Top 35 Southern Rock Songs

Like so much rock 'n' roll from the earliest and most formative years, Southern rock took a little bit from here and a little bit from there.

Southern rock, distinct from its lighter country rock cousin, blends blues, soul and country, incorporating heavy rock's loud guitars and improvisational spirit, creating its own tone and style.

In the list below of the Top 35 Southern Rock Songs, as chosen by the UCR staff, the twin pillars of the music — the Allman Brothers Band and Lynyrd Skynyrd — are well-represented, checking in, in one form or another, with more than a third of the entries. But Southern rock doesn't end with them, even if the story begins there. Records from the '70s through the '00s all find a place. As the late Ronnie Van Zant famously once asked, "What song is it you