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  1. "Kid Charlemagne" is a song by American rock band #SteelyDan, released in 1976 as the opening track on their album #TheRoyalScam. An edited version was released as a single, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. #LarryCarlton's guitar solo on the song was ranked #80 in a 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar solos by #RollingStone. The solo was ranked number 8 in the updated 2026 version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9Xk-VoGqo

  2. "Kid Charlemagne" is a song by American rock band #SteelyDan, released in 1976 as the opening track on their album #TheRoyalScam. An edited version was released as a single, reaching number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100. #LarryCarlton's guitar solo on the song was ranked #80 in a 2008 list of the 100 greatest guitar solos by #RollingStone. The solo was ranked number 8 in the updated 2026 version.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jJ9Xk-VoGqo

  3. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8VB96Yl7jxk

  4. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8VB96Yl7jxk

  5. "Free Man in Paris" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album #CourtAndSpark, as well as her 1980 live album #ShadowsAndLight. It is ranked No. 470 on #RollingStone's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=xW_IS-DPZ1E

  6. "Free Man in Paris" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter #JoniMitchell. It appeared on her 1974 album #CourtAndSpark, as well as her 1980 live album #ShadowsAndLight. It is ranked No. 470 on #RollingStone's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=xW_IS-DPZ1E

  7. "The Harder They Come" is a #reggae song by the Jamaican singer #JimmyCliff. It was first recorded for #theSoundtrack of the 1972 movie of the same name, in which it is supposed to have been written by the film's main character, #IvanhoeMartin. "The Harder They Come" has been covered by many artists and was ranked number 350 on #RollingStone magazine's list of #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pmc5H6zAi6M

  8. "The Harder They Come" is a #reggae song by the Jamaican singer #JimmyCliff. It was first recorded for #theSoundtrack of the 1972 movie of the same name, in which it is supposed to have been written by the film's main character, #IvanhoeMartin. "The Harder They Come" has been covered by many artists and was ranked number 350 on #RollingStone magazine's list of #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=pmc5H6zAi6M

  9. "Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by #FatsDomino and #DaveBartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by #ImperialRecords in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart and number 10 on the #pop chart. The song is ranked number 438 on #RollingStone magazine's #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1Pqs_WZdUdM

  10. "Ain't That a Shame" is a song written by #FatsDomino and #DaveBartholomew. Domino's recording of the song, originally stated as "Ain't It a Shame", released by #ImperialRecords in 1955, was a hit, eventually selling a million copies. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B chart and number 10 on the #pop chart. The song is ranked number 438 on #RollingStone magazine's #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=1Pqs_WZdUdM

  11. "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by #theImpressions, and the title track from the #PeopleGetReady album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number three on the Billboard R&B chart and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The #gospel-influenced track was a #CurtisMayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. In 2021, #RollingStone named "People Get Ready" the #122ndGreatestSongOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=UG-KNy1MRTc

  12. "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by #theImpressions, and the title track from the #PeopleGetReady album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number three on the Billboard R&B chart and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The #gospel-influenced track was a #CurtisMayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. In 2021, #RollingStone named "People Get Ready" the #122ndGreatestSongOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=UG-KNy1MRTc

  13. Not another ‘Brat Summer’: Charli xcx steps into a new, grittier era with her guitar-heavy project, ‘Music, Fashion, Film,’ out tomorrow

    Charli xcx wasn’t planning on releasing new music so soon. In the two years since she dropped Brat,…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Music #brat #charlixcx #Entertainment #fashion #fashionweek #Film #JohnCale #MartinScorsese #ParisFashionWeek #Rockmusic #RollingStone
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  14. "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish #hardRock band #ThinLizzy. The song was released in 1976 as the first single from their album #Jailbreak. It is considered by #RollingStone to be the band's best song, placing it at No. 272 on the 2021 edition of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=quyB8PMTD3o

  15. "The Boys Are Back in Town" is a song by Irish #hardRock band #ThinLizzy. The song was released in 1976 as the first single from their album #Jailbreak. It is considered by #RollingStone to be the band's best song, placing it at No. 272 on the 2021 edition of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=quyB8PMTD3o

  16. At #209 on the #RollingStone Top Albums list (2012version) is an album that broke radio out the doldrums of '80s rock music. It was released in 1991, and helped the medium reinvent itself. Gone were the days of meaningless, formulaic drivel, and good riddance to all of it. The alt-rock movement had begun, in a powerful blast of the era known as “grunge”. That revolutionary album is 𝗧𝗲𝗻, by #PearlJam. #music (cont)

  17. At #209 on the #RollingStone Top Albums list (2012version) is an album that broke radio out the doldrums of '80s rock music. It was released in 1991, and helped the medium reinvent itself. Gone were the days of meaningless, formulaic drivel, and good riddance to all of it. The alt-rock movement had begun, in a powerful blast of the era known as “grunge”. That revolutionary album is 𝗧𝗲𝗻, by #PearlJam. #music (cont)

  18. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qD-kxaiYQqU

  19. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qD-kxaiYQqU

  20. "She's Not There" is the debut single by the English rock band #theZombies, written by keyboardist #RodArgent. It reached No. 12 in the #UKSinglesChart in September 1964, and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States at the beginning of December 1964. In Canada, it reached No. 2. #RollingStone magazine ranked "She's Not There" No. 297 on its list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. In 2016, the song by the Zombies was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=it68QbUWVPM

  21. "She's Not There" is the debut single by the English rock band #theZombies, written by keyboardist #RodArgent. It reached No. 12 in the #UKSinglesChart in September 1964, and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States at the beginning of December 1964. In Canada, it reached No. 2. #RollingStone magazine ranked "She's Not There" No. 297 on its list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. In 2016, the song by the Zombies was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame.
    youtube.com/watch?v=it68QbUWVPM

  22. "Beast of Burden" is a song by the English rock band #theRollingStones, featured on their 1978 album #SomeGirls. In 2004, #RollingStone magazine ranked the song No. 435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
    youtube.com/watch?v=tuk1NnnMQBA

  23. "Beast of Burden" is a song by the English rock band #theRollingStones, featured on their 1978 album #SomeGirls. In 2004, #RollingStone magazine ranked the song No. 435 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
    youtube.com/watch?v=tuk1NnnMQBA

  24. "Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by American singer #AlGreen and guitarist #MabonTeenieHodges. Hit versions were recorded by #SylJohnson, #TalkingHeads, and #DelbertMcClinton. In 2004, Green's original version was ranked number 117 on #RollingStone magazine's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. Green's 1974 recording was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame in 2011.
    youtube.com/watch?v=9FBUgdhxe9M

  25. "Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by American singer #AlGreen and guitarist #MabonTeenieHodges. Hit versions were recorded by #SylJohnson, #TalkingHeads, and #DelbertMcClinton. In 2004, Green's original version was ranked number 117 on #RollingStone magazine's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. Green's 1974 recording was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame in 2011.
    youtube.com/watch?v=9FBUgdhxe9M

  26. "We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band #Queen from their 1977 album #NewsOfTheWorld, written by guitarist #BrianMay. #RollingStone ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the #RIAA it placed at number 146 on the #SongsOfTheCentury list in 2001. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. Other than the last 30 seconds, which contains a guitar solo by May.
    youtube.com/watch?v=46C5IHC_uo8

  27. "We Will Rock You" is a song by the British rock band #Queen from their 1977 album #NewsOfTheWorld, written by guitarist #BrianMay. #RollingStone ranked it number 330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004, and the #RIAA it placed at number 146 on the #SongsOfTheCentury list in 2001. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. Other than the last 30 seconds, which contains a guitar solo by May.
    youtube.com/watch?v=46C5IHC_uo8

  28. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by American songwriters #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by English band #theAnimals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with #UnitedStatesArmedForces #GIs during the #VietnamWar. In 2004, it was ranked number 233 on #RollingStone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Q3mgapAcVdU

  29. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by American songwriters #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by English band #theAnimals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with #UnitedStatesArmedForces #GIs during the #VietnamWar. In 2004, it was ranked number 233 on #RollingStone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=Q3mgapAcVdU

  30. "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by #theImpressions, and the title track from the #PeopleGetReady album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number three on the Billboard R&B chart and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The #gospel-influenced track was a #CurtisMayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. In 2021, #RollingStone named "People Get Ready" the #122ndGreatestSongOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=UG-KNy1MRTc

  31. "People Get Ready" is a 1965 single by #theImpressions, and the title track from the #PeopleGetReady album. The single is the group's best-known hit, reaching number three on the Billboard R&B chart and number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. The #gospel-influenced track was a #CurtisMayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of social and political awareness in his writing. In 2021, #RollingStone named "People Get Ready" the #122ndGreatestSongOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=UG-KNy1MRTc

  32. "Smackwater Jack" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first released on King's 1971 album #Tapestry and then on the second single from that album, along with "So Far Away", charting at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was subsequently covered by many artists, most famously by #QuincyJones as the title song of his 1971 album #SmackwaterJack. #RollingStone critic #JonLandau described "Smackwater Jack" as an "uptempo #shuffle".
    youtube.com/watch?v=4ttfcrg-Yow

  33. "Smackwater Jack" is a song written by #GerryGoffin and #CaroleKing. It was first released on King's 1971 album #Tapestry and then on the second single from that album, along with "So Far Away", charting at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was subsequently covered by many artists, most famously by #QuincyJones as the title song of his 1971 album #SmackwaterJack. #RollingStone critic #JonLandau described "Smackwater Jack" as an "uptempo #shuffle".
    youtube.com/watch?v=4ttfcrg-Yow

  34. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by American songwriters #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by English band #theAnimals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with #UnitedStatesArmedForces #GIs during the #VietnamWar. In 2004, it was ranked number 233 on #RollingStone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=t6gcxNFc1I0

  35. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", occasionally written "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", is a rock song written by American songwriters #BarryMann and #CynthiaWeil and recorded as a 1965 hit single by English band #theAnimals. It has become an iconic song of its type and was immensely popular with #UnitedStatesArmedForces #GIs during the #VietnamWar. In 2004, it was ranked number 233 on #RollingStone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
    youtube.com/watch?v=t6gcxNFc1I0

  36. "Everyday" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #NormanPetty, recorded by #BuddyHollyAndTheCrickets on May 29, 1957, and released on September 20, 1957, as the B-side of "Peggy Sue". The A side "Peggy Sue" went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1957. "Everyday" is ranked number 238 on #RollingStone magazine's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The song was recorded at #NormanPettyRecordingStudios in #Clovis, New Mexico. On the original single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=EqWwy6BCxxU

  37. "Everyday" is a song written by #BuddyHolly and #NormanPetty, recorded by #BuddyHollyAndTheCrickets on May 29, 1957, and released on September 20, 1957, as the B-side of "Peggy Sue". The A side "Peggy Sue" went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1957. "Everyday" is ranked number 238 on #RollingStone magazine's list of the #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime. The song was recorded at #NormanPettyRecordingStudios in #Clovis, New Mexico. On the original single.
    youtube.com/watch?v=EqWwy6BCxxU

  38. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qD-kxaiYQqU

  39. "La Bamba" (pronounced [la ˈβamba]) is a Mexican #folkSong, originally from the state of #Veracruz. The song is best known from a 1958 adaptation by #RitchieValens, a #top40 hit on the U.S. charts. Valens's version is ranked number 345 on #RollingStone magazine's list of "The #500GreatestSongsOfAllTime" and is the only song on the list not written or sung in English. The oldest recorded version known is that of Álvaro Hernández Ortiz.
    youtube.com/watch?v=qD-kxaiYQqU

  40. "The Wanderer" is a song written by #ErnieMaresca and originally recorded by #Dion, released on his 1961 album, #RunaroundSue. The song, with a #12barBlues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jP1z0dQVcIQ

  41. "The Wanderer" is a song written by #ErnieMaresca and originally recorded by #Dion, released on his 1961 album, #RunaroundSue. The song, with a #12barBlues-base verse and an eight-bar bridge, tells the story of a travelling man and his many loves. The song is ranked number 243 on the #RollingStone magazine's list of #The500GreatestSongsOfAllTime.
    youtube.com/watch?v=jP1z0dQVcIQ

  42. "Gimme Shelter" is a song by the British #rock band #theRollingStones. Written by #JaggerRichards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album #LetItBleed. The song covers the brutal realities of #war, including #murder, #rape and #fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singer #MerryClayton. American author, music journalist and cultural critic #GreilMarcus, writing for #RollingStone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8kl6q_9qZOs

  43. "Gimme Shelter" is a song by the British #rock band #theRollingStones. Written by #JaggerRichards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album #LetItBleed. The song covers the brutal realities of #war, including #murder, #rape and #fear. It features prominent guest vocals by American singer #MerryClayton. American author, music journalist and cultural critic #GreilMarcus, writing for #RollingStone magazine at the time of its release, praised the song.
    youtube.com/watch?v=8kl6q_9qZOs

  44. "Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter #BillWithers. It was released in April 1972 as the first single from his second album, #StillBill. It was a No. 1 single on both the soul and Billboard Hot 100 charts, the latter chart for three weeks in July 1972. Billboard ranked it as the No. 7 song of 1972. It was ranked No. 208 on #RollingStone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2010.
    youtube.com/watch?v=dtC1W-6hwIU