don’t Worry Baby - The Beach Boys
- Don’t You Want Me? - Human League
- Down By the River - Neil Young
- Downhearted Blues - Bessie Smith
- Dream On - Aerosmith
- Driftin’ Blues - Charles Brown
- Duke Of Earl - Gene Chandler
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
E
- Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
- Eight Miles High - The Byrds
- Enter Sandman - Metallica
- Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire
- Every Breath You Take - The Police
- Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke
F
- Fame - David Bowie
- Fever - Little Willie John
- (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party) - The Beastie Boys
- Fight the Power - Public Enemy
- Fire And Rain - James Taylor
- Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller Band
- Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
- For What It’s Worth - Buffalo Springfield
- Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
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Otis Redding Plane Part, 1967.
Recovered from Madison, WI crash site 12/10/67.
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