A Top Ten of Rock & Roll
- Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock (1955)
- Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel (1956)
- Chubby Checker - The Twist (1960)
- Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone (1965)
- The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
- Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1968)
- The Beatles - Hey Jude (1968)
- Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water (1970)
- Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (1972)
- Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972)
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