Artist	Song
Lynyrd Skynyrd	Sweet Home Alabama
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd (1999)
Boston	More Than a Feeling
from Boston (2006)
Eagles	Hotel California
from Eagles Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2006)
Led Zeppelin	Black Dog
from Led Zeppelin IV (Remastered) (1971)
Steve Miller Band	The Joker
from Greatest Hits 1974-78 (2006)
Fleetwood Mac	Go Your Own Way
from Rumours (2004)
The Doobie Brothers	Black Water
from Rhino Hi-Five: The Doobie Brothers - EP (2005)
Rod Stewart	Maggie May
from Every Picture Tells a Story (1998)
Kansas	Carry On Wayward Son
from The Best of Kansas (1999)
Queen	Bohemian Rhapsody
from Stone Cold Classics (2006)
Bruce Springsteen	Born to Run
from Bruce Springsteen: Greatest Hits (1995)
Orleans	Still the One
from The Essentials: Orleans (2005)
Bachman-Turner Overdrive	You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bachman-Turner Overdrive (2000)
Styx	Renegade
from Styx: Greatest Hits (1995)
Van Halen	You Really Got Me
from Van Halen (2007)
ZZ Top	Tush
from Rancho Texicano: The Very Best of ZZ Top (Remastered) (2008)
Elton John	Bennie and the Jets
from Rocket Man - Number Ones (2007)
Blue Öyster Cult	(Don't Fear) The Reaper
from Don't Fear the Reaper - The Best of Blue Öyster Cult (1996)
The Rolling Stones	Miss You
from Jump Back - The Best of the Rolling Stones '71-'93 (Remastered) (2009)
Heart	Barracuda
from Heart: Greatest Hits (1998)
Derek & The Dominos	Layla
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton (2004)
Bad Company	Feel Like Makin' Love
from 10 from 6 (2009)
Journey	Lights
from Journey: Greatest Hits (2006)
Paul McCartney & Wings	Band On the Run
from Wingspan: Hits and History (2010)
Foreigner	Cold As Ice
from No End In Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (Remastered) (2008)
America	Sister Golden Hair
from America's Greatest Hits - History (2005)
The Allman Brothers Band	Ramblin' Man
from A Decade of Hits 1969-1979 (1991)
The Who	Who Are You
from Who Are You (1996)
The Cars	Just What I Needed
from Complete Greatest Hits (2003)
The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down to Georgia
from A Decade of Hits (1991)
Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
from Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits (2006)
Eddie Money	Baby Hold On
from The Best of Eddie Money (2001)
Supertramp	The Logical Song
from The Very Best of Supertramp (1992)
Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back in Town
from Dedication - The Very Best of Thin Lizzy (1991)
The Guess Who	American Woman
from The Best of the Guess Who (2006)
Steely Dan	Reelin' In the Years
from A Decade of Steely Dan (Remastered) (1996)
The Doors	Love Her Madly
from Perception (40th Anniversary) (2006)
Stealers Wheel	Stuck In the Middle With You
from Reservoir Dogs (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2009)
Jackson Browne	Running On Empty
from The Next Voice You Hear - The Best of Jackson Browne (2007)
Deep Purple	Smoke On the Water
from The Very Best of Deep Purple (2005)
Jethro Tull	Aqualung
from The Very Best of Jethro Tull (2007)
Joe Walsh	Rocky Mountain Way
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joe Walsh (2000)
Ted Nugent	Cat Scratch Fever
from Ted Nugent: Super Hits (1998)
Nazareth	Hair of the Dog
from Hair of the Dog (1984)
Meat Loaf	Paradise By the Dashboard Light
from Hits Out of Hell (1995)
Chicago	25 or 6 to 4
from The Very Best of Chicago - Only the Beginning (2004)
T. Rex	Bang a Gong (Get It On)
from Electric Warrior (Remastered) (2003)
Golden Earring	Radar Love
from EZ Ridin' (2002)
Peter Frampton	Show Me the Way
from The Very Best of Peter Frampton (1998)
Foghat	Slow Ride
from Rhino Hi-Five: Foghat - EP (2006)
Edgar Winter	Frankenstein
from The Best of Edgar Winter (2001)
Eric Clapton	I Shot the Sheriff
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton (2004)
Grand Funk	We're An American Band
from Grand Funk Railroad: Greatest Hits (2006)
Cheap Trick	Surrender
from The Greatest Hits (2002)
Yes	Roundabout
from Ultimate Yes (2004)
Ram Jam	Black Betty
from The Dukes of Hazzard (Music from the Motion Picture) (2005)
Lou Reed	Walk On the Wild Side
from Lou Reed: The Definitive Collection (1999)
Sanford & Townsend	Smoke from a Distant Fire
from Smoke from a Distant Fire (2005)
Boz Scaggs	Lido Shuffle
from Hits! (2006)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio
from So Far (2009)
Three Dog Night	Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
from The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
Alice Cooper	School's Out
from Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits (2005)
Rick Derringer	Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo
from The Best of Rick Derringer - Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (1996)
KISS	Rock 'n' Roll All Nite ("Alive" Version)
from The Very Best of Kiss (2002)
Santana	Black Magic Woman
from Santana's Greatest Hits (1998)
Argent	Hold Your Head Up
from The Argent Anthology: A Collection of Greatest Hits (1987)
Electric Light Orchestra	Do Ya
from The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Vol. 2 - Ticket to the Moon (2008)
Sweet	Love Is Like Oxygen
from The Best of Sweet (1993)
David Bowie	Suffragette City
from Best of Bowie (2002)
The Moody Blues	Nights in White Satin
from The Best of the Moody Blues (1996)
Neil Young	Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
from Neil Young: Greatest Hits (2004)
Bay City Rollers	Saturday Night
from Bay City Rollers: The Definitive Collection (2000)

Comment:

It was the '70s, and a nation exhausted by the struggles of the decade that came before was all too ready to give way to full-on rock indulgence. We're talkin' rock for rock's sake, loaded with the pleasurable heft of Les Pauls and Marshall stacks, the silky sheen of satin-sheet harmonies, and the kind of barb-in-your-brainpan hooks that, to this day, still won't let go. On your own, it could take another decade to collect only the best of the bunch, but with our [i]'70s Rock[/i] Essentials we whittle the process down to a minute or two, with everything from Boston's arena-rockin' anthem "More Than a Feeling" to Meat Loaf's operatic ode to teen lust, "Paradise by the Dashboard Light," to Edgar Winter's instrumental jam behemoth, "Frankenstein." Rock on, friends. Rock on.

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