11. My Generation: The Who- Hope I die before I get old. How this is not in the top 10 is beyond me, but it’s close!
12. A Change is Gonna Come: Sam Cooke- Cooke was shot and killed in a Los Angeles hotel. He was chasing a white woman that stole his clothes. This song was released two weeks later. It is about the day when black Americans would be equal. It became a civil rights anthem.
13. Yesterday: The Beatles- If there is a perfect song, this is it.
14. Blowin’ in the Wind: Bob Dylan- Dylan’s first important work.
15. London Calling: The Clash- The whole album was post industrial/post apocalyptic.
16. I Want to Hold Your Hand: The Beatles- and Beatlemania was born.
17. Purple Haze: Jimi Hendrix- Originally the lyrics read Purple Haze, Jesus Saves.
18. Maybellene: Chuck Berry- Alan Freed played this over and over and over. This signaled the beginning of the rock era.
19. Hound Dog: Elvis Presley- Elvis redid Big Mama’s Thornton’s song, and changed some of the lyrics, and a musical revolution took off.
20. Let it Be: The Beatles- John had problems with the religious reference, but Mother Mary was Paul’s mom and not Mary of Mary mother of Jesus fame.
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