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LIU Studios 45 - This Song #44: The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

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This Song #44: The Monkees - Pleasant Valley Sunday

This Song #43: Route 66

This Song #42: Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

This Song #41: Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

This Song #40: The Carpenters - Superstar

This Song #39: Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On

This Song #38: Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

This Song #37: Heart - Crazy On You

This Song #36: Elvis Presley and Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

This Song #35: Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

This Song #34: Donovan - Sunshine Superman

This Song #33: James Brown - Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

This Song #32: Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze

This Song #31: The Doors - Light My Fire

This Song #30: Janis Joplin - Half Moon

This Song #29: James Taylor - Fire and Rain

This Song #28: Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction

This Song #27: Sanford-Townsend Band - Smoke From a Distant Fire

This Song #26: Pat Benatar - Hit Me With Your Best Shot

This Song #25: Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman

This Song #24: Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

This Song #23: Jim Croce - Time In A Bottle

This Song #22: 10cc - I'm Not In Love

This Song #21: Linda Ronstadt - Different Drum

This Song #20: Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4

This Song #19: Ray Charles - I Got A Woman

This Song #18: Cream - Sunshine of Your Love

This Song #17: Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

This Song #16: Led Zeppelin - Fool in the Rain

This Song #15: Rush - Limelight

This Song #14 Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

This Song #13: Beach Boys - Good Vibrations

This Song #12: Carly Simon - You're So Vain

This Song #11: The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

This Song #10: The Beatles - I Am The Walrus

This Song #9: Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

This Song #8: Aretha Franklin - Respect

John Lennon Tribute

This Song #7: Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner

This Song #6: Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

This Song #5: Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldier

This Song #4: Carole King - You've Got A Friend

This Song #3: Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

This Song #2: America - A Horse With No Name

This Song #1: Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone