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MGK Philly 500: Artist Breakdown 2023

By Matty Cord and Colin Newby
MGK Philly 500: Memorial Day Weekend

The MGK at-work network made this Memorial Day Weekend yet another success voting on the top 500 classic rock songs.

The Philly 500 celebrates the best artists that Rock & Roll has to offer.

Our listeners chose “Stairway to Heaven” as the number one song for the first time since 2017.

We’d like to congratulate John Russell of Audubon, NJ for correctly identifying “Stairway to Heaven” to win $500 during the crossover between John DeBella and Matt Cord’s shows at 9am on Tuesday morning.

In the MGK Philly 500 Artist Breakdown, Led Zeppelin finished with 20 of the top 500. The Rolling Stones were the only other artist to finish with 20.

The list paid tribute to legends the Grateful Dead dating back to the 1960s. It included grunge sensations like Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

The usual suspects got their fair share of love, as 11 artists had at least 9 songs on the 2023 edition of the Philly 500 on 102.9 WMGK.

  • AC/DC- 9 songs

    • Hells Bells (259)
    • For Those About to Rock (We Salute You) (237)
    • T.N.T. (168)
    • Dirty Deeds Done Cheap (90)
    • Back in Black (84)
    • It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll) (80)
    • Highway to Hell (78)
    • You Shook Me All Night Long (29)
    • Thunderstruck (27)

     

  • Elton John- 9 songs

    • Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting (397)
    • Bennie and the Jets (389)
    • Someone Saved My Life Tonight (304)
    • Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters (301)
    • Tiny Dancer (270)
    • Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (264)
    • Rocket Man (153)
    • Philadelphia Freedom (60)
    • Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (41)

     

  • The Who- 9 songs

    • We’re Not Gonna Take It (467)
    • Pinball Wizard (226)
    • Behind Blue Eyes (169)
    • Eminence Front (105)
    • Who Are You (81)
    • Love, Reign O’er Me (66)
    • Squeezebox (50)
    • Won’t Get Fooled Again (34)
    • Baba O’Riley (7)

     

  • Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers- 9 songs

    • Learning To Fly (342)
    • Refugee (338)
    • The Waiting (337)
    • Mary Jane’s Last Dance (224)
    • You Don’t Know How It Feels (Petty solo) (214)
    • Free Fallin’ (Petty solo) (171)
    • Runnin’ Down a Dream (Petty solo) (130)
    • Breakdown (104)
    • American Girl (9)

     

  • Van Halen- 10 songs

    • You Really Got Me (434)
    • Dance the Night Away (351)
    • I’ll Wait (302)
    • Hot For Teacher (254)
    • Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (253)
    • Runnin’ with the Devil (193)
    • Why Can’t This Be Love (133)
    • Panama (131)
    • Jump (116)
    • Unchained (23)

     

  • The Eagles- 11 songs

    • Life in the Fast Lane (497)
    • Heartache Tonight (476)
    • In the City (333)
    • Tequilla Sunrise (249)
    • Take It to the Limit (236)
    • Take It Easy (207)
    • Already Gone (204)
    • Peaceful Easy Feeling (197)
    • Lyin’ Eyes (148)
    • Desperado (87)
    • Hotel California (4)

     

  • Pink Floyd- 12 songs

    • Young Lust (451)
    • Speak To Me/Breathe (407)
    • Welcome to the Machine (386)
    • Run Like Hell (336)
    • Have a Cigar (223)
    • Another Brick in the Wall (Part II) (216)
    • Us & Them (189)
    • Money (135)
    • Time (58)
    • Brain Damage/Eclipse (52)
    • Wish You Were Here (18)
    • Comfortably Numb (5)

     

  • Bruce Springsteen- 15 songs

    • I’m on Fire (448)
    • Jungleland (428)
    • Dancing in the Dark (392)
    • Growin’ Up (280)
    • Hungry Heart (268)
    • Prove It All Night (262)
    • She’s the One (252)
    • Born in the U.S.A. (232)
    • Tenth-Avenue Freeze Out (229)
    • Glory Days (199)
    • Out in the Street (179)
    • Badlands (124)
    • Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (35)
    • Thunder Road (30)
    • Born to Run (11)

     

  • The Beatles- 18 songs

    • We Can Work It Out (478)
    • Penny Lane (475)
    • I Saw Her Standing There (381)
    • Sgt. Pepper/ With a Little Help From My Friends (306)
    • Help! (217)
    • Eleanor Rigby (190)
    • Get Back (188)
    • Yesterday (175)
    • Strawberry Fields Forever (173)
    • Something (166)
    • Come Together (145)
    • Revolution (83)
    • In My Life (46)
    • Here Comes the Sun (39)
    • Let It Be (25)
    • While My Guitar Gently Weeps (20)
    • A Day in the Life (16)
    • Hey Jude (10)

     

  • The Rolling Stones- 20 songs

    • Mother’s Little Helper (437)
    • Emotional Rescue (399)
    • Memory Motel (375)
    • Wild Horses (364)
    • Jumpin’ Jack Flash (332)
    • Ruby Tuesday (323)
    • Midnight Rambler (Live) (283)
    • Honky Tonky Women (241)
    • Brown Sugar (233)
    • Start Me Up (209)
    • Beast of Burden (196)
    • Waiting on a Friend (170)
    • Paint It, Black (137)
    • You Can’t Always Get What You Want (126)
    • Tumbling Dice (110)
    • She’s a Rainbow (108)
    • Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (75)
    • Gimme Shelter (40)
    • (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (26)
    • Sympathy for the Devil (8)

     

  • Led Zeppelin- 20 songs

    • How Many More Times (481)
    • All My Love (479)
    • Babe I’m Gonna Leave You (464)
    • Trampled Under Foot (461)
    • Hey, Hey What Can I Do (446)
    • What Is and What Should Never Be (429)
    • Ten Years Gone (380)
    • Dazed & Confused (345)
    • Ramble On (300)
    • Going to California (231)
    • Black Dog (202)
    • Thank You (198)
    • Rock and Roll (187)
    • Over the Hills and Far Away (183)
    • Fool in the Rain (165)
    • Whole Lotta Love (163)
    • When the Levee Breaks (134)
    • Immigrant Song (61)
    • Kashmir (13)
    • Stairway to Heaven (1)

     

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