01. Bill Haley & His Comets - (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock 02:09
02. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode 02:38
03. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire 01:50
04. The Beach Boys - I Get Around 02:10
05. Ritchie Valens - La Bamba 02:06
06. The Crickets - That'll Be The Day 02:16
07. The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love 02:20
08. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 02:43
09. Bobby Darin - Splish Splash 02:10
10. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-Lula 02:34
11. Connie Francis - Stupid Cupid 02:13
12. Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working 02:50
13. Fats Domino - Blueberry Hill 02:19
14. Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall In Love 02:17
15. The Drifters - Under The Boardwalk 02:41
16. The Cadillacs - Speedoo 02:20
17. Joe Turner - Shake, Rattle And Roll 02:59
18. Bobby Freeman - Do You Wanna Dance 02:35
19. Dale Hawkins - Suzie Q 02:18
20. Lavern Baker - Tweedle Dee 03:05
21. Frankie Lymon - Jailhouse Rock 02:15
22. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over 02:18

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23. Ray Charles - Mess Around 02:39
24. Solomon Burke - Cry To Me 02:32
25. Fats Domino - Ain't That A Shame 02:25
26. James Brown & The Famous Flames - Just You And Me, Darling 02:45
27. The Coasters - Down In Mexico 03:12
28. Elmore James - Dust My Broom 03:00
29. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning 03:04
30. Little Walter - My Babe 02:39
31. The Platters - The Great Pretender 02:38
32. Wanda Jackson - Let's Have A Party 02:08
33. The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) 02:47
34. The Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace 02:20
35. Clarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home 02:20
36. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll 02:21
37. Frank Ifield - I Remember You 02:03
38. Don Lang - Witch Doctor 02:27
39. The Diamonds - Little Darlin' 02:07
40. Jackie Brenston & His Delta Caps - Rocket 88 02:48
41. Vince Taylor & His Playboys - Brand New Cadillac 02:35
42. The Surfaris - Wipe Out 02:35
43. The Ventures - Walk, Don't Run 02:03
44. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven 02:23

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45. Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues 01:56
46. Chuck Berry - You Never Can Tell 02:41
47. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - Big Girls Don't Cry 02:24
48. Buddy Holly - Everyday 02:07
49. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You (Dames) 03:17
50. Danny & The Juniors - At The Hop 02:31
51. The Del-Vikings - Come Go With Me 02:40
52. The Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom 02:46
53. The Coasters - Yakety Yak 01:50
54. The Drifters - Saturday Night At The Movies 02:29
55. The Cascades - Rhythm Of The Rain 02:32
56. Bo Diddley - Road Runner 02:46
57. Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio - The Train Kept A Rollin' 02:15
58. The Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law 02:17
59. Little Eva - The Locomotion 02:22
60. Clyde Mcphatter & The Drifters - Such A Night 02:26
61. The Mudlarks - Lollipop 01:57
62. The Regents - Barbara Ann 02:22
63. Lavern Baker - See See Rider 02:28
64. The Marcels - Blue Moon 02:15
65. Ray Charles - What I'd Say (Part I) 03:10
66. The Everly Brothers - Wake Up Little Susie 02: 01

In its purest form, Rock & Roll has three chords, a strong, insistent back beat, and a catchy melody. Early rock & roll drew from a variety of sources, primarily blues, R&B, and country, but also gospel, traditional pop, jazz, and folk. All of these influences combined in a simple, blues-based song structure that was fast, danceable, and catchy. The first wave of rock & rollers -- Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent, the Everly Brothers, and Carl Perkins, among many others -- set the template for rock & roll that was followed over the next four decades. During each decade, a number of artists replicated the sound of the first rockers, while some expanded that definition and others completely exploded the constrictions of the genre.

From the British Invasion, folk-rock, psychedelia, and through hard rock, heavy metal, glam rock, and punk, most subgenres of rock & roll initially demonstrated an allegiance to the basic structure of rock & roll. Once these permutations emerged, traditional rock & roll faded away from the pop charts, yet there were always artists that kept the flame alive. Some, like the Rolling Stones and the Faces, adhered to the basic rules of traditional rock & roll but played the music fast and loose. Others, like proto-punk rockers the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, and the Stooges, kept the basic song structure, but played it with more menace. Still others, like Dave Edmunds and Graham Parker, became rock & roll traditionalists, writing and recording music that never wavered from the sound of the late '50s and early '60s.

Although the term "rock & roll" came to refer to a number of different music styles in the decades following its inception, the essential form of the music never changed.

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