| Rank |
Artist |
| 01 |
Bruce Springsteen |
| 02 |
Bob Dylan |
| 03 |
Jimi Hendrix |
| 04 |
The Grateful Dead |
| 05 |
Elvis Presley |
| 06 |
The Ramones |
| 07 |
The Beach Boys |
| 08 |
Nirvana |
| 09 |
Buddy Holly |
| 10 |
Velvet Underground/Lou Reed |
| 11 |
The Doors |
| 12 |
The Byrds |
| 13 |
REM |
| 14 |
Frank Zappa |
| 15 |
The Replacements |
| 16 |
Crosby Stills & Nash/Young |
| 17 |
Simon & Garfunkel/ Paul Simon |
| 18 |
Aretha Franklin |
| 19 |
Pearl Jam |
| 20 |
Tom Petty |
| 21 |
Roy Orbison |
| 22 |
Allman Brothers |
| 23 |
Talking Heads z |
| 24 |
Creedance Clearwater Revival |
| 25 |
James Brown |
| 26 |
Van Halen |
| 27 |
Eagles/Don Henley/Glenn Frey/Joe Walsh |
| 28 |
Warren Zevon |
| 29 |
Buffalo Springfield |
| 30 |
Steely Dan |
| 31 |
Stevie Wonder |
| 32 |
Uncle Tupelo/Wilco/Son Volt |
| 33 |
Marvin Gaye |
| 34 |
Aerosmith |
| 35 |
Dick Dale |
| 36 |
Santana |
| 37 |
Joplin, Janis/ Big Brother & The Holding Company |
| 38 |
Stevie Ray Vaughn |
| 39 |
John Mellencamp |
| 40 |
Television |
| 41 |
Nine Inch Nails |
| 42 |
Jefferson Airplane |
| 43 |
Kiss |
| 44 |
Phish |
| 45 |
Carole King |
| 46 |
Joan Jett/ Runaways |
| 47 |
New York Dolls/Johnny Thunders/Heartbreakers |
| 48 |
Smith, Patti |
| 49 |
The Monkees |
| 50 |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
