1. Prince
   The Doors
2. The Jam
   The Who

The Who's 1971 album "Who's Next" actually came from the pieces of a failed rock opera Pete Townshend had wanted to create called "Lifehouse." While it never came together, it did lead to the creation of one of rock's most powerful anthems.

1. Marc Bolan
   Lou Reed
2. Grace Slick
   Phil Collins

"Walk On The Wild Side" was a song off of the 1972 Lou Reed album "Transformer." This album was co-produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, who had previously worked together on Ziggy Stardust.

1. Queen
   The Who
2. Heart
   Led Zeppelin

Heart featured siblings Ann and Nancy Wilson. "Barracuda" was hit single off of their 1977 album "Little Queen." This powerful song is about the misogyny they faced as young famous women in the music industry in the 1970s.

1. Led Zeppelin
   The Animals
2. Eric Clapton
   Bruce Springsteen

This folk standard dates back to the early days of blues, and was covered by numerous people over the years, including Bob Dylan. Released in 1964, The Animals' rendition of this song topped US and UK charts.

1. George Harrison
   John Lennon
2. Joe Walsh
   Ginger Baker

Former Beatle George Harrison released this song on his debut solo album "All Things Must Pass" in 1970. It was the first hit single by a former Beatle, and the biggest solo hit of any of them in the 1970s.

1. Ram Jam
   T. Rex
2. The James Gang
   The Rolling Stones

This single was a part of the 1971 T. Rex album "Electric Warrior." Released as "Bang A Gong" in their native UK, it was a hit there first. This song was produced by Tony Visconti, who is famous for his work with David Bowie.

1. Bob Dylan
   David Bowie
2. Stevie Nicks
   Jimi Hendrix

Released in 1969, Bowie's "Space Oddity" came to fame as a sort of anthem of the moon landing, which occurred during the same year. Ironically, this song tells the tale of a lonely astronaut dying in space as a metaphor for alienation and loneliness.

1. Led Zeppelin
   Pink Floyd
2. The Beatles
   Jethro Tull

"Comfortably Numb" was originally released on the 1979 Pink Floyd album "The Wall." Despite being one of the band's biggest songs, they struggled to agree on how to arrange and perform it.

1. Scorpions
   David Bowie
2. The Cure
   The Beatles

"Rock You Like A Hurricane" was released in 1984 and was a part of the band's album "Love At First Sting." This song helped to make this German metal band's album crack the Billboard Top 10.

1. Genesis
   Jethro Tull
2. Electric Light Orchestra
   Fleetwood Mac

"Don't Bring Me Down" was a 1979 smash by the band Electric Light Orchestra. It was recorded in Munich. This song was composed, performed in studio and recorded almost entirely by band member Jeff Lynne.

1. The Rolling Stones
   Styx
2. Bob Dylan
   Fairport Convention

"Renegade" is the third single from Styx's 1978 massively popular album "Pieces of Eight." It was written by the band's guitarist Tommy Shaw. This song is commonly used in films and TV shows and at football games.

1. Fleetwood Mac
   Prince
2. Steppenwolf
   Blondie

"Born To Be Wild" was a song on Steppenwolf's 1968 debut album. However, the world would not go nuts for it until a year later, when it was featured in the film "Easy Rider." Since then, it has become a ubiquitous pop culture staple.

1. Grand Funk Railroad
   The Who
2. Jake Holmes
   Cream

"We're An American Band" was the first No. 1 hit single of Grand Funk Railroad, who had previously been an album band. It was written by the drummer and vocalist of the band Don Brewer.

1. ELO
   Queen
2. Ram Jam
   Gold Earring

"Black Betty" is a 1977 song off the album "Ram Jam" by the band Ram Jam. Despite being an odd song that starts with a hard rock edge sharply veers into musical freakout half-way through. It was a hit in the US, UK and Australia.

1. Blondie
   Fleetwood Mac
2. Jefferson Airplane
   The Pretenders

"Somebody to Love" was a massive 1967 smash hit for the San Francisco psych rock go-to group Jefferson Airplane. However, prior to its success, Grace Slick had recorded a less hard-hitting version with her previous band, Great Society.

1. John Lennon
   Pete Townshend
2. John Bonham
   Peter Gabriel

This single was released in 1980 by Pete Townshend, who is best known as the lead guitarist and main songwriter of the band The Who. Despite becoming a hit, his manager hated it and didn't want it to be released at all.

1. Manfred Mann's Earth Band
   The Who
2. Buffalo Springfield
   Queen

Manfred Mann's Earth Band was a British jazz-blues band formed in 1971 that was known for covering Bob Dylan. "Blinded By The Light" was actually also a cover, with the original being written by Bruce Springsteen.

1. Foreigner
   Cream
2. Jefferson Airplane
   Prince

"Juke Box Hero" was a hit off the band's 1981 album "4." One of the band's biggest songs, it was a concert staple. When they played it live in the '80s and '90s, a giant inflatable jukebox would appear.

1. Janis Joplin
   Robert Plant
2. Jim Morrison
   Debbie Harry

With the group Big Brother And The Holding Company, Janis Joplin belted out this iconic track on their 1968 album "Cheap Thrills." It peaked at No. 12 on the U.S. pop chart and helped to define acid rock.

1. Rod Stewart
   Don Henley
2. Stevie Nicks
   Phil Collins

Famous as the frontman of Genesis, Phil Collins' solo effort "In The Air Tonight" is one of the most iconic songs of the 1980s. Part of his debut solo album "Face Value," it draws inspiration from his tough divorce from his first wife.

1. Chrissie Hynde
   Janis Joplin
2. Stevie Nicks
   Patti Smith

"Edge Of Seventeen" was the third single off Stevie Nicks' 1981 debut solo album "Bella Donna." It has one of the most recognizable guitar riffs in rock, and was sampled in the song "Bootylicious" by Destiny's Child.

1. Billy Joel
   Pete Townshend
2. Phil Collins
   Lou Reed

This is Billy Joel's most famous song and an iconic classic rock staple. He wrote it based on the time he spent as a piano player in a Los Angeles bar between recording contracts.

1. Deep Purple
   Steppenwolf
2. Foghat
   The Who

"Slow Ride" is a 1975 hit off the Foghat album "Fool For The City." At over eight minutes in length, it was a lengthy hit. It became popular again in the 1990s, when it was used in the closing credits of the film "Dazed and Confused."

1. The Rolling Stones
   The Kinks
2. Stevie Ray Vaughn
   The Jimi Hendrix Experience

This primal and raw 1964 rock hit was an incredibly influential song. While many more popular acts at the time, like The Beatles, were releasing more polished material, The Kinks kept it fast and dirty with this two-minute track, which some consider to be at the roots of punk.

1. The Pretenders
   T-Rex
2. The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
   Yes

"Brass In Pocket" was the third single and first No. 1 for the band "The Pretenders." However, by this point they had already changed their lineup multiple times. This is one of the new wave era's hits.

1. The Steve Miller Band
   The Beatles
2. Black Sabbath
   The Jam

1973's "Joker" was the band's biggest hit. It is undoubtedly one of the catchiest and most endlessly quotable songs in all of classic rock. It was a hit in both the US and The UK.

1. The Kinks
   Blue Oyster Cult
2. Black Sabbath
   Cream

The song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is off the band's fourth studio album, 1976's "Agents of Fortune." It was an instant radio hit that was later parodied on "Saturday Night Live."

1. Alice Cooper
   Thin Lizzy
2. The Police
   Rod Stewart

"School's Out" was an instant smash when it was released in the summer of 1972. It was a hit in the US, but an even bigger one in the UK where Alice Cooper became an instant sensation.

1. Fleetwood Mac
   Jethro Tull
2. Foghat
   Deep Purple

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours" is an iconic classic rock album that has sold nearly 20 million copies in the US alone. It explores the complicated interpersonal and romantic relationships the band members had with each other, as they broke down.

1. The Doors
   Led Zeppelin
2. Fleetwood Mac
   Metallica

"LA Woman" was a 1971 song off the album of the same name by The Doors. This was the last album that the band made with Jim Morrison, and many consider it to be one of the most iconic in rock.

1. Bob Dylan
   Lou Reed
2. Ginger Baker
   Freddie Mercury

The song "Like A Rolling Stone" was the opening track of Bob Dylan's 1965 LP "Highway 61 Revisited." Many consider this to be the song that married rock and roll and poetry for the masses, opening the doors for generations of more literate rockers and singer-songwriters.

1. Led Zeppelin
   Black Sabbath
2. The Eagles
   Kansas

"Carry On Wayward Son" was the first major hit of the band Kansas. It is from their fourth album, 1976's "Leftoverture." The initial idea for the song came from the band's guitarist Kerry Livgren.

1. Kansas
   Styx
2. Deep Purple
   Led Zeppelin

"Smoke On The Water" was released on the 1972 album "Machine Head." It references a real-life event. They were recording near the Montreux Jazz Festival when a concertgoer set off a flare at a Frank Zappa concert and ended up burning the casino where the show was taking place down.

1. David Bowie
   The Ramones
2. The Clash
   Talking Heads

This track was from the Talking Heads' 1983 album "Speaking In Tongues." The song's innovative and unique music video was featured heavily on MTV, which helped to propel it to hit status.

1. Metallica
   Led Zeppelin
2. ACDC
   The Beatles

Metallica's 1991 self-titled release featured the hit song "Enter Sandman" as a single. While it was a big departure in sound for the band, over 15 million copies have been sold of the album in the US alone.