Sixty posts in and I’ve got three unique picks.
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (though I prefer the Devo version, it’s less of a straight-ahead rocker)
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
You Walked In The Room - The 77s
I’m 99.99+% sure that the first one is by the Doors, and the last one by the Beatles; I’m not familiar with the middle one – who’s the artist?
Also the Doors. I’m not a big Doors fan, but that is probably their best song. I especially like the live version.
“Cancel my subscription to The Resurrection…”
I’m gonna limit myself to what I think of as “rock and roll” instead of “rock.” So more early, blues-based rock (often tinged with country, but lots of I-IV-V chord progressions.) I’m not going to go too deep into catalogs or try to be obscure.
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Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
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Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry. Yes, it’s the obvious song from his catalog, and I prefer work like “Nadine” mentioned above, but I just can’t not pick that one as one of the most rock-and-roll songs of all time.
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Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and the Comets. This song ignited my love of 50s-era rock and roll as a kid. I could never get sick of hearing it.
Tumbling Dice, Rolling Stones
The Weight, The Band
Rockin’ In The Free World, Neil Young
My top three is Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull.
The crowd wasn’t quite sure what to make of the guy in white tails on a dark stage playing classical noodlings on a grand piano… (see, Aqualung hadn’t been released yet). But after 10 minutes, we forgave him when it suddenly morphed into serious rock and roll (and the rest of the band joined in on a high-energy performance of Locomotive Breath)!
Today I’m spinning new disks for holiday guests, and the theme is British Invasion… so my choice today is:
Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
Have I the Right - The Honeycombs
Catch Us If You Can - The Dave Clark Five
For a long time, I thought Blues Image’s “Ride Captain Ride” was by Grand Funk Railroad. Their singer, Mike Pinera, and GFR’s singer Mark Farner were born born on September 29, 1948 - and Pinera just died on November 20th at the age of 76.
This is definitely on that list.
Since I already nominated one, I’ll name two more, just because they got their respective balls rolling:
“She Loves You” - the Beatles
“Rock Around The Clock” - Bill Haley and the Comets
Already mentioned by @Treppenwitz.
ETA: Oops, nevermind, this shouldn’t matter, many posts mentioned songs again. Sorry.
ETA2: yes, what @Czarcasm says. I had a brainfart.
It doesn’t matter. This isn’t a list of rock and roll songs that haven’t been mentioned before.
Double brain fart, in fact - I picked the original (Move It On Over by Hank Williams). Though to be fair, that’s a very easy mistake to make. 
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Dang, that’s what I confused it with! Now who posted “Rock Around The Clock” first, was it @Smapti instead?
ETA: nope, I did a search and it was @pulykamell . Anyway, I should stop drinking on Sundays…
“The Chain,” Fleetwood Mac
“When The Levee Breaks,” Led Zeppelin
“Grace, Too,” The Tragically Hip
If you don’t drink on Sundays, you can’t drink all week.
Back on topic, this is a fine thread. Several songs that I’m not familiar with, so I listen to them on the 'net. All good music.
I could go with these two but there are so many to choose from each band that makes it difficult.
I mean, “The Great Gig in the Sky” from Pink Floyd has to be on the short list too.
For a third I’d put in K.D. Lang’s cover of “Hallelujah” at the 2005 Juno Awards.
Just saw Bruce do this last week ar Rogers’ Place in Edmonton! Great song.