236 - Ramones Rock 'n' Roll High School 1980

The Ramones never achieved much commercial success during their years of recording and performing. Their only album to reach certified gold status in the U.S. was their compilation album "Ramones Mania". Appreciation of the band has grown since the 1980s, and they now regularly appear on "all-time greatest" lists. "Rock 'n' Roll High School" is also a 1979 film produced by Roger Corman, directed by Allan Arkush, and featuring The Ramones. The title song was written by Joey Ramone and was released in the album "End of the Century", produced by the famed Phil Spector. Bassist Dee Dee Ramone wrote of Spector's obsessive recording techniques: "Phil would sit in the control room and would listen through the headphones to Marky hit one note on the drum, hour after hour, after hour, after hour." At another time, Spector forced guitarist Johnny Ramone to play the opening chord to "Rock 'n' Roll High School" hundreds of times.