Song: Smooth
Quick Thoughts: Born in Jalisco, Mexico, Carlos Santana learned to play the violin at age five, and the guitar at age eight. He was heavily influenced by Ritchie Valens at a time when there were very few Latinos in American rock and pop music. Having grown up in Tijuana and then California, he witnessed the growing hippie movement centered in San Francisco in the 1960s. Santana went on to perform at Woodstock and would go on to cement his place in rock history. Having written an earlier version based on a friend, Rob Thomas re-wrote the song for his wife, Marisol Maldonado, eventually leading to massive success. The first chart-topping song in Carlos Santana's long-running career. The song stayed in the top ten of the Billboard Top 100 for 30 weeks, a record only broken by "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes. On Billboard magazine's rankings of the top songs of the first 50 years of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, "Smooth" was ranked as the number-two song overall (behind only "The Twist") and the number-one rock song in the history of the chart.
Ranking from Original "Top 1000" List: 960
Added to my Personal List? YES
Total Songs Added to Final List: 25
For upcoming concerts: http://www.santana.com/Santana-On-Tour/
Having grown up listening to mostly hip-hop, R&B, some alternative, and all sorts of music in Spanish, I decided it was time to give myself a personal survey of Rock music. My friend BJ Swanner compiled a "Top 1000 Rock Song List", aggregated from several "Top Lists". As I go through all 1,000 songs, I'll be creating my own list, sharing a brief post like this for all the songs that will make my final list. I will not be ranking the songs that make it to my final list.....for now.
Twitter: @jimmythelion
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