History of Rock and Roll - Listening Lists in Apple Music

Chapter 1: Roots of Rock and Roll

"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
"Rosie" - Work song
"Terraplane Blues" - Robert Johnson
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" - Bing Crosby
"Honeysuckle Rose" - Django Reinhardt
"Take the A Train" - Duke Ellington
"In the Mood" - Glenn Miller
"Saturday Night (Is the Loneliest in the Week)" - Frank Sinatra
"Mona Lisa" - Nat King Cole
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" - Hank Williams
"Up Above My Head" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
"I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" - Muddy Waters
"The Fat Man" - Fats Domino
"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
"Tutti Frutti" - Pat Boone
"Long Tall Sally (The Thing)" - Little Richard
"I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry" - Hank Williams
"(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" - Muddy Waters (Landmark song)

Chapter 2: Elvis

"Rocket 88" - Ike Turner
"That's All Right" - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
"That's All Right" - Elvis Presley
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Bill Monroe& His Blue Grass Boys
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Elvis Presley
"Heartbreak Hotel" - Elvis Presley
"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton
"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley
"(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley & His Comets
"Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Jailhouse Rock" - Elvis Presley
"It's Now or Never" - Elvis Presley
"Johnny B. Goode" - Chuck Berry
"Maybelline" - Chuck Berry
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Elvis Presley

Chapter 3: Aretha

"Respect" - Aretha Franklin
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin
"Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" - James Brown
"My Girl" - The Temptations
"Baby Love" - The Supremes
"Reflections" - Diana Ross & The Supremes

Chapter 4: Dylan

"This Land Is Your Land" - Woody Guthrie
"If I Had A Hammer" - Pete Seeger
"Blowin' in the Wind" - Peter, Paul and Mary
"Masters of War" - Peter, Paul and Mary
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds

"Live a Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" - Bob Dylan
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - Bob Dylan
"Girl from the North Country" - Bob Dlan
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
"Highway 61 Revisited" - Bob Dylan
"Gonna Change My Way of Thinking" - Bob Dylan
"Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
"All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix

Chapter 5: The Beatles

"Bye Bye Love" - The Everly Brothers
"Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry
"Roll Over Beethoven" - The Beatles
"Love Me Do" - The Beatles
"Please Please Me" - The Beatles
"She Loves You" - The Beatles
"If I Fell" - The Beatles
"Help!" - The Beatles
"Yesterday" - The Beatles
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" - The Beatles
"Tomorrow Never Knows" - The Beatles
"A Day in the Life" - The Beatles
"Something" - The Beatles
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" - The Rolling Stones
"God Only Knows" - The Beach Boys

Chapter 6: Mainstream Rock

"Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin
"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
"Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
"Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
"Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac
"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
"We Are The Champions" - Queen
"Don't Stop Believin'" - Journey
"Open Arms" - Journey
"Born in the U.S.A." - Bruce Springsteen

Chapter 7: A Multitude of Styles

"Californication" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Mr. Brightside" - The Killers

"Roundabout" - Yes

"3rd Impression" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

"Help I'm a Rock" - Frank Zappa

"It Can't Happen Here" - Frank Zappa

"You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie)" - Emmylou Harris

"Take It Easy" - The Eagles

"Last Dance" - Donna Summer

"Stayin' Alive" - The Bee Gees

"Remainder" - Rites of Spring

"The Middle" - Jimmy Eat World

"Hash Pipe" - Weezer

"Shining Star" - Earth, Wind & Fire

"Everyday People" - Sly & the Family Stone

"Space Oddity" - David Bowie

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana

"Even Flow" Pearl Jam

"School's Out" - Alice Cooper

"Rock and Roll All Nite" - Kiss

"Back in Black" - AC/DC

"Saturday in the Park" - Chicago

"Spinning Wheel" - Blood, Sweat & Tears

"Smooth" - Carlos Santana

"Psycho Killer" - The Talking Heads

"Roxanne" - The Police

"Honky Cat" - Elton John

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

"American Idiot" - Green Day

"Great Gig in the Sky" - Pink Floyd

"Money" - Pink Floyd

"Paranoid Android" - Radiohead

"Lateralus" - Tools

"White Rabbit" - Jefferson Airplane

"Truckin'" - The Grateful Dead

"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones

"God Save the Queen" - The Sex Pistols

"Lust for Life" - Iggy Pop

"Both Sides Now" - Joni Mitchell

"The Sound of Silence" - Simon & Garfunkel

"I Feel the Earth Move" - Carole King

"Fire and Rain" - James Taylor

Chapter 8: Hip-Hop

"Rapper's Delight" - Sugarhill Gang

"The Message" - Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five

"It's Like That" - Run-D.M.C.

"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy

"Straight Outta Compton" - N.W.A.

"Dear Mama" - 2Pac Shakur

"On & On" - Erykah Badu

"The Real Slim Shady" - Eminem

"Humble" - Kendrick Lamar

"I Like That" - Janelle Monae

"No Problem" - Chance the Rapper

Chapter 9: Singers and Guitarists

Singers (most played guitar or piano)

"The Fat Man" - Fats Domino
"Hound Dog" - Big Mama Thornton
"I've Got a Woman" - Ray Charles
"Bring It On Home To Me" - Sam Cooke
"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
"Folsom Prison Blues" - Johnny Cash
"Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" - James Brown
"Great Balls of Fire" - Jerry Lee Lewis
"Can't Help Falling In Love" - Elvis
"That'll Be The Day" - Buddy Holly
"Oh, Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
"At Last" - Etta James
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Proud Mary" - Tina Turner
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"The Tracks of My Tears" - Smokey Robinson
"I Believe In You" - Bob Dylan
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" - Otis Redding
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" - Aretha Franklin
"Good Vibrations"" - (Brian Wilson) The Beach Boys
"Maybe I'm Amazed" - (Paul McCartney) The Beatles
"Paint It Black" - (Mick Jagger) The Rolling Stones
"Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone
"You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" - Joni Mitchell
"Piece of My Heart" - Janis Joplin
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" - (Jim Morrison) The Doors
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain" - (John Fogerty) Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
"Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - (Freddie Mercury) Queen
"Rocket Man" - Elton John
"Let's Dance" - David Bowie
"You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor
"I Can't Make You Love Me" - Bonnie Raitt
"Dancing in the Dark" - Bruce Springsteen
"Superstition" - Stevie Wonder
"When Doves Cry" - Prince
"I Want You Back" - (Michael Jackson) Jackson 5
"With Or Without You" - (Bono) U2
"Walk This Way" - Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith
"The Real Slim Shady" - Eminem

Guitarists (most also sing)

"Up Above My Head" - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
"(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" - Muddy Waters
"How High the Moon" - Les Paul & Mary Ford
"Mister Sandman" - Chet Atkins
"The Thrill is Gone" - B. B. King
"No Particular Place to Go" - Chuck Berry
"Hound Dog" - (Scotty Moore) Elvis Presley
"All Along the Watchtower" - Jimi Hendrix
"The Wheel" - Jerry Garcia
"Something" - (George Harrison) The Beatles
"Gimme Shelter" - (Keith Richards) The Rolling Stones
"Black Dog" - (Jimmy Page) Led Zeppelin
"Sunshine of Your Love" - (Eric Clapton) Cream
"Black Magic Woman" - Carlos Santana
"Eruption" - Eddie Van Halen

Chapter 11: Technology

"How High the Moon" - Les Paul & Mary Ford
"Hey Jude" - The Beatles
"Living For The City" - Stevie Wonder
"It's Like That" - Run-D.M.C.
"Bring the Noise" - Public Enemy
"Shock the Monkey" - Peter Gabriel

The History of Rock and Roll in the United States