All-time countdown · 97.1 The River · May 2020

River 500 (2020)

The all-time countdown (May 2020) from 97.1 The River in Atlanta, GA ranks 47 songs, with “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin at number one. The list features 37 different artists; Led Zeppelin has the most entries with three songs. The station's page prints only ranks 1-47 (rank, ARTIST - Title, year), so ranks 48-500 are missing. It says the countdown "was determined by your votes". Artist names in capitals (some printed surname first, e.g. "SEGER, BOB") were converted to standard form; release years are omitted.

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# Song ListsBest
1 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin 169 #1
2 Hotel California The Eagles 160 #1
3 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen 169 #1
4 Turn The Page (Live Bullet) Bob Seger 8 #4
5 Don't Stop Believing Journey 116 #1
6 Freebird Lynyrd Skynyrd 122 #1
7 Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard 98 #5
8 Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynyrd 118 #1
9 Livin' on a Prayer Bon Jovi 97 #5
10 Tom Sawyer Rush 113 #2
11 You Can't Always Get What The Rolling Stones 6 #11
12 Sweet Child o' Mine Guns N Roses 136 #1
13 More than a Feeling Boston 117 #2
14 Back in Black AC/DC 133 #1
15 Baba O'Riley The Who 101 #1
16 Faithfully Journey 40 #16
17 Ramblin' Man Allman Brothers Band 87 #1
18 Crazy Train Ozzy Osbourne 111 #1
19 Rock and Roll All Nite (Live) Kiss 17 #5
20 Smoke on the Water Deep Purple 122 #4
21 Carry On My Wayward Son Kansas 97 #5
22 Come Together The Beatles 99 #8
23 Free Fallin' Tom Petty 116 #10
24 Black Dog Led Zeppelin 112 #1
25 We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Queen 82 #1
26 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd 74 #1
27 Dreams Fleetwood Mac 92 #8
28 Tiny Dancer Elton John 86 #4
29 I Can't Get No Satisfaction The Rolling Stones 116 #2
30 I Love Rock-N-Roll Joan Jett 115 #2
31 Hey Jude The Beatles 105 #1
32 Blinded By The Light Manfred Mann's Earth Band 74 #11
33 Space Oddity David Bowie 157 #8
34 Slow Ride Foghat 94 #11
35 Piano Man Billy Joel 68 #7
36 Layla Derek and the Dominos 132 #2
37 Highway to Hell AC/DC 131 #2
38 The Joker Steve Miller Band 98 #9
39 All Along the Watchtower Jimi Hendrix 148 #2
40 I Still Haven't Found What I'm U2 7 #40
41 School's Out Alice Cooper 97 #5
42 What's Your Name Lynyrd Skynyrd 78 #27
43 I Want You To Want Me (Live) Cheap Trick 18 #32
44 Paradise City Guns N Roses 112 #2
45 Whole Lotta Love Led Zeppelin 151 #4
46 Shooting Star Bad Company 89 #46
47 Radar Love Golden Earring 107 #3

The station's page prints only ranks 1-47 (rank, ARTIST - Title, year), so ranks 48-500 are missing. It says the countdown "was determined by your votes". Artist names in capitals (some printed surname first, e.g. "SEGER, BOB") were converted to standard form; release years are omitted.

About this countdown

River 500 (2020) was voted by 97.1 The River’s listeners (Atlanta, GA) in May 2020. Positions are shown exactly as the station ranked them; artist and song names have been standardized so that every entry links to that song’s complete chart history across all stations. It counts toward the Classic Rock rankings.

Source: 97.1 The River, "The 500 Greatest Rock Songs: Voted By You" (July 10, 2020).

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