Artist	Song
Bob Dylan	Blowin' In the Wind
from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1983)
Elvis Presley	One Night
from Elvis: 30 #1 Hits (2002)
The Rolling Stones	Get Off Of My Cloud
from Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass) [Remastered] (2005)
The Guess Who	Shakin' All Over
from The Guess Who: Anthology (2003)
Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls of Fire
from Jerry Lee's Greatest (1961)
Little Richard	Send Me Some Lovin'
from Little Richard: The Very Best (2008)
Roy Orbison	Blue Bayou
from 16 Biggest Hits: Roy Orbison (1999)
Pete Seeger	Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
from The Essential Pete Seeger (2005)
Bobby Darin	Queen of the Hop
from The Ultimate Bobby Darin (2004)
Fats Domino	Blueberry Hill
from The Fats Domino Jukebox: 20 Greatest Hits (2002)
Ritchie Valens	Framed
from The Best of Ritchie Valens (2006)
Del Shannon	The Swiss Maid
from Hats Off to del Shannon (1962)
Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore
from I Ain't Marching Anymore (2006)
Phil Phillips	Sea of Love
from Love Songs We Used to Share (1995)
The Fleetwoods	Mr. Blue
from The Very Best of the Fleetwoods - Come Softly to Me (1993)
The Chantels	Maybe
from Doo Wop Classics, Vol. 1 (2003)
Jaynetts	Sally Go Round the Roses
from Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 4 (2008)
The Shadows	Apache (1995 Remastered)
from The Shadows: The Platinum Collection (2006)
Link Wray & His Wray Men	Rumble
from Rock-a-Hits (2007)
The Fendermen	Mule Skinner Blues
from Wacky Westerns (2008)
The Premiers	Farmer John
from Farmer John Live (2005)
The Mynah Birds	Go On and Cry
from The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966 (2006)
The Rockets	Won't You Say You'll Stay
from The Rockets (2001)
Marty Robbins	Don't Worry
from The Essential Marty Robbins (1951-1982) (1991)
Don Gibson	Oh Lonesome Me
from RCA Country Legends: Don Gibson (Remastered) (2001)
Floyd Cramer	Last Date
from The Essential Floyd Cramer (1994)
Tim Hardin	Reason to Believe
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Tim Hardin (2002)
Ian & Sylvia	Four Strong Winds
from Best of the Vanguard Years (2006)
Au Go-Go Singers	High Flying Bird
from They Call Us Au Go-Go Singers (2008)
Clarence "Pinetop" Smith	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
from Boogie Woogie Piano (2008)
Jack Nitzsche	The Lonely Surfer
from The Lonely Surfer (2005)
Gogi Grant	The Wayward Wind
from The Best of Gogi Grant (2007)
Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me to Do
from Found Love (2007)
Ronnie Self	Bop a Lena
from Honky Tonk Rockabillies, Volume 1 (2008)
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Step It Up and Go
from Greatest Country Blues (2009)

Comment:

It's no surprise that one of rock's greatest artists is a composite of all his heroes. But as much as we'll hear from the likes of Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Reed, the Rolling Stones, and other legends, some of Neil's biggest influences came from much closer to his Toronto home. Like the Guess Who, who rode a frat-friendly garage-rock remake of Johnny Kidd's "Shakin' All Over" to Top 40 stardom; leader Randy Bachman became Young's lifelong friend, and the Guess Who was the first band ever to cover a Neil Young tune. You may not immediately connect the baroque psychedelica of the Rockets' "Won't You Say You'll Stay" with Neil . . . until you discover that the band morphed into Crazy Horse. Future Buffalo Springfield/CSN&Y co-founder Stephen Stills gets his folk on in "High Flying Bird" as part of a nine-member unit called the Au Go-Go Singers, which once headlined a gig featuring Neil's band the Squires. And speaking of Neil's early bands, you [i]gotta[/i] hear "Go On and Cry," the recently unearthed 1966 single by the Mynah Birds, which featured not only future Buffalo Springfield bassist Bruce Palmer, but — this'll blow your mind — [i]Rick James[/i]. From Bob Dylan to Bobby Darin, from Elvis Presley to Pete Seeger, we've got the essential artists, the crucial cuts that made Neil Young [i]Neil Young[/i].

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