49 –Donny Hathaway
Nascido: 01/10/1945 (falecido 13/01/1979)
Influenciou: Alicia Keys, R. Kelly, John Legend
48 –Buddy Holly
Nascido: 07/09/1936 (falecido 03/02/1959)
Faixas: “That’ll Be the Day,” “Rave On,” “Not Fade Away”
Influenciou: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger
47 –Jim Morrison
Nascido: 08/12/1943 (falecido 03/07/1971)
Faixas: “Light My Fire,” “Break On Through (to the Other Side),” “L.A. Woman”
Influenciou: Iggy Pop, Ian Astbury
46 –Patsy Cline
Nascido: 08/09/1932 (falecida 05/03/1963)
Faixas “I Fall to Pieces,” “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “Crazy”
Influenciou: Loretta Lynn, Linda Ronstadt, k.d. lang
45 –Kurt Kobain
Nascido: 20/02/1967 (falecido cerca 05/04/1994)
Faixas: “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Lithium,” “All Apologies”
Influenciou Dave Grohl, Gavin Rossdale, Rivers Cuomo
44 –Bobby Blue Band
Nascido: 27/01/1930
Faixas : “I Pity the Fool,” “Farther Up the Road,” “Cry, Cry, Cry” “Turn On Your Love Light”
Influenciou: Van Morrison, B.B. King
43 –George Jones
Nascido: 12/09/1931
Faixas:“He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “She Thnks I Still Care,” “(We’re Not) The Jet Set”
Influenciou: Garth Brooks, Elvis Costello, Alan Jackson
42 – Joni Mitchell
Nascida: 07/11/1943
Faixas: “Both Sides Now,” “Help Me,” “Raised on Robbery”
Influenciou: Robert Plant, Jewel, Fiona Apple
41 – Chuck Berry
Nascido: 18//10/1926
Faixas “Johnny B. Goode,” “Promised Land” “No Particular Place to Go”
Influenciou: The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen
41 – Curtis Mayfield
Nascido: 03/06/1942 (falecido 26/12/999)
Faixas “People Get Ready,” “Superfly” “I’m So Proud”
Influenciou: Bob Marley, Tracy Chapman, Jimi Hendrix