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| MY 100 GREATEST ARTISTS OF ROCK & ROLL* 1) Led Zeppelin 51) Glenn Miller 2) The Doors 52) James Taylor 3) Jimi Hendrix 53) The Grateful Dead 4) Queen 54) Muddy Waters 5) Bob Dylan 55) Elvis Costello 6) The Beatles 56) Tina Turner 7) Eric Clapton 57) Pink Floyd 8) Fleetwood Mac 58) Bonnie Raitt 9) Nirvana 59) Red Hot Chili Peppers 10) U2 60) Miles Davis 11) R.E.M. 61) The Pretenders 12) The Rolling Stones 62) Kiss 13) James Brown 63) Sly & The Family Stone 14) David Bowie 64) Janet Jackson 15) Aretha Franklin 65) Duke Ellington 16) Janis Joplin 66) Simon & Garfunkel 17) Elvis Presley 67) Talking Heads 18) The Who 68) Frank Zappa 19) Bruce Springsteen 69) Crosby, Stills, & Nash 20) The Police 70) The Byrds 21) Madonna 71) Sarah McLachlan 22) Prince 72) Peter Gabriel 23) Stevie Wonder 73) Whitney Houston 24) Ray Charles 74) Iggy Pop 25) Elton John 75) Gladys Knight & The Pips 26) John Lennon 76) Gloria Estefan 27) Carole King 77) The Temptations 28) Alanis Morissette 78) The Mamas & The Papas 29) Billy Joel 79) Diana Ross & The Supremes 30) Cream 80) Bjork 31) Santana 81) The Four Tops 32) Michael Jackson 82) The Sex Pistols 33) Neil Young 83) Earth, Wind, & Fire 34) Chuck Berry 84) Alice Cooper 35) Creedance Clearwater Revival 85) Tori Amos 36) Aerosmith 86) Louis Armstrong 37) The Beach Boys 87) Parliament-Funkedelic 38) Paul McCartney 88) The Ramones 39) Bob Marley 89) Run DMC 40) Marvin Gaye 90) The Bee Gees 41) Cher 91) Bo Diddley 42) Annie Lennox 92) Sheryl Crow 43) Sting 93) Beck 44) Buddy Holly 94) Paul Simon 45) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 95) Joni Mitchell 46) The Beastie Boys 96) Billie Holiday 47) Rod Stewart 97) Smashing Pumpkins 48) B. B. King 98) Indigo Girls 49) The Eagles 99) Liz Phair 50) Stevie Ray Vaughan 100) Dave Matthews Band * The term "rock & roll" as defined by the All Music Guide: Rock & Roll is often used as a generic term, but its sound is rarely predictable. From the outset, when the early rockers merged country and blues, rock has been defined by its energy, rebellion and catchy hooks, but as the genre aged, it began to shed those very characteristics, placing equal emphasis on craftmanship and pushing the boundaries of the music. As a result, everything from Chuck Berry's pounding, three-chord rockers and the sweet harmonies of the Beatles to the soulful pleas of Otis Redding and the jarring, atonal white noise of Sonic Youth has been categorized as "rock." That's accurate � rock & roll had a specific sound and image for only a handful of years. For most of its life, R&R has been fragmented, spinning off new styles and variations every few years, from Brill Building Pop and heavy metal to dance-pop and grunge. And that's only natural for a genre that began its life as a fusion of styles. This list also includes jazz, for without jazz there could be no rock & roll. |
| VH1's 100 Greatest Artists list. VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock VH1's 100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll SPIN Magazine's Top 90 Albums of the '90s |