The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Who were all included in the Top Ten of the British magazine Q's '100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever.' The list was voted on by the magazine's editors and managed to cover every era and decade of rock and roll's 50-year-history.
Topping the chart is 'Purple Haze' by the Jimi Hendrix Experience from 1967, Number Two is 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' by the Rolling Stones from 1968, Number Three is 'Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin from 1969, Number Four is 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' by Nirvana from 1991, and Number Five is 'Helter Skelter' by the Beatles from 1968.
Number Six is 'Sweet Child O'Mine' by Guns N' Roses from 1987, Number Seven is 'Won't Get Fooled Again' by the Who from 1971, Number Eight is 'Seven Army Nation' by the White Stripes from 2003, Number Nine is 'You Really Got Me' by the Kinks from 1964, with the Stone Roses' 'I Am The Resurrection' rounding out the Top Ten.
Honorable mentions goes to:
Cream at Number 19 with 'Sunshine Of Your Love,' Thin Lizzy at Number 38 with 'The Boys Are Back In Town,' Chuck Berry at Number 42 with 'Johnny B. Goode,' and Eric Clapton's Derek & the Dominos at Number 43 with 'Layla.'
The Byrds at Number 50 with 'Eight Miles High,' Elvis Presley at Number 55 with 'Hound Dog,' the Yardbirds at Number 61 with 'Shapes Of Things,' and Bo Diddley at Number 64 with 'Bo Diddley.'
John Lennon at Number 74 with 'Cold Turkey,' Eddie Cochran at Number 77 with 'Summertime Blues,' Bob Dylan at Number 80 with 'All Along The Watchtower,' and Sly and the Family Stone at Number 84 with 'I Want To Take You Higher,' and the Osmonds at Number 100 with 'Crazy Horses.'
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