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Rock-a-bye Baby
"Rock-a-bye Baby", also known as "Hush-a-Bye Baby", is an English-language nursery rhyme and lullaby first printed in London around 1765, picturing a cradle in a treetop.
Rockabye (song)
Rockabye is a 2016 Clean Bandit single featuring Sean Paul and Anne-Marie; a dancehall-tinged tropical pop track about a single mother. It topped the UK chart for nine weeks, was 2016's Christmas Number 1, and reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Rocket Man (song)
Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time) is a 1972 Elton John and Bernie Taupin song from Honky Château, inspired by a Ray Bradbury story, peaking at UK No. 2 and US No. 6.
Rocket Queen
Rocket Queen: closing track (6:13) of Guns N' Roses' 1987 debut Appetite for Destruction, credited to Rose, Slash, Stradlin, McKagan, and Adler; riff from Slash's 1984 band Road Crew, dedicated to Barbi Von Greif, with real recorded sex sounds in the bridge.
Rocket to Russia
Rocket to Russia is the Ramones' third studio album, released November 4, 1977 on Sire Records. The punk classic featuring Sheena Is a Punk Rocker and Rockaway Beach was the last album recorded by all four founding members.
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree: Johnny Marks song recorded October 1958 by 13-year-old Brenda Lee, produced by Owen Bradley in Nashville. Flopped at first, then hit UK No. 6 (1962) and Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 in 2023, making 78-year-old Lee the oldest chart-topper.
Rockin' in the Free World
"Rockin' in the Free World" is a 1989 Neil Young song from the album Freedom, debuted in Seattle in February 1989; a satirical anthem criticizing homelessness, drugs, and Bush-era rhetoric despite its patriotic-sounding chorus.
Rockstar (Lisa song)
Rockstar is a June 27, 2024 English-language solo single by Lisa (Lalisa Manobal) of BLACKPINK, released via LLOUD Co./RCA Records, produced by Ryan Tedder and Sam Homaee, sampling Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes"; it peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard Hot 100 and appears on Alter Ego (2025).
Rockstar (Nickelback song)
Rockstar is a 2005 satirical Nickelback song from All the Right Reasons, written by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake, and Daniel Adair; it peaked at No. 6 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 in the UK, and is distinct from songs of the same name by Dolly Parton, Post Malone, and DaBaby.
Rockstar (Post Malone song)
"Rockstar" is a 2017 hip-hop single by Post Malone featuring 21 Savage, produced by Tank God and Louis Bell, released September 15, 2017 via Republic Records as the lead single of Beerbongs & Bentleys; it was both artists' first Billboard Hot 100 number one, spent eight weeks at the top, and earned Grammy nominations for Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Performance.
Rocky Raccoon
"Rocky Raccoon" is a comic folk-rock song by the Beatles, written mainly by Paul McCartney in India in 1968 and released on their self-titled double album, the White Album.
Rocky Top
Rocky Top is a 1967 bluegrass song by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant, first recorded by the Osborne Brothers, an official Tennessee state song since 1982, and the University of Tennessee Volunteers' unofficial fight song.
Rod Stewart discography
Rod Stewart discography: catalog of the British singer's roughly 32 solo studio albums (1969–2024, Mercury, Warner Bros., Capitol), Faces and Jeff Beck Group recordings, UK number-one singles like Maggie May, certifications, and 2024–2025 releases.
Rodeo (Travis Scott album)
Rodeo is Travis Scott's debut studio album, released September 4, 2015 on Grand Hustle/Epic. A dark, psychedelic trap record following Days Before Rodeo, with guests including Kanye West and The Weeknd; Metascore 64, later two-times platinum.
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein: American musical-theater team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, formed 1943. Created Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, The Sound of Music; pioneered the integrated musical play and won 35 Tonys and 15 Oscars.
Roja (soundtrack)
Roja is the 1992 debut soundtrack album of composer A. R. Rahman, written for Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, selling over 3 million units and winning Rahman a National Film Award.
Role Model Hermit
Role Model Hermit is the 2026 debut album by London trio mary in the junkyard, released on AMF Records. Produced by Oli Bayston, the 11-track art-rock, folk and post-punk record scored 82/100 from critics and drew praise for its folklore-based storytelling.
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven: 1956 Chuck Berry rock and roll single on Chess Records (B-side Drifting Heart) declaring rhythm and blues's triumph over classical music; Rolling Stone #97, National Recording Registry 2003, covered by the Beatles (1963) and Electric Light Orchestra (1973).
Rollin' (Limp Bizkit song)
Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), 2000 Limp Bizkit single from Chocolate Starfish; UK No. 1 single, MTV VMA-winning World Trade Center video, Swizz Beatz Urban Assault Vehicle remix, one billion Spotify streams in 2026.
Rolling in the Deep
Rolling in the Deep, Adele's lead single from 21 (2011), written with Paul Epworth; seven weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number 1, biggest US hit of 2011, UK peak number 2, and winner of the 2012 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year.
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (January 1, 2023) is the magazine's update of its 2008 list of 100, ranking Aretha Franklin first. Known for staff-compiled criteria, no opera, and the controversial exclusion of Celine Dion.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is a recurring ranked album list first published in November 2003, updated in 2012, remade in 2020 with 240 new entries, and lightly updated in December 2023, when Marvin Gaye's What's Going On remained number one.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: music ranking first published 2004 (No. 1: Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone'), updated 2010, fully remade September 2021 via a 250-plus voter poll topped by Aretha Franklin's 'Respect', with 254 new entries.
Roman Candle (album)
Roman Candle (1994) is Elliott Smith's debut album, released on Cavity Search. Recorded on 4-track in a Portland basement, nine sparse acoustic songs including "Condor Ave" and "No Name #1" through "No Name #4".
Romance (Camila Cabello album)
Romance is Camila Cabello's second studio album, released December 6, 2019 on Epic/Syco. Built around her Shawn Mendes relationship, it features "Señorita", debuted at No. 1 in Canada and No. 3 in the US, and scored 71 on Metacritic.
Romance (Fontaines D.C. album)
Romance (2024), fourth album by Irish band Fontaines D.C., released on XL Recordings, produced by James Ford, their first without Dan Carey; 11 tracks blending Britpop, shoegaze, and nu metal; Metacritic 89.
Romance: Untold
Romance: Untold is ENHYPEN's second studio album (BELIFT LAB, July 12, 2024), opening the ROMANCE vampire-romance series with lead single XO (Only If You Say Yes) featuring JVKE; it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 2,344,749 first-week copies.
Romances de los señores de la Nueva España
Romances de los señores de la Nueva España is a sixteenth-century manuscript collection of Nahuatl songs compiled around 1582, preserving lyric poetry attributed to Nahua lords like Nezahualcóyotl.
Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)
Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1996 Capitol Records soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film, mixing alternative rock, pop, and soul tracks.
Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)
Romeo and Juliet is a 1980 Dire Straits song written by Mark Knopfler for Making Movies, a UK top-10 hit inspired by his breakup with Holly Beth Vincent and heavily covered, notably by The Killers.