893 Essential Artists

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1. The Beatles I Want to Hold Your Hand & Hey Jude Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:09 2. Prince When You Were Mine & Purple Rain 3. Bob Dylan Like a Rolling Stone & Rainy Day Woman 12 and 35 4. David Bowie Suffragette City & Let's Dance 5. Led Zeppelin Over the Hills and Far Away & Ramble On 6. Rolling Stones Get Off of My Cloud 7. Nirvana Smells Like Teen Spirit 8. Radiohead Creep 9. Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:29 10. Pink Floyd Arnold Layne 11. The Clash London Calling Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:33 12. Michael Jackson Rock With You Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:37 13. U2 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 14. R.E.M. It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) 15. Jimi Hendrix Fire 16. The Replacements I Will Dare 17. Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:30 18. Neil Young Heart of Gold 19. Aretha Franklin Respect Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:24 20. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 21. Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock 22. Chuck Berry Johnny B. Goode Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:05 23. Miles Davis Blue In Green 24. Pearl Jam Even Flow Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:37 25. Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 26. Beastie Boys Sabotage Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:11 27. Bob Marley No Woman, No Cry 28. Talking Heads Psycho Killer Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:12 29. Wilco Casino Queen Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:10 30. The Smiths How Soon is Now? 31. Beck Devil's Haircut 32. Joni Mitchell Chelsea Morning Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 1:37 33. The Cure Friday I'm In Love 34. Fleetwood Mac The Chain 35. Pixies Where Is My Mind 36. Velvet Underground I'm Waiting For The Man Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:03 37. Elvis Costello (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:28 38. The Who The Seeker Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:06 39. Beach Boys Wouldn't It Be Nice 40. Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop 41. James Brown I Got You (I Feel Good) 42. Grateful Dead Sugar Magnolia 43. Madonna Vogue 44. Billie Holiday Strange Fruit 45. Tom Waits Big in Japan 46. Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:33 47. White Stripes Seven Nation Army 48. Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 2:16 49. Nina Simone I Put a Spell on You Play/Pause Musicheads Essential: | 1:48

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