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A rock and roll anthem is a celebratory rock and roll song. The subject that the anthem celebrates can vary, although one common anthemic theme is the celebration of rock and roll for itself. more...
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Chuck Berry probably wrote more of these than any other songwriter:
"School Days" (1956) "Hail, Hail Rock and Roll, deliver me from the days of old";
"Roll Over Beethoven" (1956) -- "and tell Tchaikovsky the news";
"Rock and Roll Music" (1957) -- "got a back beat you can't lose it";
"Johnny B. Goode" (1958) -- "never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could play a guitar just like ringing a bell";
"Let it Rock" (1959);
The essence of the rock and roll anthem may be best captured in the Leiber and Stoller song "That is Rock and Roll", sung first by The Coasters in 1959:
- You say our music's for the birds and you can't understand the words,
- Well honey if you did, you'd really blow your lid, 'cause baby that is rock and roll
There are many others:
1954 "Rock Around the Clock" -- Bill Haley and his Comets -- cited by Dick Clark in 1981 as the "international anthem of rock and roll".;
1957 "Jailhouse Rock" -- Elvis Presley, "Warden threw a party at the county jail, prison band was there and they began to wail.";
1958 "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" -- Danny and the Juniors;
195? "Vive Le Rock and Roll" -- Bill Haley and Catarina Valente;
1961 "It Will Stand" -- The Showmen;
1962 "PFC Rhythm and Blues Jones" -- Ray Stevens, "I'm a lover not a fighter, I'm a BMI songwriter";
1964 "Do You Remember" -- The Beach Boys;
1965 "My Generation" -- The Who ("I hope I die before I get old");
1965 "Do You Believe in Magic" -- The Lovin' Spoonful, who sang "It's like trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll";
1966 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" -- The Rolling Stones;
1967 "Heavy Music" -- Bob Seger;
1967 "I Dig Rock & Roll Music" -- Peter, Paul and Mary, ambivalent anthem by folk singers, "The message may not move me, Or mean a great deal to me";
1967 "Rock and Roll Woman" -- Buffalo Springfield;
1970 "Had Me A Real Good Time" -- The Faces;
1971 "Won't Get Fooled Again" -- The Who;
1971 "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin;
1971 "American Pie" -- Don McLean;
1972 "God Gave Rock and Roll To You" -- Argent (later covered by Petra and Kiss);
1972 "Rock and Roll Lullaby" -- B. J. Thomas;
1972 "Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll" -- Blue Öyster Cult;
1972 "Rock and Roll Part 2", Gary Glitter, instrumental anthem;
1972 "Rock and Roll" -- Lou Reed, Mitch Ryder and his band Detroit, (successor to the Detroit Wheels);
1973 "Stay With Me" -- The Faces;
1973 "Cum On Feel The Noize" -- Slade;
1973 "The Rocker" -- Thin Lizzy;
1973 "I'm Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)" -- Moody Blues;
1974 "Life is a Rock (and the Radio Rolled Me)" -- Reunion;
1974 "Long Live Rock" -- The Who;
1974 "Rock On" -- David Essex;
1974 "Rock and Roll Heaven" -- The Righteous Brothers;
1974 "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" -- Rick Derringer;
1974 "It's Only Rock and Roll (But I Like It)" -- The Rolling Stones;
1975 "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" -- Kim Fowley;
1975 "Rock Show" -- Paul McCartney and Wings;
1975 "Rock and Roll All Nite" -- first hit for KISS, recorded live;
1976 "Rock and Roll Band" -- Boston;
1976 "Anything That's Rock and Roll" -- Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers;
1976 "Rock and Roll Heart" -- Lou Reed;
1976 "Rock 'n' Roll Singer" -- AC/DC;
1976 "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" -- AC/DC;
1977 "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" -- Ian Dury & the Blockheads, updating the grand old slogan, "Wine, women & song!";
1977 "We Will Rock You" -- Queen;
1977 "Blank Generation" -- Richard Hell an anthem of nihilism;
1977 "Hot Legs" -- Rod Stewart;
1977 "Let There Be Rock" -- AC/DC;
1978 "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" -- Rainbow;
1979 "Old Time Rock and Roll" -- Bob Seger;
1979 "Hey Hey, My My (Out of the Blue)" -- Neil Young;
1980 "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" -- Billy Joel;
1980 "Rock 'n' Roll" -- Human League;
1980 "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" -- AC/DC;
1981 "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" -- Joan Jett;
1981 "For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)" -- AC/DC;
1983 "The Heart of Rock and Roll" -- Huey Lewis & the News;
1983 "Rock of Ages" -- Def Leppard (featuring the classic opening words, "Gunter glieben glauchen globen");
1984 "Rock You like a Hurricane" -- Scorpions;
1984 "Let's Go Crazy" -- Prince;
1984 "I Wanna Rock" -- Twisted Sister;
1984 "Turn Up the Radio" -- Autograph;
1985 "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." -- John Mellencamp;
1985 "We Built This City (On Rock and Roll)" -- Starship ;
1985 "Vive Le Rock" -- Adam Ant;
1987 "Paradise City" -- Guns N' Roses;
1989 "Rockin' in the Free World" -- Neil Young;
1991 "Smells Like Teen Spirit" -- Nirvana;
1992 "The Spirit of Rock 'n' Roll" -- Brian Wilson;
1995 "Punk Rawk Show" -- MxPx;
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