Tom's Top 50 Songs of All-Time (Rolling Stone Magazine Top 500 Songs)

Rolling Stone magazine's latest list was an update on their 500 Greatest Songs Ever (last published in 2004).  As I did with their 2020 all-time albums update, I've decided to list my own favorite songs.  While I wasn't a voter, those who did all received a ballot with instructions to rank their favorite songs from 1-50.  Unlike that ballot, I've left mine unranked.  32 of my picks made the Top 500.

Just as I found out when doing my albums list, narrowing a lifetime of listening to just 50 songs proved to be an impossible task.  See a link below this list for more songs that just missed my Top 50.  I've kept this list to one song per artist 

Adele - Rolling In The Deep

Aretha Franklin - Respect

Beach Boys - Don't Worry Baby

Beatles - She Loves You

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

Carole King - It's Too Late

Clash - London Calling

Daryl Hall & John Oates - Sara Smile

Dionne Warwick - Walk On By

Donna Summer - I Feel Love

Earth, Wind & Fire - That's The Way Of The World

Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom

Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock

Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes For You

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is

Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There

George Jones - He Stopped Loving Her Today

Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia

Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - The Message

Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost

Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back

James Taylor - Fire and Rain

Janet Jackson - When I Think Of You

Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

Joni Mitchell - Help Me

Judy Collins - Both Sides Now

Loretta Lynn - Fist City

Manhattans - Kiss and Say Goodbye

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Merle Haggard - Mama Tried

Monkees - Daydream Believer

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Patsy Cline - Crazy

Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

Prince - When Doves Cry

Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - Tears Of A Clown

Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New

Supremes - Stop! In The Name of Love

Temptations - My Girl

Wilson Pickett - In The Midnight Hour

 Here's some more songs that just missed my Top 50.