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==Songs==
===1949===
* "Cold Blooded Blues" by The Great "Gates" & His Wampus Cats
===1950===
* "Boogie In The Park" by [[Joe Hill Louis]]
===1951===
* "[[How Many More Years]]" by [[Howlin' Wolf]]
===1954===
* "Cotton Crop Blues" by [[James Cotton]]
* "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" by [[Pat Hare]]
===1955===
* "[[No More Hot Dogs]]" by [[Hasil Adkins]]
* "A Cutie Named Judy" by [[Jerry McCain]]
===1956===
* "[[I Put a Spell On You]]" by [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]]
* "Little Demon" by [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]]
* "[[The Train Kept A-Rollin']]" by [[Johnny Burnette]]
===1957===
* "[[Susie Q (song)|Suzie Q]]" by [[Dale Hawkins]]
* "[[Jailhouse Rock (song)|Jailhouse Rock]]" by [[Elvis Presley]]
* "Gang War" by [[Gene Maltais]]
===1958===
* "Justine" by [[Don and Dewey]]
* "Rockin' This Joint Tonight" by [[Kid Thomas (musician)|Kid Thomas]]
* "Rock & Roll Guitar" by [[Johnny Knight]]
* "Love Me" by [[Jerry Lott]] (as the Phantom)
* "[[Rumble (instrumental)|Rumble]]" by [[Link Wray]]
* "Sunglasses After Dark" by [[Dwight Pullen]]
* "Whistle Bait" by [[The Collins Kids]]
* "Bop-A-Lena" by [[Ronnie Self]]
===1959===
* "Rock and Roll Deacon" by [[Screamin' Joe Neal]]
===1960===
* "[[I Fought the Law]]" by [[The Crickets]]
* "[[Shakin' All Over]]" by [[Johnny Kidd & the Pirates]]
===1961===
* "[[Jack the Ripper (song)|Jack the Ripper]]" by [[Screaming Lord Sutch]]
* [[Don't Worry (Marty Robbins song)|"Don't Worry"]] by [[Marty Robbins]]
===1962===
* "[[Miserlou]]" by [[Dick Dale]]
* "[[Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon song)|Palisades Park]]" by [[Freddy Cannon]]
* "The Girl Cant Dance" by [[Bunker Hill (musician)|Bunker Hill]]
* "Scream" by [[Ralph Nielson]]
===1963===
* "[[Louie Louie]]" by [[The Kingsmen]]
* "[[Surfin' Bird]]" by [[The Trashmen]]
===1964===
*"[[You Really Got Me]]" and "[[All Day and All of the Night]]" by [[The Kinks]]
===1965===
*"[[Action (Freddy Cannon song)|Action]]" by [[Freddy Cannon]]
*"[[My Generation (The Who song)|My Generation]]" by [[The Who]]<ref name="Who"/>
* "[[Train Kept A-Rollin'#The Yardbirds versions|The Train Kept A-Rollin']]" by [[The Yardbirds]]
===1966===
*"[[Inside-Looking Out]]" by [[The Animals]]
*"[[Hold Tight (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich song)|Hold Tight!]]" by [[Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich]]
*"[[96 Tears]]" by [[? and the Mysterians]]
*"[[Talk Talk (The Music Machine song)|Talk Talk]]" by [[The Music Machine]]
*"[[Wild Thing (The Troggs song)|Wild Thing]]" by [[The Troggs]]
===1967===
*"[[I Can See for Miles]]" by [[The Who (band)|The Who]]
*"[[Mr. Soul]]" by [[Buffalo Springfield]]
*"[[Purple Haze]]" by [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]<ref>[[#refWalser1993|Walser 1993]], p. 9 "''Some credit Jimi Hendrix with the first heavy metal hit, the heavily distorted, virtuosic "Purple Haze" of 1967.''"</ref>
*"[[Sunshine of Your Love]]" by [[Cream (band)|Cream]]
*"[[White Rabbit (song)|White Rabbit]]" & "[[Somebody to Love (Jefferson Airplane song)|Somebody to Love]]" by [[Jefferson Airplane]]
* [[Down on Me (traditional song)|"Down on Me"]] by [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]]
* "Street Singer" by [[Clear Light]]
* "[[You Keep Me Hangin' On]]" by Vanilla Fudge
===1968===
* "[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" by [[Iron Butterfly]]<ref>[[#refEverett2008|Everett 2008]], p. 267 "Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" may prove more influential to the post-'60s future of heavy metal than the more often-cited Led Zeppelin in the nonfunctional and nondiatonic basis of its chord relationships."</ref> "Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer▼*"[[Fire (Arthur Brown song)|Fire]]" by [[The Crazy World of Arthur Brown]]
*"[[Born to Be Wild]]" by [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]
*"[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)|Voodoo Child]]" by [[The Jimi Hendrix Experience]]
*"[[Helter Skelter (song)|Helter Skelter]]" by [[The Beatles]]
*"[[The House at Pooneil Corners]]" by [[Jefferson Airplane]]
*’’[[Hurdy Gurdy Man (song)|Hurdy Gurdy Man]]’’ by [[Donovan]]
* "A Trial In Our Native Town" by [[Savage Rose]]
*"[[In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (song)|In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" by [[Iron Butterfly]]
▲*<ref>[[#refEverett2008|Everett 2008]], p. 267 "Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" may prove more influential to the post-'60s future of heavy metal than the more often-cited Led Zeppelin in the nonfunctional and nondiatonic basis of its chord relationships."</ref>"Summertime Blues" by Blue Cheer
===1969===
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