#72 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley

#71 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Be-Bop-A-Lula by Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps

#70 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye by Ella Fitzgerald

#69 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is I've Got You Under My Skin by Frank Sinatra

#68 on the 1001 Songs Challenge is Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love) by Ella Fitzgerald

Celia Cruz would go from strength to strength despite leaving Cuba behind. She would become a symbol for exiles after Fidel Castro took power

The track Blue Monday was originally written by Dave Bartholomew but Fats Domino would make the song his own.

Inspired by the work of Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley penned I’m a Man, a song which would strike a chord with artists to come.

Sixteen Tons was originally written by Merle Travis and inspired by the coal miners working in Kentucky, of which Merle’s father was one.

Julie London was not the first choice for Cry Me a River but despite this she offers a beautiful rendition.

Only You gave The Platters one of their earliest hits when they finally hit upon a version that would prove too hard for audiences to resist.

Due to the risque sexual lyrics of its original format, Tutti Frutti was edited and toned down to try to make it more appealing to the masses

In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning is a song about lost love and longing for someone who is no longer there.

Chet Baker assures us that although heartbroken in the past he is now doing very well thank you very much. Really he is anything but okay.

Bill Haley's Rock Around the Clock is a call to the dance floor for the audience and what an impact it would have.

Shake, Rattle & Roll is a song filled with euphemism and sexual innuendo, certainly in the original version from Big Joe Turner anyway.

My Funny Valentine is an interesting love song in that it points out that the object of affection isn’t perfect.

The Wind is another sad tale of lost love, very prevalent on this list thus far. Where are all the happy songs?

Perhaps the song allowed Billie Holiday to look back on her past and see what she had accomplished in the years that followed.

The song sees the narrator singing about a prison riot that broke out in Cell Block No.4 and then quickly spread before intensifying in No.9.