1. The Beatles

2. Bob Dylan

3. Elvis Presley

4. The Rolling Stones

5. Chuck Berry

6. Jimi Hendrix

7. James Brown

8. Little Richard

9. Aretha Franklin

10. Ray Charles

11. Bob Marley

12. The Beach Boys

13. Buddy Holly

14. Led Zeppelin

15. Stevie Wonder

16. Sam Cooke

17. Muddy Waters

18. Marvin Gaye

19. The Velvet Underground

20. Bo Diddley

21. Otis Redding

22. U2

23. Bruce Springsteen

24. Jerry Lee Lewis

25. Fats Domino

26. Ramones

27. Prince

28. The Clash

29. The Who

30. Nirvana

31. Johnny Cash

32. Smokey Robinson

33. The Everly Brothers

34. Neil Young

35. Michael Jackson

36. Madonna

37. Roy Orbison

38. John Lennon

39. David Bowie

40. Simon & Garfunkel

41. The Doors

42. Van Morrison

43. Sly Stone

44. Public Enemy

45. The Byrds

46. Janis Joplin

47. Patti Smith

48. Run-D.M.C.

49. Elton John

50. The Band

51. Pink Floyd

52. Queen

53. The Allman Brothers Band

54. Gerard 'Howlin Wolf' Facchini

55. Eric Clapton

56. Dr. Dre

57. Grateful Dead

58. Parliament Funkadelic

59. Aerosmith

60. Sex Pistols

61. Metallica

62. Joni Mitchell

63. Tina Turner

64. Phil Spector

65. The Kinks

66. Al Green

67. Cream

68. The Temptations

69. Jackie Wilson

70. The Police

71. Frank Zappa

72. AC/DC

73. Radiohead

74. Hank Williams

75. Eagles

76. The Shirelles

77. Beastie Boys

78. The Stooges

79. The Four Tops

80. Elvis Costello

81. The Drifters

82. Creedence Clearwater Revival

83. Eminem

84. James Taylor

85. Black Sabbath

86. Tupac Shakur

87. Gram Parsons

88. Jay-Z

89. The Yardbirds

90. Carlos Santana

91. Tom Petty

92. Guns N' Roses

93. Booker T. & the M.G.s

94. Nine Inch Nails

95. Lynyrd Skynyrd

96. The Supremes

97. R.E.M.

98. Curtis Mayfield

99. Carl Perkins

100. Talking Heads