Con 23 canzoni, i Beatles sono i musicisti più rappresentati. Sono seguiti dai Rolling Stones (14 canzoni), Bob Dylan (12 canzoni), Elvis Presley (11 canzoni), i Beach Boys e Jimi Hendrix (7 canzoni), e Chuck Berry, gli U2, James Brown, Prince, i Led Zeppelin e Sly & the Family Stone (6 canzoni) e, con 5 canzoni a testa, Little Richard, The Clash, gli Who, Elton John, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly e i Drifters. Da notare la presenza di Eric Clapton con 5 canzoni (tre con i Cream, una con Derek and the Dominos e un'altra da solista). Con 4 canzoni sono rappresentati molti artisti; in ordine alfabetico: Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, The Everly Brothers, The Four Tops, Muddy Waters, Nirvana, Roy Orbison, Sam Cooke e Stevie Wonder.
Queste sono le prime 50 posizioni della classifica.
| ###. Brano - Artista - (Anno) |
| 001. Like a rolling stone - Bob Dylan - (1965) |
| 002. (I can’t get no) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones - (1965) |
| 003. Imagine - John Lennon - (1971) |
| 004. What’s going on - Marvin Gaye - (1971) |
| 005. Respect - Aretha Franklin - (1967) |
| 006. Good vibrations - The Beach Boys - (1966) |
| 007. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry - (1958) |
| 008. Hey Jude - The Beatles - (1968) |
| 009. Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana - (1991) |
| 010. What'd I say - Ray Charles - (1959) |
| 011. My Generation - The Who - (1980) |
| 012. A Change Is Gonna Come - Sam Cooke - (1963) |
| 013. Yesterday - The Beatles - (1967) |
| 014. Blowin’ in the Wind - Bob Dylan - (1955) |
| 015. London Calling - The Clash - (1956) |
| 016. I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles - (1970) |
| 017. Purple Haze - imi Hendrix - (1975) |
| 018. Maybellene - Chuck Berry - (1963) |
| 019. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley - (1965) |
| 020. Let It Be - he Beatles - (1965) |
| 021. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen - (1966) |
| 022. Be My Baby - The Ronettes - (1963) |
| 023. In My Life - The Beatles - (1965) |
| 024. People Get Ready - The Impressions - (1965) |
| 025. God Only Knows - The Beach Boys - (1966) |
| 026. A Day in the Life - The Beatles - (1967) |
| 027. Layla - Derek and the Dominos - (1970) |
| 028. (Sittin’ on) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding - (1968) |
| 029. Help! - The Beatles - (1965) |
| 030. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash - (1956) |
| 031. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin - (1971) |
| 032. Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones - (1968) |
| 033. River Deep, Mountain High - Tina Turner - (1966) |
| 034. You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling - The Righteous Brothers - (1964) |
| 035. Light My Fire - The Doors - (1967) |
| 036. One - U2 - (1991) |
| 037. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley - (1975) |
| 038. Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones - (1969) |
| 039. That’ll Be the Day - Buddy Holly - (1957) |
| 040. Dancin’ in the Streets - Martha and the Vandellas - (1964) |
| 041. The Weight - The Band - (1968) |
| 042. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks - (1968) |
| 043. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard - (1956) |
| 044. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles - (1960) |
| 045. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley - (1956) |
| 046. Heroes - David Bowie - (1977) |
| 047. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel - (1970) |
| 048. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix - (1968) |
| 049. Hotel California - The Eagles - (1976) |
| 050. The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson - (1965) |
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