26.3 Mile Finish Line Rock Party


Pick the Playlist

Runners – thank you for helping us choose the music you will hear on the course on race day! Hundreds of you voted for your favorite song in each category. Each of the 12 Pick the Playlist stations will play the top three songs from each category with the highest number of votes.

Each station will contain music from two years of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.  Your winners, in order of votes are:

1986-87
• Aretha Franklin - Respect
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire
• Roy Orbison - Oh, Pretty Woman

1988-89
• The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
• The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
• The Beatles - Hard Day's Night

1990-91
• The Who - My Generation
• Ike and Tina Turner - Proud Mary
• The Kinks - Lola

1992-93
• Van Morrison - Brown-Eyed Girl
• Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
• Creedence Clearwater Revival - Down on the Corner

1994-95
• Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love
• Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Streets
• Bob Marley - Buffalo Soldiers

1996-97
• The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
• Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
• Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love

1998-99
• Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A.
• Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire
• Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

2000-01
• Queen - We Will Rock You
• Aerosmith - Walk This Way
• Michael Jackson - Beat It

2002-03
• AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
• Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated

2004-05
• U2 - Beautiful Day
• Bob Seger - Old Time Rock and Roll
• Prince - 1999

2006-07
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
• R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
• Van Halen - You Really Got Me

2008
• John Mellencamp - R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A.
• John Mellencamp - Jack and Diane
• Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

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