Editing Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (section)

=== List of "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" ===
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Hall of Fame museum curator James Henke, along with "the museum's curatorial staff and numerous rock critics and music experts", created an unordered list of "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.rockhall.com/site/faq/| title=FAQ| website=The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum| access-date=March 24, 2015| archive-date=March 22, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322185411/http://rockhall.com/site/faq/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0150472.html| title=500 Songs That Shaped Rock| website=Infoplease.com| date=February 11, 2017| access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref> The list is part of a permanent exhibit at the museum, and was envisioned as part of the museum from its opening in 1995.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.artcom.com/Museums/nv/mr/44114-10.htm| website=Artcom Museums Tour| title=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum| access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> It contains songs recorded from the [[Stagger Lee (song)|1920s]] through the 1990s. The oldest song on the list is "[[Wabash Cannonball]]" (in particular [[Roy Acuff]]'s 1936 version), written {{Circa|1882}} and credited to J. A. Roff.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loewe |first=Jim |date=June 23, 2013 |title=Wabash Cannonball |url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/152354#sdfootnote1sym |access-date=March 30, 2023 |website=History News Network}}</ref><ref name="655 Songs" /> Since then, however, an additional 160 songs have been added, and the list is now simply referred to as "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll". The most recent songs on the list are [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)|Crazy]]" and [[My Chemical Romance]]'s "[[Welcome to the Black Parade]]", which were both released in 2006. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones are the most represented on the 660-song list, with eight songs each.<ref name="655 Songs">{{cite web |url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |title=Experience The Music: One Hit Wonders and The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll |publisher=Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628094517/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ |archive-date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=January 6, 2017}}</ref>