OZZY OSBOURNE Helps Select Top 500 Greatest Rock Songs Of All Time

November 18, 2004

Ozzy Osbourne was among the panel of recording artists, producers, label executives, critics and songwriters that selected the list of the greatest rock 'n' roll songs of all time, to be published in a special edition of Rolling Stone magazine out on Friday, according to Reuters. Also on the panel were singer Art Garfunkel, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, vocalist Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan's rock star son, Jakob, among many others.

The lion's share of songs from the list hail from the 1960s, and only a handful were released after 1990, including NIRVANA's 1991 hit "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at No. 9. The most recent single to make the list was "Hey Ya!" (2003) from the hip-hop duo OUTKAST, at No. 180. Rapper EMINEM's "Lose Yourself" (2002) ranked No. 166.

Top 100 Greatest Songs Of All Time, according to Rolling Stone:

01. BOB DYLAN - "Like A Rolling Stone."
02. THE ROLLING STONES - "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
03. JOHN LENNON - "Imagine"
04. MARVIN GAYE - "What's Going On"
05. ARETHA FRANKLIN - "Respect"
06. THE BEACH BOYS - "Good Vibrations"
07. CHUCK BERRY - "Johnny B. Goode"
08. THE BEATLES - "Hey Jude"
09. NIRVANA - "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
10. RAY CHARLES - "What'd I Say"
11. THE WHO - "My Generation"
12. SAM COOKE - "A Change Is Gonna Come"
13. THE BEATLES - "Yesterday"
14. BOB DYLAN - "Blowin' in the Wind"
15. THE CLASH - "London Calling"
16. THE BEATLES - "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
17. JIMI HENDRIX - "Purple Haze"
18. CHUCK BERRY - "Maybellene"
19. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Hound Dog"
20. THE BEATLES - "Let It Be"
21. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Born To Run"
22. THE RONETTES - "Be My Baby"
23. THE BEATLES - "In My Life"
24. THE IMPRESSIONS - "People Get Ready"
25. THE BEACH BOYS - "God Only Knows"
26. THE BEATLES - "A Day in the Life"
27. DEREK & THE DOMINOS - "Layla"
28. OTIS REDDING - "Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay"
29. THE BEATLES - "Help!"
30. JOHNNY CASh - "I Walk the Line"
31. LED ZEPPELIN - "Stairway To Heaven"
32. THE ROLLING STONES - "Sympathy For The Devil"
33. IKE & TINA TURNER - "River Deep, Mountain High"
34. RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS - "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"
35. THE DOORS - "Light My Fire"
36. U2 - "One"
37. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - "No Woman, No Cry"
38. THE ROLLING STONES - "Gimme Shelter"
39. BUDDY HOLLY & THE CRICKETS - "That'll Be the Day"
40. MARTHA & THE VANDELLAS - "Dancing In The Street"
41. THE BAND - "The Weight"
42. THE KINKS - "Waterloo Sunset"
43. LITTLE RICHARD - "Tutti Frutti"
44. RAY CHARLES - "Georgia On My Mind"
45. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Heartbreak Hotel"
46. David Bowie - "Heroes"
47. Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
48. JIMI HENDRIX - "All Along The Watchtower"
49. THE EAGLES - "Hotel California"
50. SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE MIRACLES - "The Tracks Of My Tears"
51. GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS FIVE - "The Message"
52. PRINCE - "When Doves Cry"
53. SEX PISTOLS - "Anarchy In The U.K."
54. PERCY SLEDGE - "When A Man Loves A Woman"
55. THE KINGSMEN - "Louie Louie"
56. LITTLE RICHARD - "Long Tall Sally"
57. PROCOL HARUM - "Whiter Shade Of Pale"
58. MICHAEL JACKSON - "Billie Jean"
59. BOB DYLAN - "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
60. AL GREEN - "Let's Stay Together"
61. JERRY LEE LEWIS - "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On"
62. BO DIDDLEY - "Bo Diddley"
63. BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD - "For What It's Worth"
64. THE BEATLES - "She Loves You"
65. CREAM - "Sunshine of Your Love"
66. BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - "Redemption Song"
67. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Jailhouse Rock"
68. BOB DYLAN - "Tangled Up In Blue"
69. ROY ORBISON - "Cryin'"
70. DIONNE WARWICK - "Walk On By"
71. THE BEACH BOYS - "California Girls"
72. JAMES BROWN - "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"
73. EDDIE COCHRAN - "Summertime Blues"
74. STEVIE WONDER - "Superstition"
75. LED ZEPPELIN - "Whole Lotta Love"
76. THE BEATLES - "Strawberry Fields Forever"
77. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Mystery Train"
78. JAMES BROWN - "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
79. THE BYRDS - "Mr. Tambourine Man"
80. MARVIN GAYE - "I Heard It Through The Grapevine"
81. FATS DOMINO - "Blueberry Hill"
82. THE KINKS - "You Really Got Me"
83. THE BEATLES - "Norwegian Wood"
84. THE POLICE - "Every Breath You Take"
85. PATSY CLINE - "Crazy"
86. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - "Thunder Road"
87. JOHNNY CASH - "Ring of Fire"
88. THE TEMPTATIONS - "My Girl"
89. THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS - "California Dreamin'"
90. THE FIVE SATINS - "In The Still Of The Nite"
91. ELVIS PRESLEY - "Suspicious Minds"
92. RAMONES - "Blitzkrieg Bop"
93. U2 - "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
94. LITTLE RICHARD - "Good Golly, Miss Molly"
95. CARL PERKINS - "Blue Suede Shoes"
96. JERRY LEE LEWIS - "Great Balls of Fire"
97. CHUCK BERRY - "Roll Over Beethoven"
98. AL GREEN - "Love and Happiness"
99. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - "Fortunate Son"
100. THE ROLLING STONES - "You Can't Always Get What You Want"

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