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This page lists the top ten picks from different polls that fans have voted on over at the Classic Rock Weekly Poll Page.
Favorite Rock Song with "USA" or "America"in its title (Results from a poll taken the week of June 29, 2009) |
Favorite Rock Song has a countries' name (other than USA) in its title (Results from a poll taken the week of July 6, 2009) | ||
| 1 | American Woman - Guess Who | 1 | Back in the USSR - The Beatles |
| 2 | America - Simon & Garfunkel | 2 | Norwegian Wood - The Beatles |
| 3 | American Pie - Don McClean | 3 | Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen |
| 4 | Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen | 4 | Panama - Van Halen |
| 5 | American Girl - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers | 5 | Anarchy in the UK - The Sex Pistols |
| 6 | Back in the U.S.A. - Chuck Berry | 6 | Mozambique - Bob Dylan |
| 7 | We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad | 7 | Never Been To Spain - Three Dog Night |
| 8 | Surfin' USA - Beach Boys | 8 | China Girl - David Bowie |
| 9 | American Tune - Paul Simon; U.S. Blues - The Grateful Dead (tie) | 9 | Spanish Moon - Little Feat |
| 9 | I'm So Bored with the U.S.A. - The Clash (tie) | 10 | Turning Japanese - The Vapors |
Favorite Rock Song with a US states' name in its title (Results from a poll taken the week of July 13, 2009) |
Favorite song with a city's name in the title (Results from a poll taken the week of Aug 3, 2009) |
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| 1 | Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1 | LA Woman - The Doors |
| 2 | Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young | 2 | Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon |
| 3 | Going to California - Led Zeppelin | 3 | City Of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie |
| 4 | California Dreaming - The Mama's and the Papa's | 4 | Woodstock - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
| 5 | Hotel California - Eagles | 5 | Up On Cripple Creek - The Band |
| 6 | California Girls- Beach Boys | 6 | London Calling – The Clash (tie) |
| 7 | California Man - Cheap Trick | 6 | Woman From Tokyo - Deep Purple (tie) |
| 8 | Mississippi Queen - Mountain | 8 | All the Way From Memphis - Mott the Hoople (tie) |
| 9 | Montana - Frank Zappa (tie) | 8 | Last Train to Clarksville - The Monkees (tie) |
| 9 | The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - The Doors (tie) | 10 | Memphis Tennessee - Chuck Berry |
Favorite song with 'city' 'town' or 'country' in its title (Results from a poll taken the week of Aug 10, 2009) |
Favorite song with continents, districts, neighborhoods, land areas, or locations not real, noted in its title? (Results from a poll taken the week of Aug 24, 2009) |
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| 1 | Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful | 1 | Kashmir - Led Zeppelin |
| 2 | Living for the City - Stevie Wonder | 2 | Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks |
| 3 | Paradise City - Guns And Roses | 3 | Pleasant Valley Sunday - The Monkees |
| 4 | The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy | 4 | Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen |
| 5 | Girl from the The North Country - Bob Dylan | 5 | Atlantis - Donovan |
| 6 | My City Was Gone - The Pretenders | 6 | Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett |
| 7 | Country Honk - The Rolling Stones (tie) | 7 | Hollywood Nights - Bob Segar |
| 7 | Downtown Suzie - The Rolling Stones (tie) | 8 | Dixie Chicken - Little Feat (tie) |
| 7 | Sin City - AC/DC (tie) | 8 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Biaz (tie) |
| 7 | Suffragette City - David Bowie (tie) | 8 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band (tie) |
Favorite song with bodies of water noted in the title (Results from a poll taken the week of Aug 23, 2009) |
Favorite song with mountians noted in its title? (Results from a poll taken the week of July 21, 2008) |
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| 1 | Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding | 1 | Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin |
| 2 | Smoke on the Water- Deep Purple | 2 | Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh |
| 3 | Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (tie) | 3 | River Deep Mountain High - Ike & Tina Turner |
| 3 | Down by the River - Neil Young (tie) | 4 | Ain`t No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
| 3 | The Ocean - Led Zeppelin (tie) | 5 | Sugar Mountain - Neil Young |
| 6 | Up On Cripple Creek - The Band | 6 | Thunder On The Mountain - Bob Dylan |
| 7 | Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival | 7 | There Is a Mountain - Donovan |
| 8 | Down by the Seaside - Led Zeppelin | 8 | Mountain Jam - The Allman Brothers Band (tie) |
| 9 | Take Me to the River - Talking Heads | 8 | Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (tie) |
| 10 | The River - Bruce Springsteen | 10 | Fire On The Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band |
Favorite song with 'Street', 'Road', 'Lane', 'Avenue', etc. in its title (Results from a poll taken the week of Aug 31, 2009) |
Cover song done by an artist which sounds better than the original song (Results from a poll taken the week of Sept 28, 2009) |
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| 1 | Street Fighting Man - The Rolling Stones | 1 | The Bryds - Mr Tambourine Man (written & recorded by Bob Dylan) |
| 2 | Penny Lane - The Beatles | 2 | Aretha Franklin - Respect (written & recorded by Otis Redding) (tie) |
| 3 | Highway to Hell - AC/DC | 2 | Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower (written & recorded by Bob Dylan) (tie) |
| 4 | Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan | 4 | Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (written & recorded by Kris Kristofferson) |
| 5 | Roadhouse Blues - The Doors (tie) | 5 | Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends (written & recorded by John Lennon and Paul McCartney w/ The Beatles) |
| 5 | Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen (tie) | 6 | The Beatles - Twist and Shout (written by Phil Medley & Bert Russell, recorded by The Isley Brothers) |
| 7 | Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles | 7 | Rolling Stones - Just My Imagination (written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong, recorded by The Temptations) (tie) |
| 8 | Route 66 - The Rolling Stones | 7 | Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (written by Jerry Ragovoy aka Norman Meade, recorded by Irma Thomas) (tie) |
| 9 | Where The Streets Have No Name - U2 | 9 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (written & recorded by Bruce Springsteen) (tie) |
| 10 | Deadend Street - The Kinks & The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel (tie) | 9 | The Who - Summertime Blues (written & recorded by Eddie Cochran) (tie) |
Best
Teen-angst Anthems |
Best
tongue-in-cheek Rock Song |
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| 1 | Barba O'Reily - The Who | 1 | Back in the USSR - The Beatles |
| 2 | I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper Band | 2 | Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd |
| 3 | My Generation - The Who | 3 | Well Respected Man - The Kinks |
| 4 | All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople | 4 | Texan Love Song - Elton John |
| 5 | 5:15 - The Who | 5 | Fat Bottom Girls - Queen |
| 6 | Surrender - Cheap Trick | 6 | Sprit in the Sky - Normal Greenbaum |
| 7 | Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran | 7 | Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top |
| 8 | I Don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats | 8 | Dead Babies - Alice Cooper Band |
| 9 | I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself - Elton John | 9 | No-No Song - Ringo Starr |
| 10 | Summertime Blues - The Who | 10 | My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry |
Rock
Band/Artist who covered Robert Johnson best |
Best song by a Rock Band or Artist, written about drinking booze (Results from a poll taken the week of December 14, 2009) |
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| 1 | The Rolling Stones - Love In Vain | 1 | One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thoroughgood |
| 2 | Cream - Crossroards (aka Cross Road Blues) | 2 | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - The Doors |
| 3 | Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues | 3 | Lovin’ Cup - The Rolling Stones |
| 4 | The Rolling Stones - Stop Breaking Down | 4 | Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond |
| 5 | Eric Clapton - Sweet Home Chicago | 5 | I Drink Alone - George Thoroughgood (tie) |
| 6 | Eric Clapton - Kind Hearted Woman Blues | 5 | Social Disease - Elton John (tie) |
| 7 | Bob Dylan - Kindhearted Woman Blues | 7 | Drinkin' Wine Spo-dee-o-dee - Jerry Lee Lewis |
| 8 | Allman Brothers - Come On In My Kitchen | 8 | Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers - ZZ Top (3 way tie) |
| 9 | Lynyrd Skynyrd - Crossroads (aka Cross Road Blues) | 8 | Let’s Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles (3 way tie) |
| 10 | Grateful Dead - Walking Blues | 8 | That Smell - Lynyrd Skynyrd (3 way tie) |
| Of the bands that lost their
original lead singer and still made it big - or kept going strong, the ones that were best
off in the end with the new frontman (Results from a poll taken the week of Jan 4, 2010) |
Rock Band with the best logo (Results from a poll taken the week of Feb 15, 2010) |
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| 1 | Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett replaced by Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters. | 1 | The Rolling Stones |
| 2 | Fleetwood Mac - Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer & Danny Kirwan; Christine McVie replaced Green; Bob Welch replaced Spencer & Kirwan; then Stevie Nicks & Lindsay Buckingham replaced Welsh. | 2 | The Grateful Dead |
| 3 | AC/DC - Bon Scott replaced by Brian Johnson. | 3 | The Monkees |
| 4 | Moody Blues - Denny Laine replaced by John Lodge and Justin Hayward. | 4 | AC/DC |
| 5 | Deep Purple - Rod Evans replaced by Ian Gillan, then David Coverdale replaced Gillian, Joe Lynn Turner replaced him & then Gillan returned and replaced Turner. | 5 | The Doors (tie) |
| 6 | Journey - Gregg Rolie replaced by Steve Perry. | 5 | The Beatles (tie) |
| 7 | Genesis - Peter Gabriel replaced by Phil Collins. | 7 | The Who |
| 8 | Jefferson Airplane - Marty Balin & Signe Anderson; Grace Slick replaced Anderson, then Joey Covington replaced Balin. (tie) | 8 | Queen (tie) |
| 8 | Steely Dan - David Palmer (main singer studio & all singing live) with Donald Fagen; Palmer left and Fagen became the main lead singer. (tie) | 8 | The Ramones (tie) |
| 10 | Van Halen - David Lee Roth replaced by Sammy Hagar. | 10 | Led Zeppelin |
| Rock band
that changed their original name, and did so for the better (Results from a poll taken the week of Feb 22, 2010) |
Which Rock band that changed their name had a better name at first? (Results from a poll taken the week of March 1, 2010) | ||
| 1 | Creedence Clearwater Revival - First called: The Golliwogs | 1 | Chicago - First called: Chicago Transit Authority |
| 2 | Led Zeppelin - First called: The New Yardbirds | 2 | Sly and the Family Stone - First called: Sly & the Stoners |
| 3 | Pink Floyd - First called: 'The Meggadeaths', then 'The T-Set' and then 'The Screaming Abdabs' | 3 | Bee Gees - First called: The Rattlesnakes |
| 4 | Black Sabbath - First called: Polka Turk Blues Company | 4 | The Faces - First called: The Small Faces (tie) |
| 5 | Alice Cooper - First called: both 'The Spiders' and 'The Naz' | 4 | The Turtles - First called: both 'Nightriders' and 'The Crossfires' (tie) |
| 6 | Grateful Dead - First called: The Warlocks | 6 | The Rascals - First called: The Young Rascals |
| 7 | The Beatles - First called: both 'The Quarrymen' and 'The Silver Beatles' (tie) | 7 | Mothers of Invention - First called: Mothers (aka Motherfuckers) |
| 7 | The Who - First called: 'The Detours', then 'the Who', then 'The High Numbers' (tie) | 8 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - First called: Mudcrutch |
| 9 | Lynrd Skynyrd - First called: both 'Noble Five' and 'One Percent' | 9 | Creedence Clearwater Revival - First called: The Golliwogs (tie) |
| 10 | Van Halen - First called: Mammoth | 9 | Goo Goo Dolls - First called: Sex Maggots (tie) |
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