In 1996, Frank re-ordered Rolling Stone Magazine’s “Top 500 Songs of All-Time List” to his liking. He then had Mikee download all of the songs on the list and add them to the mix on his internet station, LUVeR.com.

Here’s his top 50! (There’s a link to a .pdf of the entire list below)

FRANK’S ROOTS ROCK’N’
Sunday, December 01, 1996

  1. I Put a Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
  2. Blueberry Hill – Fats Domino
  3. Downhearted Blues – Bessie Smith
  4. Ain’t That a Shame – Fats Domino
  5. Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley
  6. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan
  7. Boom Boom – John Lee Hooker
  8. Hoochie Coochie Man – Muddy Waters
  9. Imagine – John Lennon
  10. Yakety Yak – The Coasters
  11. The House Of The Rising Sun – The Animals
  12. I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
  13. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher – Jackie Wilson
  14. Hound Dog – Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton
  15. Oh, Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
  16. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
  17. River Deep, Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
  18. The Great Pretender – The Platters
  19. Spanish Harlem – Ben E. King
  20. Boogie Chillun – John Lee Hooker
  21. Kansas City – Wilbert Harrison
  22. This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
  23. Bus Stop – The Hollies
  24. C.C. Rider – Chuck Willis
  25. Got My Mojo Working – Muddy Waters
  26. Great Balls of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
  27. Hey Jude – The Beatles
  28. Born Under A Bad Sign – Albert King
  29. Ball ‘N’ Chain – Willie Mae ‘Big Mama’ Thornton
  30. Pastures Of Plenty – Woody Guthrie
  31. Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan
  32. C’mon Everybody – Eddie Cochran
  33. Caldonia – Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
  34. Driftin’ Blues – Charles Brown
  35. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
  36. Pretty Boy Floyd – Woody Guthrie
  37. Good Golly, Miss Molly – Little Richard
  38. Dust My Broom – Elmore James
  39. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – Bob Dylan
  40. Give Peace A Chance – John Lennon
  41. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place – The Animals
  42. I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash
  43. Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
  44. Good Rockin’ Tonight – Wynonie Harris
  45. Walk Away Renee – The Left Banke
  46. I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
  47. The A Teenager In Love – Dion And The Belmonts
  48. Party Doll – Buddy Knox
  49. Respect – Aretha Franklin
  50. Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins

Download the entire list (.pdf)