THE TOP 2000 MOST ESSENTIAL CLASSIC ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME

That's right, folks ...

We've reached The Top 2000!

(Can you believe how many incredibly GREAT songs we've already passed over to get this far?!?!  Radio could certainly learn a thing or two by perusing this list and picking out a couple dozen "WOW! Songs" to enchant their listeners once in a while.)  SO many great tunes to choose from.

And they just keep getting better and better as we get closer to the top.

Today we kick of THE TOP 2000!

#2000 - Calling Dr. Love - Kiss
#1999 - Sweet City Woman - The Stampeeders (Wouldn't it have been cool if Prince's "1999" came in at #1999???  But it finished CONSIDERABLY higher than this!!!) 
#1998 - Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind
#1997 - Back Off Boogaloo - Ringo Starr

 
#1996 - I'm A Man - The Yardbirds
#1995 - Don't Tell Me You Love Me - Night Ranger
#1994 - Mirage - Tommy James and the Shondells
#1993 - You Belong To Me - Carly Simon
#1992 - Maybellene - Chuck Berry
#1991 - Monterey - Eric Burdon and the Animals 

 
#1990 - Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

 
#1989 - Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley
#1988 - Poor, Poor Pitiful Me - Linda Ronstadt 
#1987 - Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
#1986 - All The Small Things - Blink 182

 
#1985 - Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

 
#1984 - Victim Of Love - The Eagles
#1983 - I've Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee

 
#1982 - Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow 

 
#1981 - Holiday Road - Lindsay Buckingham

 
#1980 - This Boy - The Beatles

 
#1979 - Till I Hear It From You - The Gin Blossoms

 
#1978 - All I Really Want To Do - The Byrds
#1977 - One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce
#1976 - My My, Hey Hey - Neil Young
#1975 - For My Lady - The Moody Blues

 
#1974 - Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

 
#1973 - She's A Woman - The Beatles
#1972 - Helplessly Hoping -  Crosby, Stills and Nash
#1971 - I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vannelli
#1970 - Unchained - Van Halen
#1969 - Detroit Rock City - Kiss
#1968 - Thank You - Led Zeppelin
#1967 - Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner

 
#1966 - I Wanna Go Back - Eddie Money

 
#1965 - Venus And Mars / Rock Show - Paul McCartney and Wings
#1964 - That Girl Could Sing - Jackson Browne

 
#1963 - The World Is A Ghetto - War

 
#1962 - All You Zombies - The Hooters

 
#1961 - Kentucky Woman - Deep Purple

 
#1960 - Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John

 
#1959 - California Girls - David Lee Roth

 
#1958 - Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison
#1957 - Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell

 
#1956 - Marianne -Stephen Stills

 
#1955 - Your Smiling Face - James Taylor
#1954 - Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing In The Shadows - The Rolling Stones

 
#1953 - Under The Bridge - The Red Hot Chili Peppers

 
#1952 - Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
#1951 - That Was Yesterday - Foreigner