List of classic rock songs

This is a list of classic rock songs from the 1960s through the 1990s that are heard on classic rock radio stations.[1][2] Classic rock emerged as a programming format on American FM radio in the mid-1980s—over time, the format evolved to accommodate the shifting demographics of its audience, with programmers including more recent releases to supplement the original songs from the 1960s and 1970s.[3]

List of songs

Title Artist Release Year Source
"All Along the Watchtower"Jimi Hendrix1968[1]
"American Woman"The Guess Who1970[2]
"Baby Hold On"Eddie Money1977[2]
"Bad Company"Bad Company1974[2]
"Band on the Run"Paul McCartney & Wings1973[2]
"Black Dog"Led Zeppelin1971[2]
"Blinded by the Light"Manfred Mann1976[1][2]
"Bohemian Rhapsody"Queen1975[1]
"Brown Eyed Girl"Van Morrison1967[2]
"Carry on Wayward Son"Kansas1976[1]
"Centerfold"J. Geils Band1981[2]
"Cocaine"Eric Clapton1977[2]
"Crazy on You"Heart1976[1]
"Don't Stop"Fleetwood Mac1977[2]
"Dream On"Aerosmith1973[1]
"Glory Days"Bruce Springsteen1984[2]
"Have a Cigar"Pink Floyd1975[2]
"Hotel California"Eagles1976[2]
"Listen to the Music"The Doobie Brothers1972[2]
"Magic Man"Heart1976[1]
"More Than a Feeling"Boston1976[1]
"Old Man"Neil Young1972[2]
"Paranoid"Black Sabbath1970[2]
"Peace of Mind"Boston1976[1]
"Piano Man"Billy Joel1973[2]
"Ramblin' Gamblin' Man"Bob Seger1968[2]
"Refugee"Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers1979[2]
"Renegade"Styx1978[1]
"Roadhouse Blues"The Doors1967[2]
"Rock 'N Me"Steve Miller Band1976[2]
"Rock and Roll All Nite"Kiss1975[1][2]
"Rocky Mountain Way"Joe Walsh1973[2]
"Sharp Dressed Man"ZZ Top1983[1]
"Southern Cross"Crosby, Stills & Nash1982[2]
"Start Me Up"Rolling Stones1981[2]
"Stuck in the Middle with You"Stealers Wheel1972[2]
"Sweet Emotion"Aerosmith1975[1]
"Sweet Home Alabama"Lynyrd Skynyrd1974[2]
"Takin' Care of Business"Bachman-Turner Overdrive1973[2]
"Tom Sawyer"Rush1981[1]
"We Will Rock You"Queen1977[2]
"We're an American Band"Grand Funk Railroad1973[2]
"Welcome to the Jungle"Guns N' Roses1987[2]
"Welcome to the Machine"Pink Floyd1975[2]
"Wheel in the Sky"Journey1978[1]
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"Bachman-Turner Overdrive1974[2]
"You Shook Me All Night Long"AC/DC1980[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Hickey, Walt (7 Jul 2014). "Why Classic Rock Isn’t What It Used To Be". FiveThirtyEight (ESPN Internet Ventures). Retrieved 18 January 2016. "To see what the current state of classic rock in the United States looks like, I monitored 25 classic rock radio stations1 operating in 30 of the country's largest metropolitan areas for a week in June.2 The result, after some substantial data cleaning, was a list of 2,230 unique songs by 475 unique artists, with a total record of 37,665 coded song plays across the stations." 2,230 song list (WebCite archive)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Cardillo, Mike (22 Jul 2015). "30+ Classic Rock Songs I Never Want to Hear Again". The Big Lead (USA Today). Retrieved 26 January 2016. "The 'Classic Rock' genre is the most tired in all of music. Often the only purpose it serves is to prove you’re getting older and that you no longer drive the cool car you used to drive when you were in high school, or something. Part of me dies inside when I hear a Nirvana tune — and I don’t even really like Nirvana's music all that much — sandwiched between Foreigner and Steve Miller Band on the local classic rock station. ... The following is but a sample of some of the songs that could be stricken from the airwaves and we’d all be better off for it."
  3. ↑ Hogan, Marc (14 Dec 2015). "Classic Rock Radio at 30: The Songs Change, So Does the Vibe Remain the Same?". Billboard. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

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