1. Blue Suede Shoes
   Hound Dog
2. Mystery Train
   Jailhouse Rock

Carl Perkins wrote "Blue Suede Shoes." His version topped the country chart, the rhythm & blues chart and the pop chart. However, Elvis's version would go on to sell more copies.

1. Rave On
   That'll Be the Day
2. Raining in My Heart
   Peggy Sue

"Peggy Sue" started life as "Cindy Lou." Cindy Lou was the name of Buddy Holly's niece. The name was changed at the suggestion of Jerry Allison, who changed it to his then-girlfriend's name.

1. Bye Bye Love
   Summertime Blues
2. Don't Be Cruel
   Your Cheating Heart

In 1956, "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel" were released on two sides of the same 45 RPM record. They are still two of Elvis's biggest hits.

1. Great Balls of Fire
   Johnny B. Goode
2. I Walk the Line
   Love Potion No. 9

In 1956, Johnny Cash scored his first big hit with "I Walk the Line." The song stayed on the charts for well over six months.

1. Long Tall Sally
   Tutti Frutti
2. Good Golly Miss Molly
   Lucille

Little Richard wrote "Tutti Frutti" with Dorothy LaBostrie. The original lyrics were racier, but a cleaned-up version was released in 1955. Elvis Presley would record a version that was released the following year.

1. I Walk the Line
   Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2. Jailhouse Rock
   Shout

"Jailhouse Rock" shares its name with the 1957 movie it appears in. It was Elvis's third movie.

1. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
   Rock Around the Clock
2. Great Balls of Fire
   Why Do Fools Fall in Love

Jerry Lee Lewis recorded "Great Balls of Fire" at Sun Studio. It was released on November 11, 1957.

1. Shake, Rattle and Roll
   Maybellene
2. Splish Splash
   Shout

The Isley Brothers recorded "Shout" as a response to Jackie Wilson's "Lonely Teardrops." The song peaked at number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1. Peggy Sue
   Great Balls of Fire
2. Jailhouse Rock
   Be-Bop-a-Lula

In 1956, Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps recorded "Be-Bop-A-Lula." It has since been covered by David Cassidy, Queen, the Stray Cats and many other artists.

1. Johnny B. Goode
   Peggy Sue
2. Maybellene
   Hoochie Coochie Man

"Rolling Stone" considers "Johnny B. Goode" to be the first rock & roll hit about rock & roll stardom. The song came about in April 1958 and was based on Chuck Berry's experiences.

1. Shake, Rattle and Roll
   Rock Around the Clock
2. Hound Dog
   Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

"Shake, Rattle and Roll" was written in 1954 by Jesse Stone. Big Joe Turner, Bill Haley & His Comets, Elvis Presley, Fats Domino, and Jerry Lee Lewis all recorded versions of the song.

1. I've Got a Woman
   Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
2. Rock Around the Clock
   Summertime Blues

Eddie Cochran co-wrote "Summertime Blues" with his manager Jerry Capehart. It was originally released as a B-side. In September 1958, the song peaked at 8 on the Billboard Hot 100.

1. Maybellene
   Susie Q.
2. Peggy Sue
   Lucille

"Maybellene" is Chuck Berry's interpretation of a traditional country tune called "Ida Red." He originally named his song "Ida Mae," but Leonard Chess, the owner of Chess Records, didn't like the name. After spotting a mascara box with "Maybelline" written on it, he suggested the song could be called "Maybellene."

1. Mystery Train
   Chantilly Lace
2. Bye Bye Love
   Folsom Prison Blues

On July 13, 1968, Johnny Cash recorded a live album inside Folsom Prison. "Folsom Prison Blues," the song that started it all, was inspired by the film "Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison."

1. Back in the U.S.A.
   Splish Splash
2. Rock Around the Clock
   La Bamba

Ricky Valens' "La Bamba" was adapted from the Mexican folk song of the same name. In 2004, "Rolling Stone" magazine named it 354 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

1. Poison Ivy
   Chantilly Lace
2. Peggy Sue
   I Got a Woman

"I Got a Woman" became Ray Charles' first number one in 1955. The Beatles recorded a version of the song in 1963 for BBC Radio.

1. Shout
   Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2. Shake, Rattle and Roll
   Bye Bye Love

In 1955, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" was first recorded by Big Maybelle. Jerry Lee Lewis would record his well-known version in 1957.

1. Splish Splash
   Rock Around the Clock
2. Blue Suede Shoes
   Folsom Prison Blues

Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" was released in 1958. It mentions "Lollipop," "Peggy Sue" and "Good Golly Miss Molly" from other period songs.

1. Sweet Little Sixteen
   Johnny B. Goode
2. You Can Never Tell
   Back in the U.S.A.

Chuck Berry released his version of "Back in the U.S.A" in 1959. Almost 20 years later, Linda Ronstadt would release her version as a single.

1. Poison Ivy
   Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
   Jailhouse Rock

Harry Belafonte released his version of "Day-O" in 1956. The song is a traditional Jamaican folk song.

1. White Christmas
   Jingle Bell Rock
2. The Christmas Song
   Baby's First Christmas

Bobby Helms released "Jingle Bell Rock" in 1957. The song's B-side was "Captain Santa Claus (and His Reindeer Space Patrol)."

1. Jingle Bell Rock
   Rock Around the Clock
2. Splish Splash
   Shake, Rattle, and Roll

While in the studio, Bill Haley & His Comets only had two takes to capture the song. The first tape was unusable because Haley's vocals could not be heard, so the second take had minimal backing. An engineer was able to salvage the tapes through splicing together segments from the two takes.

1. I Got a Woman
   This Little Girl of Mine
2. Mess Around
   What'd I Say

Ray Charles wrote and recorded the original version of "What'd I Say." Elvis recorded a version and used it in the 1964 film "Viva Las Vegas."

1. Hound Dog
   Jailhouse Rock
2. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
   Mystery Train

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Hound Dog." Big Mama Thornton recorded the song in 1953. In 1956, Elvis would release his version.

1. Susie Q
   Chantilly Lace
2. Peggy Sue
   Poison Ivy

Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote "Poison Ivy." The Coasters recorded a version in 1959 that went to the top of the R&B chart.

1. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
   Why Do Fools Fall In Love
2. Love Potion No. 9
   Hoochie Coochie Man

"Love Potion No. 9" is another song written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This song was originally recorded by the Clovers. The song's initial release was in July 1959.

1. "White Lightnin'"
   Running Bear
2. Treasure of Love
   Chantilly Lace

The Big Bopper released his version in 1958. The B-side was "The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor."

1. Chantilly Lace
   Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
2. Peggy Sue
   Susie Q

Dale Hawkins released "Susie Q" in 1957. In the 1960s, Both Creedence Clearwater Revival and the Rolling Stones recorded cover versions.

1. Hound Dog
   Your Cheatin' Heart
2. Folsom Prison Blues
   Poison Ivy

Hank Williams recorded "Your Cheatin' Heart" in 1952. The song would see chart success in 1953, shortly after his death.

1. Blueberry Hill
   Jailhouse Rock
2. Folsom Prison Blues
   Back in the U.S.A

"Blueberry Hill" was originally released in the 1940s, when Gene Autry recorded a version. Fats Domino's rock and roll version became popular in the 1950s.

1. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
   Peggy Sue
2. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
   Your Cheatin' Heart

When "Earth Angel" was released by the Penguins, it became more popular than its A-side, "Hey Señorita." The two songs were released in October 1954.

1. Why Do Fools Fall in Love
   Shake, Rattle and Roll
2. Be-Bop-a-Lula
   Sweet Little Sixteen

Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers saw chart success with "Why Do Fools Fall in Love." Lymon died of an overdose at the age of 26.

1. Shake, Rattle and Roll
   Rock Around the Clock
2. Susie Q
   Hoochie Coochie Man

Willie Dixon wrote "Hoochie Coochie Man." Muddy Waters recorded the song in 1954.

1. Chantilly Lace
   Peggy Sue
2. Susie Q
   Long Tall Sally

"Long Tall Sally" was written by Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Enotris Johnson and Richard Penniman. Little Richard recorded it in 1956.

1. Hound Dog
   Mystery Train
2. Love Me Tender
   Jailhouse Rock

"Love Me Tender" shares its melody with the Civil War song "Aura Lee." Elvis released "Love Me Tender" in 1956.