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897. Al DiMeola ("Sanctuary")
896. Britney Spears ("Oops, I Did It Again...")
895. The Posies ("Dream All Day")
894. Candlebox ("Far Behind")
893. Alternate Routes ("The Future's Nothing New"; "Ain't No Secret")
892. Wheat ("I Met a Girl")
891. Anoushka Shankar ("Prayer in Passing")
890. Sinead Lohan ("Whatever It Takes"; "No Mermaid")
889. George Thorogood ("She's Gone"; "That's It, I Quit")
888. Meatloaf ("Paradise by the Dashboard Light"; "All Revved Up With No Place to Go")
[Read WTMD GM Steve Yasko's memories of Meatloaf.]
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887. 3 Doors Down ("Here Without You"; "Kryptonite")
886. Procol Harum ("A Whiter Shade of Pale"; "Kaleidoscope")
885. a-ha ("Take on Me")
884. Motley Crue ("Home Sweet Home")
883. Sister Hazel ("All For You"; "Change Your Mind")
882. Josh Joplin Group ("I Am Not the Only Cowboy")
881. Catherine Wheel ("Crank")
880. Alabama ("Song of the South")
879. Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin ("Glue Girls")
878. The Alan Parsons Project ("Games People Play"; "Eye in the Sky")
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877. Travis ("Closer"; "Why Does It Always Rain on Me"; "Writing To Reach You")
876. Matthew Ryan ("American Dirt"; "Silver State")
875. Glenn Miller ("In the Mood")
874. Del Amitri ("The Last to Know")
873. Cowboy Mouth ("Jenny Says")
872. Alan Jackson ("Country Boy")
871. ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead ("Let It Die")
870. The Sugarcubes ("Hit")
869. The Stray Cats ("(She's) Sexy & 17"; "Stray Cat Strut")
868. Huey Lewis & The News ("I Want a New Drug"; "The Power of Love")
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867. Sia ("Day Too Soon"; "Breathe Me")
866. Thin Lizzy ("The Boys Are Back in Town"; "Whiskey in the Jar")
865. Fine Young Cannibals ("She Drives Me Crazy"; "Suspicious Minds")
864. Butch Walker ("The Weight of Her"; "Ponce De Leon Avenue")
863. Seal ("Kiss from a Rose")
862. Gipsy Kings ("Hotel California")
861. Brian Setzer Orchestra ("Jump, Jive, an' Wail")
860. Brazilian Girls ("Lazy Lover"; "Good Time")
859. Ray Davies ("Working Man's Cafe")
858. Keb' Mo' ("She Just Wants to Dance"; "Am I Wrong")
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857. The Dead Milkmen ("Bitchin' Camaro"; "Punk Rock Girl")
856. Bon Iver ("Skinny Love"; "Brackett, WI")
855. Concrete Blonde ("Joey"; "Still in Hollywood")
854. Burning Spear ("Marcus Garvey"; "Walk")
853. Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers ("Love Is My Religion"; "Family Time")
852. Madeline Peyroux ("You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go"; "You Can't Do Me")
851. Everclear ("Santa Monica")
850. Danny Elfman ("What's This?"; "Batman Theme")
849. Chris Cornell ("Billie Jean"; "You Know My Name")
848. Aaron Neville ("Everybody Plays the Fool")
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847. Paul Weller ("It's Written in the Stars"; "I Walk on Gilded Splinters")
846. Live ("Lightning Crashes"; "I Alone")
845. Paul Westerberg ("Dyslexic Heart"; "High Time")
844. Collective Soul ("Shine"; "The World I Know")
843. Chubby Checker ("The Twist")
842. The Cranberries ("Dreams"; "Zombie")
841. Soul Asylum ("Black Gold")
840. Old Crow Medicine Show ("Wagon Wheel"; "Caroline")
839. N.W.A. ("Express Yourself")
838. Edie Brickell & the New Bohemians ("What I Am")
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837. Toad the Wet Sprocket ("All I Want"; "Walk on the Ocean")
836. She & Him ("Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"; "Change Is Hard")
835. Run-DMC ("It's Tricky")
834. Chemical Brothers ("Block-Rockin' Beats"; "Galvanize")
833. Steel Pulse ("Ravers"; "Roller Skates")
832. The Steve Miller Band ("Serenade"; "The Joker")
831. John Doe ("The Golden State")
830. Jackie Greene ("Honey, I Been Thinking About You"; "Like a Ball and Chain")
829. Robert Randolph and the Family Band ("Soul Refreshing"; "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That")
828. Erykah Badu ("4 Leaf Clover")
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827. LCD Soundsystem ("Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"; "North American Scum")
826. Blue Oyster Cult ("(Don't Fear) The Reaper"; "Godzilla")
825. Arrested Development ("Mr. Wendal"; "Tennessee")
824. Big Audio Dynamite ("Rush")
823. Cloud Cult ("Everybody Here is a Cloud")
822. Asleep at the Wheel ("Cotton-Eye Joe")
821. Beth Orton ("Concrete Sky"; "Conceived")
820. The Runaways ("Cherry Bomb")
819. Belly ("Gepetto"; "Feed the Tree")
818. The Blood Brothers ("Love Rhymes with a Hideous Car Wreck")
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817. Slickee Boys ("When I Go To The Beach")
816. Savoy Brown ("When It Rains")
815. Yael Naim ("New Soul")
814. William Shatner ("Common People")
813. Black Eyed Peas ("Where Is The Love")
812. Wanda Jackson ("Let's Have a Party")
811. Uriah Heap ("Stealin'"; "Easy Livin'")
810. Berlin ("Take My Breath Away"; "Metro")
809. The Mountain Goats ("This Year")
808. The Proclaimers ("I'm On My Way"; "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)")
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807. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club ("Weapon of Choice"; "Ain't No Easy Way")
806. The Minutemen ("Corona")
805. Better Than Ezra ("Desperately Wanting")
804. Staind ("Outside"; "So Far Away")
803. Virginia Coalition ("Mason Dixon"; "Walk to Work")
802. Toto ("99"; "Africa")
[Read WTMD Morning Show Host Erik Deatherage's take on Toto.]
801. Tristan Prettyman ("Love, Love, Love")
800. Train ("Drops of Jupiter")
799. Billy Idol ("White Wedding"; "Rebel Yell")
798. Wolf Parade ("Shine A Light")
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797. Tragically Hip ("Poets"; "Morning Moon")
796. Tommy Keene ("My Mother Looked Like Marilyn Monroe"; "Places That Are Gone")
795. The Get Up Kids ("Close To Me")
794. Zero 7 ("In The Waiting Line")
793. Will Hoge ("Woman Be Strong")
792. Thurston Moore ("Psychic Hearts")
791. Willie Nile ("Cell Phones Ringing (In the Pockets of the Dead)"; "Give Me Tomorrow")
790. The Go-Betweens ("Cattle and Cane")
789. Taking Back Sunday ("A Decade Under the Influence"; "Set Phasers to Stun")
788. Supertramp ("Breakfast in America"; "Goodbye Stranger")
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787. Stars ("Ageless Beauty"; "Take Me to the Riot")
786. Kenny Chesney ("Summertime")
785. Spinal Tap ("Stonehenge"; "Tonight I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight")
784. Sonny and Cher ("I Got You Babe"; "The Beat Goes On")
783. Waylon Jennings ("Luckenbach Texas")
782. UB40 ("Red Red Wine"; "Can't Help Falling in Love")
781. Sunny Day Real Estate ("Seven")
780. Vince Guaraldi Trio ("Linus and Lucy")
779. The Marshall Tucker Band ("Can't You See"; "Heard It In A Love Song")
778. The Chieftains ("I Know My Love")
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777. Styx ("Mr. Roboto"; "Renegade")
776. T. Rex ("Bang a Gong (Get It On)")
775. The Alarm ("The Stand")
774. The Fray ("Over My Head"; "How to Save a Life")
773. The Prodigy ("Firestarter")
772. Sonny Boy Williamson ("Bring It On Home")
771. Tom Jones ("It's Not Unusual"; "She's a Lady")
770. Hank Williams, Jr. ("Family Tradition")
769. Eric Lindell ("Give It Time")
768. The Stone Roses ("I Wanna Be Adored"; "She Bangs the Drums")
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767. Yoko Ono ("Walking on Thin Ice")
766. The Waterboys ("Fisherman's Blues"; "The Whole of the Moon")
765. The Bridge ("Angelina"; "Shake 'Em Down")
764. Shawn Colvin ("Sunny Came Home"; "Round of Blues")
763. Son House ("John the Revelator")
762. Third Eye Blind ("Semi-Charmed Life"; "Jumper")
761. Sheryl Crow ("Can't Cry Anymore"; "A Change Would Do You Good")
760. The Wallflowers ("Heroes"; "One Headlight")
759. Steppenwolf ("Magic Carpet Ride")
758. Sun Ra ("Rocket Number Nine")
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757. Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings ("100 Days, 100 Nights")
756. Yeah Yeah Yeahs ("Gold Lion", "Maps")
755. The Animals ("Don't Bring Me Down")
754. Sandy Denny ("Candle in the Wind")
753. Sade ("The Sweetest Taboo")
752. Ryan Bingham ("Sunshine")
751. Roy Buchanan ("Hey, Good Lookin'")
750. Rosemary Clooney ("Come On-A My House")
749. Rory Gallagher ("Bad Penny"; "Tattoo'd Lady")
748. Jamiroquai ("Virtual Insanity")
747. Back Door Slam ("It'll All Come Around"; "Come Home")
746. America ("Sister Golden Hair"; "Don't Cross the River")
745. Amanda Palmer ("Straight")
744. Allen Touissaint ("Yes We Can")
743. Alex Chilton ("Little GTO")
742. Alejandro Escovedo ("Sister Lost Soul"; "Always a Friend")
741. Air ("La Femme d'Argent"; "Sexy Boy")
740. Afghan Whigs ("What Jail is Like"; "Debonair")
[Read WTMD web guy Frank Diller's take on The Afghan Whigs.]
739. Robert Cray ("Right Next Door (Because of Me)"; "Smoking Gun")
738. Moxy Fruvous ("I've Gotta Get a Message to You"; "I Love My Boss")
737. Ladytron ("Ladybird"; "Seventeen")
736. Paramore ("Misery Business"; "Pressure")
735. Jonatha Brooke ("There's More True Lovers Than One"; "Linger")
734. Girl Talk
733. Li'l Wayne ("Lollipop")
732. Mariah Carey ("Vision of Love")
731. Frightened Rabbit ("Good Arms vs. Bad Arms"; "The Modern Leper")
730. Missy Higgins ("Where I Stood"; "Steer")
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729. Evanescence ("Bring Me to Life")
728. Operation Ivy ("Unity"; "Sound System")
727. The Beautiful South ("We Are Each Other"; "Dream A Little Dream For Me")
726. Cesaria Evora ("Sodade")
725. Panic! at the Disco ("Nine in the Afternoon"; "I Write Sins Not Tragedies")
724. Squirrel Nut Zippers ("Put A Lid On It"; "Hell")
723. Mink DeVille ("Cadillac Walk")
722. Jimmy's Chicken Shack ("High"; "Do Right")
721. Ned's Atomic Dustbin ("Happy")
720. Martin Sexton ("Happy")
719. Olivia Newton John ("Physical")
718. Joe Bonamassa ("Another Kind of Love"; "Stop!")
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717. Motorhead ("Ace of Spades")
716. Jason Mraz ("The Remedy (I Won't Worry)")
715. Galaxie 500 ("Tugboat"; "Blue Thunder")
714. Dead Can Dance ("The Host of Seraphim")
713. Everything But the Girl ("Missing"; "Wrong")
712. Clutch ("Spacegrass")
711. Gene Ammons ("Autumn Leaves"; "There Is No Greater Love")
710. Bobby Bare Jr. ("Numbers")
709. Rachael Yamagata ("Worn Me Down"; "Letter Read")
708. Kaiser Chiefs ("Ruby")
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707. Poco ("Crazy Love")
706. Bad Religion ("21st Century (Digital Boy)"; "Sorrow")
705. Donny Hathaway ("You've Lost That Loving Feeling")
704. Lightning Hopkins ("Have You Ever Loved a Woman?")
703. Jaco Pastorious ("Portrait of Tracy")
702. Brad ("Shinin'")
701. Peaches ("Talk To Me")
700. Bill Withers ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Use Me")
699. Kasabian ("Club Foot"; "Fire")
698. Peter, Bjorn & John ("Young Folks"; "Nothing To Worry About")
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697. Butthole Surfers ("Pepper"; "Dracula From Houston")
696. My Chemical Romance ("Welcome To The Black Parade")
695. Okkervil River ("Lost Coastlines"; "Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe")
694. Mazzy Star ("Fade Into You")
693. Lake Trout ("Street Fighting Man")
692. Wolfmother ("Woman"; "Apple Tree")
691. James McMurtry
690. Lily Allen ("The Fear"; "Smile")
689. Barry White ("Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"; "You're the First, the Last, My Everything")
688. Ingrid Michaelson ("Breakable"; "The Way I Am"; "Be OK")
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687. Explosions in the Sky
686. Gene Clark
685. The Judybats
684. Ben Kweller ("Run"; "Penny on the Traintrack")
683. Jill Scott ("Daydreamin'"; "Golden")
682. Dinosaur Jr. ("Feel the Pain"; "Freak Scene")
681. Johnny Mercer ("Accentuate the Positive")
680. Frente ("Labour of Love"; "Bizarre Love Triangle")
679. Morcheeba ("Trigger Hippie")
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678. Calexico ("Two Silver Trees"; "Alone Again Or")
677. J. J. Grey & Mofro ("Orange Blossoms")
676. Richard Shindell
675. Moby ("We Are All Made of Stars"; "Natural Blues")
674. Joss Stone ("Fell In Love with a Boy"; "Tell Me 'Bout It")
673. Nanci Griffith ("Boots of Spanish Leather")
672. Goo Goo Dolls ("Black Balloon"; "Iris")
671. Yonder Mountain String Band ("40 Miles From Denver"; "2 Hits")
670. Fountains of Wayne ("Radiation Vibe"; "Stacy's Mom")
669. Jeremy Enigk ("Mind Idea")
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668. Loreena McKennitt ("The Mummer's Dance")
667. Culture Club ("Karma Chameleon"; "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?")
666. The Dandy Warhols ("Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth")
665. String Cheese Incident ("Dudley's Kitchen"; "Restless Wind")
664. Old And In The Way ("Old and In the Way Breakdown"; "Panama Red")
663. Matchbox 20 ("Bent"; "3 a.m.")
662. Ralph Stanley ("Man of Constant Sorrow"; "O Death")
661. The Nighthawks ("Big River"; "Can't Judge a Book by Looking at the Cover")
660. Nels Cline ("Prayer Wheel")
659. Matisyahu ("King Without A Crown")
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658. Ellis Paul ("The World Ain't Slowin' Down")
657. Nas ("Ether")
656. Manhattan Transfer ("Until I Met You"; "Boy From New York City")
655. Elbow ("The Bones of You"; "Grounds for Divorce")
654. Sam Bush ("Cajun Mandolin"; "Blue Moon of Kentucky")
653. Harry Connick, Jr. ("Here Comes the Big Parade"; "It's Alright with Me")
652. Faith No More ("Midlife Crisis")
651. Jorma Kaukonen ("Hesitation Blues")
650. DJ Shadow ("Building Steam with a Grain of Salt")
649. The Derek Trucks Band ("Cruel Jane")
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648. James ("Say Something"; "Laid")
647. The New York Dolls ("Pills")
646. Trey Anastasio ("Shine"; "Tuesday")
645. Pete Droge ("Going Whichever Way the Wind Blows"; "If You Don't Love Me I'll Kill Myself")
644. Lionel Richie ("All Night Long"; "Stuck on You")
643. Jay Farrar ("Gather")
642. Don Henley ("The Boys of Summer"; "The End of the Innocence")
641. Luther Vandross ( "Here and Now"; "The Power of Love")
640. Pat Benatar ("Shadows of the Night"; "Hit Me With Your Best Shot")
639. Diana Krall
638. Michael Hedges ("After the Gold Rush"; "Ragamuffin")
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637. Bob Willis and His Texas Playboys ("Stay All Night" "San Antonio Rose")
636. Pantera ("This Love"; "Cemetery Gates")
635. Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass ("This Guy's in Love with You"; "Spanish Flea")
634. Edith Piaf ("La Vie en Rose")
633. Cracker ("Low")
632. Bootsy Collins ("Bootzilla"; "I'd Rather Be With You")
631. Minor Threat ("In My Eyes")
630. Mississippi John Hurt ("Stack O'Lee")
629. Fishbone ("Party at Ground Zero")
628. Kansas ("Carry On, Wayward Son"; "The Wall")
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627. Gang of Four ("Damaged Goods"; "At Home He's a Tourist"; "I Found That Essence Rare")
626. Lauryn Hill ("Every Ghetto, Every City")
625. Barry Manilow ("Copacabana"; "Mandy")
624. Nat King Cole ("Straighten Up and Fly Right"; "Unforgettable")
623. Kenny Loggins ("Angry Eyes"; "Footloose")
622. Badly Drawn Boy ("The Long Way Around")
621. Ringo Starr ("It Don't Come Easy"; "Back Off Boogaloo")
620. Earl Scruggs ("Foggy Mountain Breakdown")
619. Stanley Clarke ("Sweet Baby")
618. Band of Horses ("The Funeral"; "Is There a Ghost?")
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617. Frank Black ("Hang On To Your Ego"; "Headache")
616. The Lovin' Spoonful ("Do You Believe in Magic"; "Summer in the City")
615. The Black Crowes ("Remedy"; "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution")
614. Ravi Shankar
613. Mott the Hoople ("All the Way from Memphis"; "Sweet Jane")
612. Roger Waters
611. Broken Social Scene ("7/4 (Shoreline)"; "Fire Eye'd Boy")
610. Ian Anderson
609. Boston ("Rock and Roll Band"; "Feelin' Satisfied")
608. Junior Wells
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607. De La Soul ("Potholes in My Lawn")
606. Thursday ("Counting 5-4-3-2-1"; "War All the Time")
605. Ten Years After ("I'd Love to Change the World")
604. Count Basie ("One O'Clock Jump")
603. Alison Moyet ("That Old Devil Called Love"; "Is This Love")
602. The Kooks ("Naive"; "Always Where I Need to Be")
601. Sugar ("If I Can't Change Your Mind"; "Your Favorite Thing")
600. Faith Hill ("Breathe"; "This Kiss")
599. REO Speedwagon ("Keep On Loving You"; "Time For Me to Fly")
598. The The ("Dogs of Lust"; "Uncertain Smile")
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597. Amos Lee ("Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight"; "Shout Out Loud")
596. The Strokes ("Last Nite"; "Hard To Explain")
595. Judas Priest ("Living After Midnight"; "You've Got Another Thing Comin'")
594. The Misfits ("Cough/Cool"; "Night of the Living Dead")
593. NOFX ("Soul Doubt")
592. Duncan Sheik ("On A High"; "Barely Breathing")
591. Crack the Sky ("Hot Razors in My Heart")
590. Mike and the Mechanics ("All I Need is a Miracle"; "The Living Years")
589. Patti LaBelle ("On My Own"; "Lady Marmalade")
588. blink-182 ("Dammit"; "All the Small Things")
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587. Teenage Fanclub ("You've Said Enough"; "Star Sign")
586. Alicia Keys ("No One")
585. Buffalo Tom ("Taillights Fade")
584. Weather Report ("Teen Town")
583. Queens of the Stone Age ("Go With The Flow"; "No One Knows")
582. Disco Biscuits ("World Is Spinning")
581. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy ("Go Daddy-O"")
580. Lowen & Navarro ("Not Like You"; "Walking on a Wire")
579. Flight of the Conchords ("Business Time")
578. Marc Broussard ("Where You Are")
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577. Franz Ferdinand ("Ulysses"; "Take Me Out")
576. Brian Jonestown Massacre ("The Ballad of Jim Jones")
575. Ted Leo and the Pharmacists ("Track 13")
574. Slayer ("Raining Blood")
573. India Arie ("Little Things"; "Video")
572. Silversun Pickups ("Lazy Eye"; "Panic Switch")
571. Dave Edmunds ("I Hear You Knockin'")
570. Gnarls Barkley ("Crazy")
569. Snow Patrol ("Chasing Cars"; "Chocolate")
568. Colin Hay & Men at Work ("I Just Don't Think I'll Ever Get Over You";
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567. The Dave Clark Five ("Glad All Over"; "Bits and Pieces")
566. The National ("Mistaken For Strangers"; "Apartment Story")
565. Margot and the Nuclear So and So's ("Children's Crusade on Acid"; "Skeleton Key")
564. Arctic Monkeys ("Brianstorm"; "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor")
563. Todd Snider ("Talkin' Seattle Grunge Blues"; "Alright Guy")
562. Yazoo (Yaz) ("Only You"; "Situation")
561. Jonny Lang ("Red Light"; "Still Rainin'")
560. Eels ("Prizefighter"; "Beautiful Freak")
559. Blues Traveler ("But Anyway"; "Runaround")
558. O.A.R. ("Hey Girl"; "Crazy Game of Poker")
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557. Nickel Creek ("The Lighthouse's Tale"; "Smoothie Song")
556. Feist ("Mushaboom"; "1 2 3 4")
555. Dion and the Belmonts ("A Teenager in Love"; "Runaround Sue")
554. The Magnetic Fields ("California Girls")
553. Pete Yorn ("Life on a Chain"; "Strange Condition")
552. Donna Summer ("I Feel Love"; "Dim All The Lights")
551. Dan Fogelberg ("Leader of the Band")
550. Thievery Corporation ("The Numbers Game"; "Lebanese Blonde")
549. Garbage ("Only Happy When It Rains"; "Stupid Girl")
548. Siouxsie & The Banshees ("Kiss Them for Me"; "Cities in Dust")
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547. Joe Walsh ("Rocky Mountain Way"; "Funk #49")
546. Dick Dale ("Miserlou"; "Surf Buggy")
545. Blood, Sweat & Tears ("Spinning Wheel"; "You've Made Me So Very Happy")
544. Son Volt ("Drown"; "Windfall")
543. Jason Isbell ("Brand New Kind of Actress"; "Dress Blues")
542. Robert Earl Keen ("The Road Goes On Forever"; "Corpus Christi Bay")
541. Stereolab ("Margerine Rock"; "Cybele's Reverie")
540. Bad Brains ("Banned in DC"; "She's Calling You")
539. Josh Ritter ("Right Moves"; "Kathleen")
538. Sufjan Stevens ("Chicago"; "The Upper Peninsula")
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537. KRS-1 ("Sound of Da Police")
536. Laurie Anderson ("O Superman"; "Walking the Dog")
535. The Flying Burrito Brothers ("Wild Horses"; "White Line Fever")
534. Bobby Darin ("Mack the Knife"; "Splish Splash")
533. The Traveling Wilburys ("Handle with Care"; "Tweeter and the Monkey Man")
532. Richard and Linda Thompson ("Wall of Death"; "I Wanna See the Bright Lights Tonight")
531. M. Ward ("Magic Trick"; "Chinese Translation")
530. Fairport Convention ("Who Knows Where the Time Goes")
529. Cowboy Junkies ("Sweet Jane"; "A Common Disaster")
528. Split Enz ("I Got You"; "Six Months in a Leaky Boat")
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527. Loudon Wainwright III ("Dead Skunk"; "Down Drinking at the Bar")
526. The Faces ("Ooh La La"; "Stay With Me")
525. Gov't Mule ("Soulshine"; "Slackjaw Jezebel")
524. Sonny Landreth ("Shooting for the Moon"; "South of I-10")
523. M.I.A. ("Paper Planes")
522. John Fogerty ("Centerfield"; "Rockin' All Over the World")
521. Three Dog Night ("Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"; "Shambala")
520. Odetta ("Take This Hammer"; "He's Got The Whole World in His Hands")
519. Judy Collins ("Both Sides Now"; "Send in the Clowns")
518. Isley Brothers ("It's Your Thing")
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517. J. J. Cale ("Cocaine"; "After Midnight")
516. World Party ("Way Down Now"; "Ship of Fools")
515. Koko Taylor ("Wang Dang Doodle"; "Beer Bottle Boogie")
514. Roberta Flack ("The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"; "Killing Me Softly With His Song")
513. Booker T. and the MG's ("Green Onions"; "Hang 'Em High")
512. Matthew Sweet ("Girlfriend"; "Sick of Myself")
511. Lindsey Buckingham ("Don't Look Down"; "Trouble")
510. Kraftwerk ("Pocket Calculator"; "Autobahn")
509. Mahalia Jackson ("Go Tell It On the Mountain"; "His Eyes on the Sparrow")
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508. Keane ("Somewhere Only We Know"; "Is It Any Wonder?")
507. Jerry Jeff Walker ("Up Against the Wall, Red Neck Mother"; "L.A. Freeway")
506. Ben Folds Five ("Brick"; "Kate")
505. Guster ("Amsterdam"; "One Man Wrecking Machine")
504. Fela Kuti ("Let's Start")
503. The Eurythmics ("Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)"; "Would I Lie To You")
502. Bing Crosby ("White Christmas"; "Too-Ra-Loo-Ra")
501. Joe Strummer ("Coma Girl"; "Redemption Song")
500. Bryan Ferry ("Slave to Love"; "Don't Stop the Dance")
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499. Aaron Copland ("Fanfare for the Common Man")
498. Herbie Hancock ("Rockit"; "Cantaloupe Island")
497. Quincy Jones ("Soul Bossa Nova"; "Theme from Sanford & Son")
496. Willie Dixon ("The Same Thing"; "Little Red Rooster")
495. Sarah Vaughan ("Someone To Watch Over Me"; "Whatever Lola Wants")
494. Rickie Lee Jones ("Chuck E's in Love"; "Danny's All Star Joint")
493. Leo Kottke ("Rings"; "Vaseline Machine Gun")
492. Judy Garland ("Somewhere Over the Rainbow"; "
491. 2Pac ("Keep Ya Head Up"; "I Get Around")
490. Sugarhill Gang ("Apache" "Rapper's Delight")
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489. Leonard Bernstein ("America," from West Side Story)
488. Jimmy Cliff ("Wonderful World, Beautiful People"; "The Harder They Come")
487. The Four Tops ("Baby I Need Your Loving"; "I Can't Help Myself")
486. Charlie Parker ("Ko-Ko"; "Billie's Bounce")
485. Brian Eno ("Baby's On Fire"; "Needles in the Camel's Eye")
484. The Jackson Five ("I Want You Back"; "ABC")
483. Bo Diddley ("Bo Diddley"; "Who Do You Love?")
482. Fats Domino ("Ain't That a Shame"; "Blueberry Hill")
481. Tegan and Sara ("Back In Your Head"; "Walking with a Ghost")
480. Porcupine Tree ("The Sound of Muzak"; "Piano Lessons")
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479. Dispatch ("The General"; "Flying Horses")
478. Brett Dennen ("Ain't No Reason"; "She's Mine")
477. The Postal Service ("The District Sleeps Alone"; "Such Great Heights")
476. Kate Nash ("Foundations"; "Merry Happy")
475. Jimmy Eat World ("The Middle"; "Sweetness")
474. Gogol Bordello ("Not a Crime"; "Start Wearing Purple")
473. Whitney Houston ("I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)"; "I Will Always Love You")
472. The Nields ("Easy People"; "The Town Is Wrong")
471. Sleater Kinney ("You're No Rock 'n' Roll Fun"; "Jumpers")
470. Pulp ("Common People"; "Like A Friend")
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469. Neil Finn ("Driving Me Mad"; "Sinner")
468. Jellyfish ("New Mistake"; "Joining a Fan Club")
467. Built to Spill ("Conventional Wisdom"; "Goin' Up Against Your Mind")
466. George Michael ("Faith")
465. Flogging Molly ("Float")
464. The Dropkick Murphys ("I'm Shipping Up To Boston"; "The State of Massachusetes")
463. Blind Faith ("Can't Find My Way Home"; "In The Presence of the Lord")
462. Adrian Belew ("Men In Helicopters")
461. Umphrey's McGee ("Nemo"; "Cemetary Walk")
460. The Raconteurs ("Steady As She Goes"; "Carolina Drama")
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459. System of a Down ("Toxicity"; "Chop Suey!")
458. Robert Palmer ("Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley"; "Addicted to Love")
457. Peter, Paul & Mary ("Puff the Magic Dragon"; "Leaving on a Jet Plane")
456. Kirsty MacColl ("Walking Down Madison"; "In These Shoes?")
455. Deep Purple ("Smoke on the Water"; "Space Truckin'")
454. Carbon Leaf ("The Boxer"; "Life Less Ordinary")
453. Boz Scaggs ("Lido Shuffle"; "Georgia")
452. The Church ("Reptile"; "Under the Milkyway")
451. of Montreal ("Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games"; "An Eluardian Instance")
450. Marshall Crenshaw ("Cynical Girl"; "Someday, Someway")
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449. Keller Williams ("Freeker by the Speaker"; "Kidney in a Cooler")
448. Jonathan Richman ("Roadrunner (Modern Lovers)"; "I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar")
447. John Butler Trio ("Zebra"; "Daniella")
446. Guided By Voices ("Hold On Hope"; "Glad Girls")
445. Fleet Foxes ("White Winter Hymnal"; "Blue Ridge Mountains")
444. Cyndi Lauper ("Time After Time"; "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun")
443. Citizen Cope ("Son's Gonna Rise"; "Let the Drummer Kick")
442. Alanis Morissette ("You Oughta Know"; "Ironic")
441. Wings ("Let Me Roll In"; "Junior's Farm")
440. The Subdudes ("Papa Dukie and the Mud People"; "Why Can't I Forget About You")
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439. Scissor Sisters ("Take Your Mama"; "I Don't Feel Like Dancin'")
438. Rusted Root ("Send Me On My Way"; "Ecstasy")
437. Peter Tosh ("Legalize It"; "Don't Look Back")
436. Old 97's ("Dance With Me"; "Murder (Or A Heart Attack")
435. Leon Russell ("Tight Rope"; "Out in the Woods")
434. Janis Ian ("At Seventeen"; "Society's Child")
433. Harry Chapin ("Cat's in the Cradle"; "Taxi")
432. Dr. Dre ("Let Me Ride"; "Nuthin' But A G Thang")
431. Blur ("Coffee and TV"; "Song 2")
430. Bad Company ("Bad Company"; "Shooting Star")
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429. TV On the Radio ("Wolf Like Me"; "Golden Age")
428. The Carpenters ("(They Long To Be) Close To You"; "We've Only Just Begun")
427. Norah Jones ("Don't Know Why"; "Sunrise")
426. Morphine ("Buena"; "Cure for Pain")
425. Lisa Loeb ("Stay (I Missed You)"; "I Do")
424. Doc Watson ("Wabash Cannonball")
423. John McLaughlin ("New York On My Mind")
422. Jay-Z ("99 Problems"; "Dirt Off Your Shoulder")
421. The J. Geils Band ("Freeze Frame"; "Whammer Jammer")
420. Garth Brooks ("Friends in Low Places"; "Thunder Rolls")
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419. Tears for Fears ("Shout"; "Sowing the Seeds of Love")
418. The English Beat ("Mirror in the Bathroom"; "I Confess")
417. Dean Martin ("That's Amore"; "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You")
416. Cocteau Twins ("Heaven or Las Vegas")
415. Bette Midler ("Wind Beneath My Wings"; "Boogie Woogie")
414. Tony Bennett ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco"; "Fly Me to the Moon")
413. Ry Cooder ("Poor Man's Shangri-La")
412. Pat Metheny ("Is This America?")
411. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ("Mr. Bojangles")
410. Melissa Etheridge ("Come To My Window")
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409. INXS ("Don't Change")
408. Parliament-Funkadelic ("Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off the Sucker)")
407. Charles Mingus ("Goodbye Pork Pie Hat")
406. Badfinger ("Day After Day")
405. Violent Femmes ("Blister in the Sun"; "American Music")
404. Taj Mahal ("She Caught the Katy"; "Chevrolet")
403. Peter Frampton ("Show Me The Way"; "Do You Feel Like We Do")
402. Midnight Oil ("Beds Are Burning"; "Blue Sky Mine")
401. Leadbelly ("Good Night Irene")
400. Johnny Winter ("Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo")
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399. Duke Ellington ("Take the A Train")
398. George Jones ("He Stopped Loving Her Today")
397. Django Reinhardt ("Minor Swing")
396. Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly"; "Pusherman")
395. Eddie From Ohio ("Walk Humbly Son")
394. Renaissance ("Carpet of the Sun")
393. Mahavishnu Orchestra ("The Noonward Race")
392. Jukebox the Ghost ("Good Day"; "Hold It In")
391. Gentle Giant ("Funny Ways")
390. Donald Fagan ("I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)")
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389. Weird Al Yankovic ("Eat It")
388. Incubus ("Drive")
387. Barbara Streisand ("Stoney End")
386. The Mars Volta ("Inertiatic ESP")
385. Robert Fripp ("Blast, Pt. 1")
384. Primus ("Jerry Was a Race Car Driver")
383. Dave Brubeck Quartet ("Take Five")
382. Mike Doughty ("Looking at the World From the Bottom of the Well"; "Super Bon Bon")
381. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ("I Love Rock and Roll")
380. Erasure ("Chains of Love")
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379. The New Pornographers ("Twin Cinema")
378. Wishbone Ash ("Blind Eye")
377. Vampire Weekend ("A-Punk")
376. Soundgarden ("Black Hole Sun")
375. KT Tunstall ("Black Horse and the Cherry Tree")
374. Joan Osborne ("One of Us"; "St. Teresa")
373. The Dresden Dolls ("Coin-Operated Boy")
372. Captain Beefheart ("Safe As Milk")
371. The Avett Brothers ("Die Die Die")
370. 311 ("All Mixed Up")
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369. Thomas Dolby ("She Blinded Me with Science")
368. The Go-Gos ("We Got the Beat")
367. Rodrigo y Gabriela ("Tamacun")
366. The Pet Shop Boys ("West End Girls")
365. Kathleen Edwards ("Back To Me")
364. Daft Punk ("One More Time")
363. The Bodeans ("Closer to Free")
362. Stephen Stills ("Love The One You're With")
361. No Doubt ("Just a Girl")
360. Massive Attack ("Angel"; "Be Thankful for What You've Got")
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359. Harry Nilsson ("Everybody's Talkin'"; "Jump Into the Fire")
358. Graham Parker ("Local Girls"; "Stupifaction")
357. Danny Gatton ("In My Room"; "Elmira St. Boogie")
356. Bauhaus ("Bela Lugosi's Dead"; "She's In Parties")
355. ZZ Top ("Tush"; "Jesus Just Left Chicago")
354. Yo La Tengo ("Autumn Sweater"; "You Can Have It All")
353. The Yardbirds ("For Your Love"; "Heart Full of Soul")
352. Sinead O'Connor ("Nothing Compares 2 U"; "Emperor's New Clothes")
351. Phil Ochs ("I Ain't Marching Anymore"; "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends")
350. Notorious B.I.G. ("Big Poppa"; "Juicy")
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349. The Monkees ("I'm A Believer"; "Last Train to Clarksville")
348. Kanye West ("Through the Wire"; "Stronger")
347. Dead Kennedys ("Let's Lynch the Landlord"; "Holiday in Cambodia")
346. The Zombies ("Time of the Season"; "Tell Her No")
345. The Specials ("A Message To You Rudy"; "Ghost Town")
344. The Smithereens ("Blood and Roses"; "A Girl Like You")
343. The Jesus & Mary Chain ("Head On"; "Just Like Honey")
342. The Neville Brothers ("Yellow Moon"; "Ain't No Sunshine")
341. Merle Haggard ("Mama Tried"; "If We Make It Through December")
340. Hall & Oates ("Maneater"; "Private Eyes")
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339. Gordon Lightfoot ("Carefree Highway"; "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald")
338. Echo and the Bunnymen ("Lips Like Sugar"; "The Killing Moon")
337. Big Star ("Thirteen"; "I'm In Love With a Girl")
336. Alice in Chains ("Rooster"; "Down In A Hole")
335. Loretta Lynn ("Coal Miner's Daughter")
334. Gram Parsons ("Streets of Baltimore")
333. X ("Your Phone's Off The Hook But You're Not")
332. Wu-Tang Clan ("Shimmy Shimmy Ya")
331. Ween ("Your Party")
330. Les Paul & Mary Ford ("The World Is Waiting for the Sunshine")
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329. Imogen Heap ("Hide and Seek"; "Good Night and Go")
328. Fugazi ("Waiting Room")
327. Portishead ("Sour Times")
326. Los Lobos ("La Bamba"; "One Time One Night")
325. Dusty Springfield ("Wishin' and Hopin'"; "Son of a Preacher Man")
324. The Hold Steady ("Chips Ahoy!"; "Constructive Summer")
323. P.J. Harvey ("Down By the Water"; "C'mon Billy")
322. Les Claypool ("Robotic Chicken"; "One Better")
321. Husker Du ("Could You Be The One?")
320. G. Love ("Hot Cookin'"; "Steppin' Stone")
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319. Damien Rice ("9 Crimes"; "Cannonball")
318. Cat Power ("He War"; "Satisfaction)
317. Mark Knopfler ("Boom Like That"; "Punish the Monkey")
316. Randy Newman ("Baltimore"; "Louisiana 1927")
315. Bruce Hornsby ("Jacob's Ladder"; "The Way It Is")
314. Cher ("Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves"; "Believe")
313. Belle & Sebastian ("Judy and the Dream of Horses"; "Sleep the Clock Around")
312. Dolly Parton ("Here You Come Again"; "Jolene")
311. The Psychedelic Furs ("The Ghost In You"; "Pretty In Pink")
310. Regina Spektor ("Fidelity"; "On The Radio")
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309. Kiss ("Rock and Roll All Nite"; "Detroit Rock City")
308. John Denver ("Take Me Home, Country Roads"; "Thank God I'm A Country Boy")
307. Cheap Trick ("Surrender"; "I Want You To Want Me")
306. Adele ("Chasing Pavements"; "Right As Rain")
305. Susan Tedeschi ("It Hurt So Bad"; "People")
304. Beethoven ("Symphony #5")
303. Squeeze ("Pulling Mussels from a Shell"; "Tempted")
302. Carly Simon ("You're So Vain"; "Anticipation")
301. Natalie Merchant ("Carnival"; "Jealousy")
300. Joan Armatrading ("Drop the Pilot"; "Down To Zero")
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299. Duran Duran ("Hungry Like The Wolf"; "Rio")
298. Nils Lofgren ("Keith Don't Go")
297. Bon Jovi ("Living on a Prayer"; "Runaway")
296. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band ("Old Time Rock and Roll"; "Against the Wind")
295. Thelonious Monk ("Epistrophy")
294. Stone Temple Pilots ("Vaseline"; "Plush")
293. Neil Diamond ("Sweet Caroline"; "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon")
292. The Mamas and the Papas ("California Dreamin'"; "Monday Monday")
291. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds ("The Ship Song")
290. MGMT ("Electric Feel")
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289. Johann Sebastian Bach ("Suite No. 3")
288. Gillian Welch ("Wayside/Back In Time"; "I Want To Sing That Rock and Roll")
287. The Roots ("The Seed 2.0")
286. Nick Lowe ("Cruel To Be Kind"; "I Knew the Bride (When She Used To Rock and Roll)")
285. Little Richard ("Tutti Frutti")
284. George Gershwin ("Rhapsody in Blue")
283. Bloc Party ("I Still Remember"; "Banquet")
282. NRBQ ("Ridin' In My Car")
281. Suzanne Vega ("Luka"; "Tom's Diner")
280. Rod Stewart ("Young Turks"; "Maggie Mae")
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279. Liz Phair ("Polyester Bride"; "Never Said")
278. John Lee Hooker ("Boom Boom"; "Boogie Chillen")
277. Gorillaz ("Clint Eastwood"; "Feel Good, Inc.")
276. Buffalo Springfield ("For What It's Worth"; "Bluebird")
275. Widespread Panic ("Pigeons"; "Ain't Life Grand")
274. Sly and the Family Stone ("Everyday People"; "Thank You (Falletinme Be Mice Elf Agin)")
273. Phil Collins ("In The Air Tonight"; "Take Me Home")
272. Temple of the Dog ("Hunger Strike"; "Say Hello 2 Heaven")
271. K.D. Lang ("Constant Craving"; "
270. John Mellencamp ("Dance Naked"; "Pink Houses")
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269. Iron Maiden ("Run to the Hills")
268. Eminem ("The Real Slim Shady"; "Lose Yourself")
267. Blind Melon ("No Rain"; "Tones of Home")
266. Uncle Tupelo ("Graveyard Shift"; "Whiskey Bottle")
265. Tina Turner ("Proud Mary"; "What's Love Got To Do With It")
264. Jim Croce ("Big Bad Leroy Brown"; "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)")
263. Drive-By Truckers ("Carl Perkins' Cadillac"; "The Righteous Path")
262. Arlo Guthrie ("City of New Orleans")
261. Townes Van Zandt ("Lungs")\
260. My Bloody Valentine ("Only Shallow")
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259. Bright Eyes ("Four Winds")
258. Patty Griffin ("No Bad News")
257. Muse ("Starlight"; "Supermassive Black Hole")
256. Iggy Pop ("Candy"; "Lust For Life")
255. Billy Bragg ("A New England"; ")
254. Mick Jagger ("Just Another Night")
253. Black Keys ("Your Touch"; "If You Ever Slip")
252. Tracy Chapman ("Talkin' Bout a Revolution"; "Fast Car")
251. Spoon ("I Turn My Camera On"; "Don't You Evah")
250. Outkast ("Ms. Jackson"; "Hey Ya")
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249. Heart ("Crazy On You"; "Magic Man")
248. Crowded House ("Don't Dream It's Over"; "It's Only Natural")
247. Bill Monroe ("Blue Moon of Kentucky")
246. Toots and the Maytals ("54-46 Was My Number"; "Funky Kingston")
245. Roxy Music ("Love Is The Drug"; ")
244. Patti Smith ("Because the Night"; "Dancing Barefoot")
243. Dar Williams ("The Christians and the Pagans"; "It's Alright")
242. Brandi Carlile ("What Can I Say"; "The Story")
241. ABBA ("Dancing Queen"; "Take a Chance on Me")
240. Stevie Nicks ("Stop Dragging My Heart Around"; "Stand Back")
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239. Smokey Robinson ("Cruisin'"; "Being With You")
238. Robert Plant ("Sea of Love"; "Tall Cool One")
237. Eddie Vedder ("Hard Sun"; "Long Nights")
236. Chris Isaak ("San Francisco Days"; "Wicked Game")
235. Bee Gees ("Night Fever"; "Stayin' Alive")
234. Derek and the Dominos ("Layla"; "Bell Bottom Blues")
233. Bela Fleck ("Sinister Minister")
232. The Jayhawks ("Waiting for the Sun")
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231. Jenny Lewis ("Handle with Care"; "Acid Tongue")
230. The Dixie Chicks ("Not Ready to Make Nice")
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229. Rufus Wainwright ("Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk")
228. A Tribe Called Quest ("Check the Rhime")
227. Steve Earle ("Guitar Town"; "Copperhead Road")
226. New Order ("Blue Monday"; "Bizarre Love Triangle")
225. Kate Bush ("Runnin' Up That Hill")
224. Linda Ronstadt ("You're No Good"; "It Doesn't Matter Anymore")
223. Emerson, Lake & Palmer ("Lucky Man")
222. Eva Cassidy ("Songbird")
221. 10,000 Maniacs ("These Are Days"; "Candy Everybody Wants")
220. Michael Franti & Spearhead ("Yell Fire", "Hey Now Now", "Everyone Deserves Music")
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219. Public Enemy ("Bring Tha Noize")
218. Iron and Wine ("Lovesong of the Buzzard"; "Boy With a Coin")
217. Van Halen ("Eruption/You Really Got Me"; "Panama")
216. Sonic Youth ("Teenage Riot"; "Incinerate")
215. Ray LaMontagne ("Trouble"; "You Are the Best Thing")
214. David Gray ("Babylon"; "The One I Love")
213. Joe Jackson ("Is She Really Going Out With Him?"; "Steppin' Out")
212. Earth, Wind and Fire ("September"; "Serpentine Fire")
211. Devo ("Whip It"; "Uncontrollable Urge")
210. Jane's Addiction ("Jane Says"; "Mountain Song")
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209. Nick Drake ("Northern Sky"; "Pink Moon")
208. Morrissey ("The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get"; "You Have Killed Me")
207. Howlin' Wolf ("Spoonful"; "Smokestack Lightning")
206. The Shins ("Phantom Limb"; "Know Your Onion")
205. Neutral Milk Hotel ("Everything Is")
204. The Pogues ("The Sunnyside of the Street")
203. The Jam ("Town Called Malice"; "Going Underground")
202. Nina Simone ("I Put A Spell On You")
201. Joy Division ("Love Will Tear Us Apart")
200. Gomez ("Girlshapelovedrug"; "Get Us Arrested")
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199. Andrew Bird ("Heretics"; "Fitz and the Dizzyspells")
198. Fiona Apple ("Shadowboxer"; "Criminal")
197. Joan Baez ("Diamonds and Rust")
196. Conor Oberst ("Cape Canaveral")
195. Rage Against the Machine ("Killing In the Name"; "Bulls on Parade")
194. Animal Collective ("Who Could Win a Rabbit"; "My Girls")
193. The Cars ("Bye Bye Love"; "Moving In Stereo")
192. Etta James ("At Last")
191. Pete Townsend ("Face the Face")
190. Buddy Guy ("Damn Right, I've Got the Blues")
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189. John Hiatt ("Slow Turning")
188. Joe Cocker ("Feelin' Alright")
187. The Doobie Brothers ("Black Water"; "China Grove")
186. John Mayer ("Gravity"; "83")
185. Bruce Cockburn ("Lovers in a Dangerous Time"; "Pacing the Cage")
184. Tool ("Schism"; "Vicarious")
183. Annie Lennox ("Walking on Broken Glass")
182. Barenaked Ladies ("If I Had $1,000,000"; "Jane")
181. XTC ("Making Plans for Nigel"; "Senses Working Overtime")
180. The Killers ("Mr. Brightside"; "Smile Like You Mean It")
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179. Aimee Mann ("Choice in the Matter"; "Going Through the Motions")
178. Sigur Ros ("Gobbledigook")
177. Lyle Lovett ("She's No Lady"; "That's Right (You're Not From Texas)")
176. The B-52s ("Rock Lobster"; "Love Shack")
175. Pavement ("Cut Your Hair"; "Spit on a Stranger")
174. My Morning Jacket ("Gideon"; "One Big Holiday")
173. Todd Rundgren ("Hello It's Me"; "Couldn't I Just Tell You")
172. Cake ("Short Skirt/Long Jacket"; "The Distance")
171. Smashing Pumpkins ("1979"; "Today")
170. The Electric Light Orchestra ("Can't Get It Out of My Head"; "Mr. Blue Sky")
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169. Al Green ("Let's Stay Together"; "Take Me To The River")
168. Elliott Smith ("A Fond Farewell"; "Miss Misery")
167. Modest Mouse ("Float On"; "Dashboard")
166. Sam Cooke ("You Send Me"; "Chain Gang")
165. Diana Ross and the Supremes ("I'm Coming Out"; "Ain't No Mountain High Enough")
164. Nine Inch Nails ("Closer"; "The Hand That Feeds")
163. Blondie ("Call Me"; "Heart of Glass")
162. Jethro Tull ("Living in the Past"; "Bungle in the Jungle")
161. Black Sabbath ("Black Sabbath"; "Iron Man")
160. Roy Orbison ("You Got It"; "Pretty Woman")
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159. The Temptations ("My Girl"; "Just My Imagination")
158. Bjork ("Earth Intruders"; "It's Oh So Quiet")
157. Sarah McLachlan ("I Will Remember You")
156. Rilo Kiley ("Silver Lining")
155. Otis Redding ("Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay")
154. Lynyrd Skynyrd ("Sweet Home Alabama"; "Freebird")
153. Carole King ("So Far Away"; "It's Too Late")
152. Weezer ("Buddy Holly"; "Undone (The Sweater Song)")
151. Journey ("Don't Stop Believin'")
150. The Drifters ("Under the Boardwalk"; "Up On The Roof")
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149. Brian Wilson ("Heroes and Villains"; "Surf's Up")
148. The Foo Fighters ("Everlong"; "Monkey Wrench")
147. Patsy Cline ("Walkin' After Midnight"; "Crazy")
146. Willie Nelson ("Pancho and Lefty"; "On The Road Again")
145. Kid Rock ("Bawitdaba")
144. Steve Winwood ("While You See a Chance"; "Different Light")
143. Neko Case ("This Tornado Loves You"; "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood")
142. Kings of Leon ("King of the Rodeo"; "Sex on Fire")
141. Allison Krauss and Union Station ("When You Say Nothing At All"; "Baby Now That I Found You")
140. Jack Johnson ("Flake"; "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing")
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139. Guns 'n' Roses ("Sweet Child O' Mine")
138. Robert Johnson ("Come On In My Kitchen"; "Cross Road Blues")
137. Green Day ("Basket Case"; "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)")
136. Woody Guthrie ("House of the Rising Sun"; "This Land Is Your Land")
135. Jeff Beck ("Over Under Sideways Down"; "People Get Ready")
134. They Might Be Giants ("Birdhouse In Your Soul"; "Istanbul")
133. John Prine ("Illegal Smile"; "Lake Marie")
132. Chicago ("25 or 6 to 4"; "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?")
131. Jefferson Airplane ("Somebody to Love"; "Volunteers")
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130. AC/DC ("You Shook Me All Night Long"; "Highway to Hell")
129. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ("Symphony #25")
128. Ben Harper ("Steal My Kisses"; "Say You Will"; "Get It Like You Like It")
127. Cream ("Sunshine Of Your Love"; "Born Under a Bad Sign"; "I'm So Glad")
126. Hank Williams ("I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry")
125. Ani Difranco ("32 Flavors"; "Names and Dates and Times")
124. The Sex Pistols ("Anarchy in the UK"; "Pretty Vacant")
123. The Flaming Lips ("Do You Realize?"; "Free Radicals"; "She Don't Use Jelly")
122. Lucinda Williams ("Righteously"; "Memphis Pearl")
121. Cat Stevens ("Wild World"; "Peace Train")
120. Pete Seeger ("Turn Turn Turn"; "Little Boxes")
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119. Lou Reed ("Walk on the Wild Side"; "I Love You, Suzanne")
118. Richard Thompson ("1952 Vincent Black Lightning")
117. Aerosmith ("Sweet Emotion"; "Dream On")
116. Jimmy Buffett ("Margaritaville"; "Cheeseburger in Paradise")
115. Oasis ("Wonderwall"; "Rock 'n' Roll Star"; "Don't Look Back in Anger")
114. Dire Straits ("Sultans of Swing"; "Brothers in Arms")
113. Emmylou Harris ("Two More Bottles of Wine"; "Red Dirt Girl")
112. The Replacements ("Alex Chilton"; "I'll Be You")
111. King Crimson ("Elephant Talk"; "Court of the Crimson King")
110. Sting ("Desert Rose"; "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free")
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109. Metallica ("Fuel")
108. Indigo Girls ("Closer to Fine"; "Galileo")
107. Sublime ("Santeria"; "What I Got")
106. Madonna ("Like a Virgin"; "Like a Prayer")
105. Genesis ("Follow You Follow Me"; "Invisible Touch"; "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway")
104. Santana ("Evil Ways"; "Black Magic Woman")
103. The Decemberists ("The Sporting Life"; "Sons and Daughters")
102. Ben Folds ("Philosophy"; "You Don't Know Me")
101. Yes ("Roundabout"; "Owner of a Lonely Heart")
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100. The White Stripes ("Seven Nation Army"; "Icky Thump"; "Rag and Bone")
99. Warren Zevon ("Werewolves of London"; "Carmelita"; "Splendid Isolation")
98. George Harrison ("What Is Life"; "My Sweet Lord"; "Give Me Love")
97. The Byrds ("Eight Miles High"; "Mr. Tambourine Man")
96. The Pretenders ("Message of Love"; "Tattooed Love Boys")
95. The Moody Blues ("Nights in White Satin"; "Question")
94. Death Cab For Cutie ("I Will Possess Your Heart"; "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"; "Soul Meets Body"; "Someday You Will Be Loved")
93. Billie Holiday ("Strange Fruit"; "God Bless the Child"; "I'll Be Seeing You")
92. Muddy Waters ("Hoochie Coochie Man"; "Rolling Stone"; "Champagne and Reefer")
91. Jackson Browne ("Doctor My Eyes"; "Running on Empty"; "The Pretender"; "Rock Me On The Water")
90. Ryan Adams ("New York New York"; "Fix It"; "To Be Young (Is To Be Sad, Is To Be High)")
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89. John Coltrane ("In A Sentimental Mood"; "Round Midnight")
88. Chuck Berry ("Promised Land"; "Roll Over Beethoven"; "Johnny B. Goode"; "Maybellene")
87. Rush ("Tom Sawyer"; "The Spirit of Radio"; "Red Barchetta")
86. Beastie Boys ("(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right"; "Brass Monkey"; "Sabotage"; "So What'Cha Want")
85. Louis Armstrong ("What a Wonderful World"; "La Vie en Rose"; "Mack the Knife")
84. Buddy Holly ("Peggy Sue"; "Everyday"; "That'll Be The Day"; "Maybe Baby")
83. Counting Crows ("A Long December"; "Raining in Baltimore"; "Mr. Jones"; "Hangin' Around")
82. Paul McCartney ("Band on the Run"; "Helen Wheels"; "Dance Tonight"; "Maybe I'm Amazed")
81. Tori Amos ("Cornflake Girl"; "God"; "Crucify")
80. Michael Jackson ("Thriller"; "Beat It"; "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough")
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79. Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Fortunate Son"; "Green River"; "Bad Moon Rising")
78. Leonard Cohen ("Hallelujah"; "Suzanne"; "Everybody Knows"; "I'm Your Man")
77. The Jerry Garcia Band ("Waiting for a Miracle"; "Simple Twist of Fate")
76. Arcade Fire ("No Cars Go"; "Keep the Car Running"; "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)")
75. Red Hot Chili Peppers ("Scar Tissue"; "Behind the Sun"; "Breaking the Girl")
74. The Eagles ("On the Border"; "The Best of My Love")
73. Ella Fitzgerald ("Baby It's Cold Outside"; "A Tisket A Tasket"; "(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have to Swing It (Mr. Paganini)")
72. Depeche Mode ("Enjoy the Silence"; "Personal Jesus"; "Wrong")
71. Beck ("Loser"; "Devil's Haircut"; "E-Pro")
70. The Velvet Underground ("All Tomorrow's Parties"; "I'm Waiting for the Man"; "White Light/White Heat")
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69. The Ramones ("I Wanna Be Sedated"; "Blitzkrieg Bop"; "Sheena is a Punk Rocker")
68. The Pixies ("Gigantic"; "Here Comes Your Man"; "Monkey Gone to Heaven")
67. Marvin Gaye ("What's Going On"; "Let's Get It On"; "I Heard It Through the Grapevine")
66. Aretha Franklin ("Respect"; "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"; "Chain of Fools"; "Rock Steady"; "You're All I Need to Get By")
65. Little Feat ("Willin'"; "Dixie Chicken"; "Fat Man in the Bathtub"; "Let It Roll")
64. Phish ("Bouncing Around the Room"; "Free"; "Farmhouse")
63. Bonnie Raitt ("Something to Talk About"; "Love Sneaking Up On You"; "Thing Called Love"; "Bluebird")
62. James Taylor ("Carolina On My Mind"; "Sweet Baby James"; "Fire and Rain"; "Country Road")
61. Frank Sinatra ("The Way You Look Tonight"; "Come Fly With Me"; "New York New York"; "My Way")
60. Tom Waits ("Ol' 55"; "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night")
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59. Stevie Ray Vaughan ("Pride and Joy"; "Crossfire"; "Texas Flood"; "Couldn't Stand the Weather")
58. Ray Charles ("What'd I Say?"; "Unchain My Heart"; "Hit the Road Jack"; "Georgia On My Mind")
57. Prince ("When Doves Cry"; "Little Red Corvette"; "Let's Go Crazy"; "Raspberry Beret")
56. James Brown ("Papa's Got a Brand New Bag"; "Superbad"; "I Got You (I Feel Good)"; "Payback")
55. Coldplay ("Yellow"; "Talk"; "Speed of Sound"; "Viva La Vida")
54. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Refugee"; "The Last DJ"; "American Girl"; "Don't Come Around Here No More")
53. Fleetwood Mac ("Gold Dust Woman"; "Second Hand News"; "Never Going Back Again"; "Peacekeeper")
52. Jeff Buckley ("Last Goodbye"; "Grace"; "Hallelujah")
51. Traffic ("Dear Mr. Fantasy"; "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys")
50. The Smiths ("How Soon Is Now?"; "Shoplifters of the World Unite"; "Girlfriend in a Coma"; "Bigmouth Strikes Again")
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49. The Kinks ("Lola"; "You Really Got Me"; "Do It Again"; "The Village Green Preservation Society"; "Victoria")
48. Janis Joplin ("Piece of My Heart"; "Summertime"; "Move Over"; "Me and Bobby McGee")
47. B. B. King ("Riding with the King"; "When Love Comes to Town"; "Caladonia"; "The Thrill is Gone")
46. Peter Gabriel ("Solsbury Hill"; "Shock the Monkey"; "Sledgehammer"; "Biko")
45. Miles Davis ("Boplicity"; "Flamenco Sketches")
44. The Police ("Roxanne"; "So Lonely"; "Message in a Bottle"; "Every Breath You Take")
43. Steely Dan ("Do It Again"; "Black Friday"; "Peg")
42. Billy Joel ("Say Goodbye to Hollywood"; "Piano Man"; "Big Shot"; "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant")
41. Simon & Garfunkel ("The Sounds of Silence"; "America"; "Mrs. Robinson"; "Homeward Bound")
40. Pearl Jam ("Jeremy"; "Even Flow"; "Wishlist"; "Elderly Woman Behind a Counter")
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39. Frank Zappa ("Trouble Every Day"; "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow"; "Peaches en Regalia"; "Dancin' Fool")
38. The Beach Boys ("Wouldn't It Be Nice"; "Good Vibrations"; "Sloop John B")
37. Queen ("We Will Rock You"; "Bohemian Rhapsody"; "Under Pressure"; "You're My Best Friend")
36. The Cure ("Boys Don't Cry"; "Pictures of You"; "Just Like Heaven"; "Friday I'm In Love")
35. Elton John ("Levon"; "Take Me to the Pilot"; "Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)"; "Madman Across the Water")
34. Wilco ("Box Full of Letters"; "I Got You (At the End of the Century)"; "Jesus, etc."; "Impossible Germany")
33. The Doors ("Light My Fire"; "Soul Kitchen"; "Break On Fire")
32. Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young) ("Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"; "Teach Your Children"; "Woodstock"; "Deja Vu")
31. Stevie Wonder ("Superstition"; "Higher Ground"; "Sir Duke")
30. The Band ("The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"; "Ophelia"; "Up On Cripple Creek")
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29. Dave Matthews Band ("What Would You Say"; "Two Step"; "Everyday"; "Why I Am")
28. Joni Mitchell ("Help Me"; "Big Yellow Taxi"; "Coyote"; "California")
27. The Allman Brothers ("Statesboro Blues"; "Jessica"; "Midnight Rider"; "Ramblin' Man")
26. Paul Simon ("Kodachrome"; "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"; "Graceland"; "Under African Skies")
25. Nirvana ("In Bloom"; "Come As You Are"; "Heart-Shaped Box"; "Smells Like Teen Spirit")
24. John Lennon ("Whatever Gets You Through the Night"; "Instant Karma"; "Watching the Wheels"; "Imagine")
23. Elvis Presley ("That's All Right"; "Suspicious Minds"; "Hound Dog")
22. Johnny Cash ("Ring of Fire"; "I Walk the Line"; "Hurt")
21. Talking Heads ("Once in a Lifetime"; "Life During Wartime"; "Burning Down the House"; "Psycho Killer")
20. David Bowie ("Suffragette City"; "Heroes"; "Starman"; "Golden Years")
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19. Van Morrison ("Jackie Wilson Said"; "Into the Mystic"; "Brown Eyed Girl"; "Domino")
18. Elvis Costello ("What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?"; "Alison"; "Watching the Detectives"; "The Angels Want To Wear My Red Shoes")
17. Radiohead ("Creep"; "High and Dry"; "15 Step"; "Karma Police")
16. R.E.M. ("Radio Free Europe"; "The One I Love"; "Losing My Religion"; "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)")
15. The Clash ("London Calling"; "Lost in the Supermarket"; "Straight to Hell"; "Train in Vain"; "Should I Stay Or Should I Go")
14. Eric Clapton ("Blues Power"; "Cocaine"; "Wonderful Tonight"; "Motherless Children")
13. The Grateful Dead ("Truckin'"; "Sugar Magnolia"; "Touch of Grey"; "Uncle John's Band")
12. Neil Young ("Heart of Gold"; "Cinnamon Girl"; "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"; "Keep On Rockin' in the Free World")
11. Bob Marley and the Wailers ("No Woman No Cry"; "Jamming"; "Three Little Birds"; "Buffalo Soldier")
10. Pink Floyd ("Wish You Were Here"; "Money"; "Comfortably Numb")
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9. The Who ("My Generation"; "Pinball Wizard"; "Won't Get Fooled Again")
8. U2 ("I Will Follow"; "Mysterious Ways"; "Sunday, Bloody Sunday"; "Beautiful Day")
7. Jimi Hendrix ("All Along the Watchtower"; "Purple Haze"; "Little Wing"; "Crosstown Traffic")
6. David Byrne ("Glass, Concrete and Stone"; "Tiny Apocalypse"; "Strange Overtones")
5. Bruce Springsteen ("Born to Run"; "Two Hearts"; "Radio Nowhere")
4. Led Zeppelin ("Ramble On"; "Immigrant Song"; "Tangerine"; "I Can't Quit You Baby")
3. The Rolling Stones ("Paint It Black"; "Beast of Burden"; "Gimme Shelter"; "Satisfaction")
2. Bob Dylan ("Like a Rolling Stone"; "Highway 61 Revisited"; "Blowin' in the Wind"; "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
1. The Beatles ("A Hard Day's Night"; "Get Back"; "Hey Jude"; "All You Need Is Love")
331 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 331 of 331Aw man you shoula played "Carry On" for CSNY. Oh well.
If my math is right, we have and even split of 14 Islanders and 14 Yanks left. I'm only confident about Dylan and maybe Bruce or Jimi in the top 10 though for Team America.
Noone's mentioned Woody Guthrie.
136. with an ie
Kudos to anyone who voted for Joni Mitchell...she is a living legend. However,you owe it to yourself to seek out and listen to Laura Nyro, also one of the greatest artists of all time. While you're at it, check out Chris Whitley. Both left us far too soon and deserve a place on this list.
They said my dad's pledge was their favorite of the day!! =D
In light of our curent financial crisis brought on by our monetary elite; and blamed on our monatary deficient. I suggest we let Mojo NIxon sing his "I Hate Bankers" as our #1 pick. And let the Beatles settle for #2. I'm sure Sir Paul and Ringo would graciously agree; since they are proper English gentlemen from working class neiborhoods, same as us Baltimorons. What's more we could have a bit of "Elvis is Everywhere" to work us up into the proper Mojo NIxon frame of mind!
Here is my grip...Not with the countdown, but with the song selection for the artists they are playing...
Nirvana for instance.
I can go to definitely 3 maybe even 4 local commercial stations and here the songs you played from them..."Smells Like Teen Spirit", "In Bloom" "Come As You Are", and "Heart Shaped Box"...
Since you are going on and on about being unique about the music you play. And can't hear alot of the music you play on other stations in Baltimore or many places throughout the country.
You should have played some of thier better songs that I know the listeners definitely would have enjoyed, like About a Girl From Bleach, "Sliver" from Incesticide...or really go deep and play "Floyd The Barber" off Bleach or even "Verse Chorus Verse" which is sorta popular, but not everyone knows where to find it. Plus many others.
Sorry to rant.
This could be for any artist in the countdown, not just Nirvana.
Thanks for letting me vent, I am a huge Nirvana fan and was a little disappointed with the song selections.
This is a great list, and a great project. I love the diversity.
Before the countdown started, I made a list of bands who should make the 897 but probably won't. I'm thrilled to see that almost all of them made it. (I am surprised that Godspeed You! Black Emperor didn't make it but Explosions in the Sky came in at 687. Weird.)
Plus, I'm happy to see that some of the artists who I think are grossly overrated but always top "best-of" lists have been bumped lower than usual this time around.
I made my donation. I couldn't donate as much as I would've liked, but I had to give something because I've had so much fun listening to this countdown!
You guys are awesome with your marathon fund raising. I love the fact that you have kpet my interest with the 897 greatest artists countdown during this fund raising time. I have not turned off my computer or radio to find out the next greatest artist. Keep the interest going during your fund raising times. I bet it brings in more money. And, thanks for all the good music. My Ipod is full of WTMD artists.
Big omission...Tom Tom Club. Unless they are somehow lumped with Talking Heads.
Hey Brian,
So you're counting the Canadians with the Yanks? Since your last comment we ticked off 1 American and 1 Canadian. I think we're nearly on the same page, because I have it: England 11, USA 11, Ireland 2, Canada 1, Jamaica 1. Or UK 12 Irish Republic 1, depending on how you divide things. Either way it's something like Islands 14, North America 12.
Given the Indie slant of the station, and what has happened so far in the countdown, I would expect a very good showing for R.E.M. and the Talking Heads. They could easily break the top 10.
Somehow I missed the last two. 2 more Yanks down. Islanders 14 North Americans 10.
This should be interesting!
No Southern Culture on the Skids?
Jim, you're right, need better collective terms. Despite being an Islander, I'll move Bob Marley in with the other 7 into the NANPA dialing group. With Bowie gone there are still 11 "Anglo-Irish".
Actually I was expecting Jerry Lee Lewis to come before Elvis; now I'm having doubts, maybe it will be Benny Goodman, or maybe a certain Italian tenor.
Ok, let me start by saying that I love this countdown. It's so pure and so organic. A few critical marks:
Hip/Hop and R&B artists are grossly underrepresented. Maybe that's due to WTMD listening audience, but still...
I can't believe the Beach Boys didn't crack the TOP 10. There was no band, save for the Beatles, who were more influential in the development of Rock-n-Roll than the Beach Boys (especially Brian Wilson). While the BB may not be as popular these days, it saddens me that younger music fans like myself don't recognize their place in rock-n-roll history.
With Nirvana and Pearl Jam already appearing, it doesn't give us much hope for an artist after the 90's to crack the top 20 (U2 got started in the 80's). Really, in 19 years of great music not one artist from this period has risen to the top? The 1960's will have at least 5 of the top 10. Come on 1990's.
Van Morrison: "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)"
Jackie Wilson: "I got fewer votes than 3 Doors Down, a-ha and Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin ?"
Just goes to show that the British Invasion has had a deep and lasting impact!
nicoxen, U2 actually started in the '70's...
It does make sense that the artists that made the most lists are the ones at the roots of things. Artists from the '60's have a deeper and broader influence than later decades, but also overshadow previous decades. Many artists from the '60's are still active. It would be interesting to see survey results in 10 or 20 years to see if they have faded in the public consciousness.
I am so sad the countdown is coming to an end today! I've been listening the entire time with my 11-month-old Max, using it as a way of exposing him to a crazy awesome array of artists and styles. We've been dancing like crazy...he loves it! Thanks, WTMD, for playing what people asked for :)
And yes, I am a member since day one.
-Jenny O'G
David Bowie at #20?! I thought top 10 for sure. There aren't too many artists who can make awesome, innovative, and original albums for 40+ years (and still going). I still love ya, Ziggy!
One artist I'm surprised to not see on the list is Phoenix. People are scalping their $18 dollar tickets to Phoenix's Sunday show in DC for hundreds of dollars on Craigslist yet William Shatner beat them onto the list? I call foul on that!
There you go Nicoxen... Radiohead in at #17 and got their start in the 90's and still going strong today. They are well deserving of a spot in the top 20.
So who's left?
I know someone's come up with a list.
There's a wild card in here somewhere! I still have the Stooges on my projected list, but I doubt they'll make it. Same for Alice Cooper, Donovan, Jerry Lee Lewis and Benny Goodman. Can't see how any of them would make it now. Probably a newer artist an old fart like me wouldn't think of.
Jim: here's your earlier list with the ones played removed - up to REM. The other 4 are one's you had but I agree likely won't make it. There's 15 left on the list and 15 spots. You could be presiscent.
Beatles, Dylan, Zeppelin, Floyd, Springsteen, The Who, The Clash, Bob Marley, Grateful Dead, Hendrix, Neil Young, U2, Eric Clapton, Alice Cooper, Stones,
Mozart, Donovan, Stooges, Benny Goodman,
damn, how could I forget Radiohead?
ok, I stand corrected. I think #17 is too high, but I'll accept it.
I think bands from the 1990's don't get a fair shake because format radio ruined music at the end of the 20th century. Bands like Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure, Nine inch Nails, My Bloody Valentine, and Nirvana didn't get nearly as much air play in their era as bands like The Beatles, The Stones, and Led Zeppelin got in late 60's and 70's. Those were great times, because the most popular bands on FM radio happened to be the best bands also. That was not true for much of the last 20 years or so (unless you were fortunate enough to have a station like WHFS in your town). Turn on DC 101 or 98 Rock and your bound to here 3 Doors Down or Nickleback 9 times b-4 you here one of the artists mentioned above.
Great list and exciting as the countdown is into the top twenty.
The Clash! Indeed, brothers and sisters.
rave on.
I understand there are two camps of people those who worship Dave Matthews Band and those that would like to never hear them again - while I do fall in the later of those 29?????????? Really??? Even you fans must realize that there is no way they should beat out Tom Waits, The Band, CSN, Elton, Fleetwood Mac, or Janis... I mean really. Plus WTMD doesn't even play them that much - which is probably why I'm such a devoted listener :-) so how did this get so high?? Crazy randomness I guess. Just odd. I also am not sure about Nirvana being so high up.
yes, i vote for the beatles at #1 as well. anybody who's tired of hearing about the beatles should really break out some of their albums and re-get to know their stuff. freaking incredible. for sheer number of excellent melodies, they should be number 1, even outside of all the crazy influential stuff they did.
still sad that jump little children and ozomatli didn't make the list. y'all should check out ozomatli. and it's kind of a crime that dispatch, oar and guster all made the list, but not jump.
i like wilco and radiohead and all, but really, aretha, james brown and ray c all ought to have been higher up. guess we tmd listeners are pretty white.
Cool. Thanks. I think someone is missing. Can't see Alice Cooper i the top 15.
djcruiser, i totally agree about the song picks. i would love to have heard van morrison songs besides the 3 i already know, for example. :)
I am so proud to be a member of this station..This is phenomenal.
Thank you WTMD!!!
Great music !!!
"Anonymous said...
Spinal Tap was not a real band!!
June 4, 2009 9:46:00 AM EST"
If Spinal Tap is not a real band and neither is The Flight of the Conchords. They are artists, so they meet the criteria set forth. But, fact is, I have sychopated rhythms from each "band" downloaded to my ipod and I dance (and laugh) when I hear the songs.
I'm just waiting for a friend ~ the Rolling Stones
Ok here's who's left:
Neil Young
Hendrix
Springsteen
Bob Marley
Pink Floyd
Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Stones
Beatles
but one is missing? who is it?
@ nicoxen
Rick Astley
I feel bad(slightly) for the people compelled to dwell on the negative. Who cares that Spears was at the bottom of the list. It will only ruin your day if, YOU, let it. Thats the beauty of a democracy, is that we're all entitled to our own opinions. Nobody forced you to listen to WTMD, feel free to listen to clear channel. Don't take WTMD for granted or it might disappear. I know I'm happy to endure a little spears for the bucket loads of other great music played here.
The Who
The Who, of course!
Ok here's who's left:
Neil Young
Hendrix
Springsteen
Bob Marley
Pink Floyd
Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Stones
Beatles
U2
Neil Young
Hendrix
The Who
Springsteen
Bob Marley
Pink Floyd
Dylan
Led Zeppelin
Stones
Beatles
yeah, I had the who, but I forgot to type them in. There's still one missing? The Stooges???
u2!
"Il nome suo nessun saprà ... E noi dovrem, ahimè, morir, morir!"
well, alright. it's Luciano
The Who
Bruce Springsteen
Pink Floyd
Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Led Zeppelin
U2
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
ok, that's 9. Now who am I missing?
You are missing...
"and number one is you the WTMD listener for making this countdown and fund drive. we couldn't have done it without you"
@nicoxen I think you are right on. My thoughts on who's missing: it's gotta be a wild card (like a fan club stuffing ther ballot box), or a variation of someone already played. We'll all know in the next few hours.
Top 10 in some order [don't think I've included any that have already been on the list]
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
The Who
The Doors
U2
Bruce Springsteen
Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
Pink Floyd
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors were #33
Def Leppard going to make it?
GnR?
oooh, gnr... good call
Great Votes:
Fela Kuti
Miles Davis
Radiohead
Jaco Pastorius
Afhgan Whigs
Bjork
Talking Heads
Beatles
Joni Mitchell
Greatful Dead
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Leo Kottke
Bob Marley and The Wailers
Sun Ra
Joe Pass
Brad Mehldau
Charles Mingus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Manu Chao
Ry Cooder
Baaba Maal
so so many
... but the top two all time are Baltimore Bands:
Quartet Offensive
Soul Cannon
Here's what I think for the top 10:
1Beatles
2Bob Dylan
3Stones
4Springsteen
5Zeppelin
6Hendrix
7???????
8U2
9Who
10Floyd
Any guess at 7?
GNF'nR was 139
I see Black Sabbath, but it's not Ozzie, right?
I don't know. I am at a loss.
Either I am an idiot, or it's someone ridiculous.
yep, no on GnR
the other has me stumped....gotta be somewhat of an off the wall pick.
I pulled out my Top 897 Albums list that was done last year and I believe the artists for the Top 100 albums have already been mentioned.
Tchaikovsky - 1812 overture ?
Cream?
It's probably just some prank for the mystery artist. This station IS run out of a college.. Most likely Rick Astley or someone stupid got a few hundred votes from a bunch of college kids. Either that or Ozzy, Alice Cooper, or Miles Davis. Any of those three would surprise me at this high. Or maybe number one really is just "us the listeners of WTMD". That would make sense.. let's just wait and see.
Miles Davis and Alice Cooper are already on the list.
I'm not a fan, but I just can't imagine Ozzy not being on the list.
gotta be herman's hermits.
just kidding.
I used to host a rock music program called Sunday
Underground on a public radio station here in Baltimore from 1973-1977. It's amazing to me that so many of the artists listed on your countdown are artists that I used to play. Thanks for keeping the music alive.
Someone mentioned earlier and I personally don't see him in top 10, but what about Lenny Kravitz? Is he already on the list somewhere?
If Miles and Alice are on there, where are they?
Miles is 45. I didn't see Alice on my quick scan of the list. Maybe I was wrong. I don't think he's Top 10 anyway.
I don't see Lenny Kravitz. I'll be shocked if he's top 10 and shocked if he doesn't make the list at all
I didn't see Alice either, but surely not Top 10.
A list should be started called, "Noticeably Absent Names Not in Top 897"
Robin Trower
Foreigner
Alice Cooper
Any others??
Of course, probably best to wait til the actual countdown is over.
WTMD - You're the BEST!! Thank you. Baltimore music scene wouldn't be the same without you.
Ok i didnt see miles at first. Thanks. It must be the "your number one for listening". It has to be. Nothing, not even a prank would beat out Hendrix, Floyd, The Who, AND Bob Marley to land in 6th place or higher. Either I'm stupid, or thats the case. Still awaiting Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Springsteen, and Zeppelin.
I really hope that #1 is not "You, the listener." That would be cute, but oh so corny.
It reminds me of when Time magazine put a mirror on their cover and called it "Person of the Year."
Dylan Dylan Dylan Dylan. If he's not top 2 I'm canceling my pledge! Without Dylan the Beatles would have remained boring!
i agree that there are some obvious people who just fell through the cracks, as will happen with something as relatively random as this. alice cooper, foreigner, ozzy (because i don't expect him in the top 6), jump little children, ozomatli, def leppard... is patsy cline on here? i have to check. if you use firefox, just press ctrl-f and then type any name (spelled correctly :) ) in there and see if it pops up on the list.
Haha i just heard him mess up. Instead of saying, we got another "hendrix song up next" He said Zeppelin. =D thats ok it doesnt surprise me, Zeppelin at #6
oh, and the offspring, which is totally a rockin' band.
it CANNOT be "you, the listener." i will throw up while driving. it's gotta be someone obvious who we're all forgetting. like mojo nixon. :)
i hate to tell you all this, but amy winehouse isn't on the list either. no chance people went insane and voted her into the top 10, is there?
Someone earlier mentioned Woody Guthrie. Has he appeared yet?
woody guthrie is at 136.
ok, David Byrne just does not make sense in the Top 10
There we go, the wild card - David Byrne
It was DAVID BYRNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There you go - David Byrne. Crazy that more people put him down than Talking Heads
David Byrne #6. What the?
David Byrne? Seriously? B/C he's got local roots? Hey, I love the Talking Heads, but, well, whatever...
David Byrne!! How is it that no one guessed that!! Ok top 5:
#1 Beatles
#2 Bob Dylan
#3 Bruce Springsteen
#4 Rolling Stones
#5 Led Zeppelin
hmmm. weird. how very indie of us.
and that means no amy winehouse at all. which is a shame because, crazy though she is, she put out a killer album and is a helluva performer.
So, the Talking Heads AND David Byrne beat Elvis (among others - The Beach Boys, James Brown, etc.).
Okay.
there are 5 left. safe to say 4 of 'em are Led Zep, Dylan, Beatles, Stones. Who does that leave? Rick Astley? One can hope. Fingers crossed...
Noticeably Absent:
Bill Evans
I love David Byrne. He is definitely one of the most important artists last 30 years, but I don't think his solo career exceeds his work with the Talking Heads. And if it's all about the Baltimore connection then why not Tupac.
Bruce, of course
I wonder if David Byrne + Talking Heads > Dylan.
Where is Dr hook and The medicine 9show? Where is the Stawbs? And where is Aphrodites Child? Also where was Morphine?
Someone asked about Lenny Kravitz. HE'S NOT ON THE LIST!!!
If that's the case, someone f'd up. He didn't make my Top15 or even my Top25 but the dude is deserving of the list.
Mistakes get made but this oversight was huge. Next time, call the list "Favorite Artists...etc" because having Captn. Kirk and Brittney on the list and missing on Lenny is a J-O-K-E.
Byrnes as #6?!?!? Uh-uh, no way. no how and no way should the cat be anywhere near the Top10?!?!?
Tracks I want to hear from the final 5.
Le Boss: Chimes of Freedom
Zep: In My Time of Dying
Stones: Gimme Shelter
Dylan: Maggie's Farm
Fab4: Here Comes the Sun -> The End
The Boss at #5.. I thought #3. Oh well
How many songs from each top 5 artist? More that four?
How many songs played from #1 artist? 6 or more? half-hour?
LedZep - Sick Again
Dylan - Serve Somebody
Stones - Stray Cat Blues
Beatles - Hey Bulldog
They better play Stairway for Zeppelin
David Byrne # 6 - seriously?
David Byrne's family and friends from Baltimore must have voted a lot.
Maybe one is on the list and I missed it. If not, here is my list of noteworthy artists who didn't make the top 897 - very surprising.
Still, it's all good TMD...great fun for a great cause. Not trying to be critical, just noting some of my faves who didn't make the cut! ouch.
Alice Cooper
Lenny Kravitz
Amy Winehouse
Foreigner
Def Leopard
Robin Trower
The Scorpions
Dr. Hook
Good Charlotte
Star Sailor
The Offspring
Rick Astley
Ozzy Osborne
Jeff Healey
Big Head Todd & Monsters
Frank Marino (& Mahogany Rush)
Don't forget the Beatles opened for Herman's Hermit's. However neither has opened for Mojo Nixon. Get the picture!
Only 2 spots left! I think The beatles are gonna beat out Dylan
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Dylan IS number 1!
Where the hell was Donovan, The Spencer Davis Group, Henry Mancini, the Screaming Trees, Interpol, and a boat load of other great bands? yet Spears makes it. I'm still waiting for K-fed, only one spot left....
The Beatles will always be #1!!!!!!!!!
David Byrne at #6 is as eye-opening as seeing the likes of Spears and Shatner taking up spots that should have had ____ or ____ (you name 'em). Will TMD release results? Will the next top 897 list be more specifically focused to a genre?
Overall, an outstanding countdown....WTMD, I salute you.
Signed,
A returning member!!
The Beatles are one.
First off, let me say thank you WTMD for an entertaining and engaging countdown.
I confess 5 or 6 of my votes were for my favorites rather than those I thought were "the greatest". But even I could have picked 50 or maybe even 100 I may not have included some of the big names many are surprised not to see:
Pavarotti
Bob Mould, Melissa Ethridge, The Cult, Lenny Kravitz
, Camper Van Beethoven, The Scorpions
The Everly Brothers, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Coasters, Eddie Cochran
, Bill Haley, Ricky Nelson, Carl Perkins, Jackie Wilson, Dion
, Bobby Darin, The Four Seasons, The Platters, Wilson Pickett
, Sam & Dave, The Yardbirds, Duane Eddy, Martha and the Vandellas
, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Rascals, Del Shannon, The Staple Singers
, The Lovin' Spoonful, Solomon Burke, Ritchie Valens, Isaac Hayes
, The Righteous Brothers, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
, The Ink Spots, Elmore James, Professor Longhair, Gene Autry
, Kris Kristofferson
Long Live Dylan...
Brian, yardbirds and Lovin' Spoonful are on there
My WTF moment: David Byrne at #6. He's good, but Talking Heads were already listed @21! Is it because he went to high school here in Maryland? Arbutus, I think.
No surprise but still great to see Beatles #1.
anybody see Stone Temple Pilots on the list?
Congratulations WTMD. The tremendous effort of all volunteers and staff will reap tremendous rewards for sure. The crown Jewel of the Baltimore air waves rules!!
Kudos to Steve and the rest of TMD's team. To Amy W. - you're terrific - will you marry me? lol
Anyway, that's it until the next countdown/membership drive, around Thanksgiving right?
Keep up the great work!!
stone temple pilots # 294
Ben folds should have been at least in the top 100, it got stuck at about 106, come on.
The countdown was great. My only problem was during the #1 Beatles set. I wish the DJ's hadn't spent so much time talking during the last 30 minutes. We waited all this time for the # 1 artist but most of what we heard was chatter and only 4 songs. For me, this greatly diminished the emotional impact of finally hearing the Greatest Musical Artist of All Time! Couldn't you guys thank new members after the last few precious minutes instead of during?
That was my only problem with the countdown! Otherwise, I thought it was great. No other station does this sort of thing, sadly.
Hooray for The Beatles at #1 and hooray for no Jewel!
I browsed the list quickly but didn't see Sam Cook.
Was also dissapointed at no Lemonheads. How does Britney Spears get on but not The Lemonheads? Did the Beastie Boys make the list? Also thought Dick Dale should be there and where is James Brown?
Laugh at Spears (896) but she got on the list and her more talented contemporaries Christina Agulara and Gwen Stefani didn't so publicity still tops talent.
While I appreciated the enthusiasm for The Beatles, the selection of tunes was -- I'd guess -- made by someone who wasn't around while the music was being made. A tune from "LET IT BE" for gosh sake? Two solo McCartney tunes? Now as to what I would've selected.... beats the hell out of me. One of the definitive early songs -- I Wanna Hold Your Hand -- middle years -- Elanor Rigby -- then I Am the Walrus -- then, sure, Hey Jude...
Peas and Love, TMD, GREAT STUFF! Best, Lea Jones and The Swing States Road Show
seriously people the world will not come to an end if the beatles are not voted number one.
Lennon, the beatles, the stones, the who, Jimi, Clapton, Elvis, Van, Zappa,the Band
moe.
The Fall
Television
John Cale
The Stranglers
The Cramps
Public Image Limited
Stan Ridgway (WOV/Drywall)
Charlatans
Buzzcocks
Mekons
Marianne Faithful
Social Distortion
Victoria Williams
Golden Earring
That's 15 in no particular order who are/were actually innovative artists with engaging bodies of work, as opposed to the one hit wonder and pop dross that takes up a lot of this list.
The biggest travesty of all perhaps, is David Byrne at #6 while Brian Eno is at #485. Hopefully someone out there besides me sees the irony it that. Oh well. The people have spoken.
It was fun to hear all the occaisionally awesome music in between the flotsam and jetsam and the soliciting.
From a longtime listener and a cd of the month member.
Cheers
Brian
Bobby Darin was on the list. Way too low, but he was there.
Would have liked to see Scorpions and Professor Longhair on there.
The whole thing was a ton of fun.
Cannot stomach Britney Spears. Where was Incubus? And U2 was only #8 -- give me a break! Was surprised to see David Byrne posted so high up; but that's cool. His lyrics are as intense, intelligent and deep as U2.
Oh good, glad to see that Baltimore thinks more highly of My Chemical Romance and Panic! at the Disco higher than The Get Up Kids or Owen. Baltimore, are you retarded? and how the heck does Cyndi Lauper make ANY greatest artists of all time list let alone beat Sufjan Stevens, John Butler Trio, and Queens of the Stone Age?!?!?!
There were some glaring errors on this list. First off, how could nick drake, big star, elliott smith and velvet underground be so low. As far as influence goes, nobody was more influential then velvet underground and big star. Lou Reed and Alex Chilton were pioneers. The same goes with Nick Drake. Ah this list just proved how mindless some people are. Also, how wasn't Michael Jackson higher and also Aretha Franklin?
I take partial responsibility for this, as I left them off my list - Southern Culture on the Skids.
I know this comment comes in the wake of his death, but looking at this list now and seeing MJ at #80, behind the likes of Coldplay, Wilco, and (for God sakes) the Jerry Garcia Band(!) strikes me as absurd. Say what you will about him, but there's no denying his impact on music far, far exceeds most of those listed ahead of him. I'd still keep the Beatles, Dylan, the Stones, and perhaps a few others ahead of him, but Jackson has to be higher than #80.
No particular squabble with your picks---except that the title should have been the Greatest ROCK Artists. You can't have an "all-time greats" list and utterly ignore classical and jazz.
I propose a new list to test anonymous' theory. The 897 worst artists. (Maybe it wold be the same list in reverse.)
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