Development of Rock & Roll Timeline Organized by Date of Important Songs

By noah.parker1812
  • Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land

    Woody Guthrie: This Land Is Your Land

    Recorded 1944
  • The Drifters: Money Honey

    The Drifters: Money Honey

    Recorded August 9th 1953
  • Bill Haley: Rock Around the Clock

    Bill Haley: Rock Around the Clock

    Recorded on April 12th 1954
  • Ray Charles: I Got a Woman

    Ray Charles: I Got a Woman

    Recorded December 1954
  • Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley (song)

    Bo Diddley: Bo Diddley (song)

    Recorded March 2nd 1955
  • Fats Domino: Ain't That A Shame

    Fats Domino: Ain't That A Shame

    Released April 14th 1955
  • The Platters; Only You (And You Alone)

    The Platters; Only You (And You Alone)

    Recorded April 26th 1955
  • Little Richard: Tutti Frutti

    Little Richard: Tutti Frutti

    Recorded September 14th 1955
  • Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes

    Carl Perkins: Blue Suede Shoes

    Recorded December 19th 1955
  • Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes

    Elvis Presley: Blue Suede Shoes

    Released March 1956
  • Buddy Holly: That'll Be the Day

    Buddy Holly: That'll Be the Day

    Recorded February 25th 1957
  • Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire

    Jerry Lee Lewis: Great Balls of Fire

    Recorded October 8th 1957
  • Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode

    Chuck Berry: Johnny B. Goode

    Released March 31st 1958
  • Dick Dale: Miserlou

    Dick Dale: Miserlou

    Released April 1962
  • Peter, Paul, and Mary: Puff, the Magic Dragon

    Peter, Paul, and Mary: Puff, the Magic Dragon

    Released January 1963
  • Jan and Dean: Surf City

    Jan and Dean: Surf City

    Recorded March 20th 1963
  • Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come

    Sam Cooke: A Change Is Gonna Come

    Recorded January 30th 1964
  • The Kinks: You Really Got Me

    The Kinks: You Really Got Me

    Recorded July 1964
  • The Supremes: Stop! In the Name of Love

    The Supremes: Stop! In the Name of Love

    Recorded January 11th 1965
  • Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man

    Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man

    Recorded January 15th 1965
  • James Brown: It's a Man's Man's Man's World

    James Brown: It's a Man's Man's Man's World

    Recorded February 16th 1966
  • The Rolling Stones: Paint It Black

    The Rolling Stones: Paint It Black

    Recorded March 8th 1966
  • The Doors: Light My Fire

    The Doors: Light My Fire

    Recorded August 1966
  • Beach Boys: Good Vibrations

    Beach Boys: Good Vibrations

    Recorded February 17 – September 21, 1966
  • Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love

    Jefferson Airplane: Somebody to Love

    Recorded November 3rd 1966
  • Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze

    Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze

    Recorded January 11th 1967
  • Santana: Black Magic Woman

    Santana: Black Magic Woman

    Recorded February 1968
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising

    Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon Rising

    Recorded March 1969
  • Cream: White Room

    Cream: White Room

    Recorded July 1967 – April 1968
  • The Beatles: Hey Jude

    The Beatles: Hey Jude

    Recorded 31 July – 2 August 1968
  • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Teach Your Children

    Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Teach Your Children

    Recorded October 24th 1969
  • Grateful Dead: Truckin'

    Grateful Dead: Truckin'

    Recorded September 1970
  • Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

    Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee

    Recorded September 5 - October 1st 1970
  • The Who: Behind Blue Eyes

    The Who: Behind Blue Eyes

    Recorded 8 July 1971
  • Sly & The Family Stone: Family Affair

    Sly & The Family Stone: Family Affair

    Released 6 November 1971
  • Stevie Wonder: Superstition

    Stevie Wonder: Superstition

    Released October 24th 1972
  • Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust

    Joan Baez: Diamonds & Rust

    Recorded January 1975