20 Songs That Laid The Foundation Of Rock Music

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Aaron Beck of THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH takes a look at 20 songs that shaped the foundation of rock:

Before any recording was described as "rock 'n' roll," the listening public had heard scores of blues, jazz, country, gospel and rhythm-and-blues characters. A short list of direct forebears: Johnny Ace, Roy Brown, the Carter Family, Nat "King" Cole, Bill Haley, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Wynonie Harris, Lightnin' Hopkins, Son House, Howlin' Wolf, Wanda Jackson, Robert Johnson, Louis Jordan, Jimmie Logsdon, Amos Milburn, Junior Parker, Charley Patton, Carl Perkins, Louis Prima, Billie Lee Riley, Big Joe Turner, Ike Turner, the Wailers, Muddy Waters and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys.

Still, anyone inclined to build the foundation of a rock 'n' roll library might start with 20 tracks (presented in chronological order):

• That's All Right , Elvis Presley (1954)

• Maybellene , Chuck Berry (1955)

• Be-Bop-a-Lula , Gene Vincent (1956)

• That'll Be the Day , Buddy Holly & the Crickets (1957)

• Summertime Blues , Eddie Cochran (1958):

• Surfin , the Beach Boys (1961)

• Love Me Do , the Beatles (1962):

• Talkin' World War III Blues , Bob Dylan (1963)

• Mr. Tambourine Man , the Byrds (1965):

• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction , the Rolling Stones (1965)

• Papa's Got a Brand New Bag , James Brown (1965)

• Light My Fire , the Doors (1967)

• Purple Haze , Jimi Hendrix (1967)

• Whipping Post , Allman Brothers (1969)

• Black Sabbath , Black Sabbath (1970)

• Rock and Roll , Led Zeppelin (1971)

• Baba O'Riley , the Who (1971)

• Superstition , Stevie Wonder (1972)

• Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker) , Parliament (1976)

• Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) , Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)

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