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