*" Big Dipper ", a song by Jethro Tull from their 1976 album Too Old to Rock ' n ' Roll: Too Young to Die!

In 1953, a song called " Rock Around the Clock " was written for Haley.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed one song by Blind Lemon Jefferson of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll.

He performed his song " Bo Diddley " with Eric Clapton, Robbie Robertson, and longtime bassist and musical director Debby Hastings at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 20th annual induction ceremony and in the UK, Uncut magazine included his 1957 debut album " Bo Diddley " in its listing of the ' 100 Music, Movie & TV Moments That Have Changed The World '.

The Dead Kennedys performed what appears to be their first new song in 24 years, " You're Such a Fake ", during their October 16, 2010, concert at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D. C.

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Released in 1982, the song " Planet Rock " by DJ Afrika Bambaataa was the first hip-hop song to feature synthesizers.

The song " Uncontrollable Urge " is featured in the video game Rock Band 2.

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

Others contend that Afrika Bambaataa's " Planet Rock " was the first freestyle song produced.

* It is the subject of a ballet, Still Life at the Penguin Café, and a song, ' A Dream too Far ', in the ecological musical Rockford's Rock Opera.

This song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without.

Several songs from the album received regular airplay on major North American rock stations, with Hatfield's song " My Sister " becoming the biggest hit of her career, with a # 1 placing on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the video becoming an MTV staple.

Rock band Kagrra, are well known for using traditional Japanese musical instruments in many of their songs, an example being " Utakata " ( うたかた ), a song in which the koto has a prominent place.

Kid Rock showed up to record the song " Is That You?

Following a two song demo tape containing " Somebody's Gotta Feel This " and " I Got One For Ya " Flom supported Karp in signing Kid Rock for $ 100, 000.

He would release " Cold and Empty ", " Jackson, Mississippi " and " I Am " I Am ( Kid Rock song )

In November 2011, Kid Rock released " Care " a protest song about current politics in D. C.

Kid Rock will release " Rebel Soul " on November 19, 2012, with the lead single being Let's Ride ( Mideast Battle Hymn ).. Another possible track could be, " Redneck Paradise "-a song co-written with brothers, Eric & Jason Young of the southern rock group: The Young Brothers.

Stanzler, a longtime friend of Kid Rock, is mentioned by name in Rock's song " Early Mornin ' Stoned Pimp ".

The song peaked at number seven on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.

Lemmy has occasionally played electric or acoustic guitar, notably on the acoustic song " I Ain't No Nice Guy " from Motörhead's March Ör Die album, the title track on 1996's Overnight Sensation, " Limb from Limb " on Overkill ( on which he plays the second lead break ), " Boogeyman " on Rock ' n ' Roll, and a mouth harp on " Whorehouse Blues " from the Inferno album.

Hybrid Theory won a Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for the song " Crawling " and was nominated for two other Grammy Awards: Best New Artist and Best Rock Album.

( Still another song in `` Strike Up The Band '' -- `` I've Got A Crush On You '' -- was retrieved from a 1928 failure, `` Treasure Girl ''.

She has referenced this independence from major labels in song more than once, including " The Million You Never Made " ( Not A Pretty Girl ), which discusses the act of turning down a lucrative contract, " The Next Big Thing " ( Not So Soft ), which describes an imagined meeting with a label head-hunter who evaluates the singer based on her looks, and " Napoleon " ( Dilate ), which sympathizes sarcastically with an unnamed friend who did sign with a label.

Following the 9 / 11 attacks, Grant's " I Will Remember You " saw a resurgence in popularity as many radio DJs mixed a special tribute version of the song.

On Capp's exit, Lennon sang an impromptu version of his Ballad of John and Yoko song with a slightly revised, but nonetheless prophetic lyric: " Christ, you know it ain't easy / You know how hard it can be / The way things are goin ' / They're gonna crucify Capp!

Passing through: The theme song to the 1960s U. S. television comedy series Car 54, Where Are You?

BAO recently achieved a new record in Sweden on the Svensktoppen chart by staying there for 243 weeks with the song Du är min man (" You Are My Man "), sung by Helen Sjöholm.

The keyboard riff was used again in 2006, in the September song " Cry for You " along with a version by Trance artist ESS-K.

At the age of five, his young voice and exuberance won him a talent contest singing a then-popular song, " Have You Ever Gone Sailing ( Down the River of Memories ).

Wills is also quoted as saying, " You can change the name of an old song, rearrange it and make it a swing.

* Communion, a song by Third Day on their album Wherever You Are

In 1975 Donna Summer recorded a song which she brought to her producer Giorgio Moroder entitled " Love to Love You Baby " which contained a series of simulated orgasms The song was never intended for release but when Moroder played it in the clubs it caused a sensation.

Her performance of the song " Embraceable You " impressed Styne and his partner, Sammy Cahn and they recommended her for a role in Romance on the High Seas, which they were working on for Warner Brothers.

In 1974, her song, " I Will Always Love You ", written about her professional break from Wagoner, went to number one on the country music charts.

Also in 1994, Parton contributed the song " You Gotta Be My Baby " to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.

In 1969, Sullivan presented the Jackson 5 with their first single " I Want You Back ", which ousted the B. J. Thomas song from the top spot of Billboard's pop charts.

The song If You Wanna Be Happy by Jimmy Soul plays in the background.

British band Napalm Death holds the Guinness World Record for shortest song ever recorded with the one-second " You Suffer " ( 1987 ).

In 2007, the video for the Napalm Death song " You Suffer " set a new " Shortest Music Video " record: 1. 3 seconds.

* " Intelligence ", song by ... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead from their 2003 EP The Secret of Elena's Tomb

Hawkins ' song " I Put a Spell on You " was central to the plot of Stranger than Paradise, while Mystery Train is inspired by and named after a song popularized by Elvis Presley, who is also the subject of a vignette in Coffee and Cigarettes.