Tambourine Man", performed by Bob Dylan (number 107) and by the Byrds (number 79) " Blue Suede Shoes" by Elvis Presley (number 430) and by Carl Perkins (number 95), and " Walk This Way" by Aerosmith (number 346) and by Run-DMC (number 293).
The artists not included on the list of the top 100 artists but having the most songs featured in the list are the Animals, Blondie, and the Isley Brothers, each with three songs.The Beatles are followed by the Rolling Stones (14) Bob Dylan (13) Elvis Presley (11) Holland–Dozier–Holland (as songwriters), U2 (8) the Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix (7) Led Zeppelin, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown, Chuck Berry (6) Elton John, Ray Charles, the Clash, the Drifters, Buddy Holly, and the Who (5). Lennon is the only artist to appear twice in the top 10, as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison are also represented as solo artists. The Beatles are the most represented musical act, with 23 songs on the list.The number of songs from each of the decades represented in the 2004 version is as follows:.There is one instrumental on the list: " Green Onions" by the American band Booker T.Muddy Waters' " Rollin' Stone" (1950) is based on an earlier song, dating to the 1920s. " The House of the Rising Sun", listed in the version by English rock band the Animals, was recorded at least as early as 1934. Few songs written prior to the 1950s are included some that are listed are Robert Johnson's " Crossroads" (1936), in the version recorded by Cream, and Hank Williams' " I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" (1949).The list includes only songs written in English, with the sole exception of " La Bamba" (number 345), sung in Spanish by the American singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens.Of the 500 songs, 351 are from the United States and 120 from the United Kingdom they are followed by Canada, with 13 (a majority of them by Neil Young) Ireland, with 12 entries (of which 8 were composed by U2) Jamaica, with 7 (most of them by Bob Marley and the Wailers, Jimmy Cliff, and Toots and the Maytals) Australia, with two ( AC/DC) Sweden ( ABBA) and France ( Daft Punk), each with one.