| Year | Musical Act | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Beatles | 84%
|
| 1989 | The Rolling Stones | 75%
|
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | 73%
|
| 2001 | Michael Jackson | 72%
|
| 2014 | Nirvana | 71%
|
| 1994 | Elton John | 70%
|
| 2001 | Queen | 70%
|
| 2003 | AC/DC | 67%
|
| 2009 | Metallica | 67%
|
| 2019 | Janet Jackson | 66%
|
| 1995 | Led Zeppelin | 63%
|
| 1994 | John Lennon | 61%
|
| 2012 | Guns N' Roses | 60%
|
| 2006 | Black Sabbath | 59%
|
| 1999 | Paul McCartney | 59%
|
| 1996 | Pink Floyd | 57%
|
| 1992 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 57%
|
| 1995 | Al Green | 55%
|
| 2001 | Aerosmith | 53%
|
| 2004 | Prince | 53%
|
| 1990 | The Who | 52%
|
| 1988 | Bob Dylan | 51%
|
| 1996 | David Bowie | 51%
|
| 2004 | George Harrison | 51%
|
| 1998 | Eagles | 50%
|
| 2008 | Madonna | 50%
|
| 1988 | The Beach Boys | 50%
|
| 1993 | The Doors | 50%
|
| 2005 | U2 | 50%
|
| 1999 | Bruce Springsteen | 49%
|
| 2024 | Ozzy Osbourne | 49%
|
| 1987 | Aretha Franklin | 48%
|
| 2018 | Bon Jovi | 48%
|
| 1998 | Fleetwood Mac | 48%
|
| 2023 | George Michael | 48%
|
| 2003 | The Police | 48%
|
| 2022 | Eminem | 47%
|
| 2014 | KISS | 47%
|
| 1987 | B. B. King | 46%
|
| 2000 | Eric Clapton | 46%
|
| 2015 | Green Day | 46%
|
| 2007 | Van Halen | 46%
|
| 2010 | ABBA | 45%
|
| 1986 | Chuck Berry | 45%
|
| 2021 | Foo Fighters | 45%
|
| 1999 | Billy Joel | 44%
|
| 2022 | Carly Simon | 44%
|
| 2007 | Patti Smith | 44%
|
| 2001 | Paul Simon | 44%
|
| 2017 | Pearl Jam | 44%
|
| 2012 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 44%
|
| 2021 | Carole King | 43%
|
| 2006 | Sex Pistols | 43%
|
| 2013 | Albert King | 42%
|
| 1986 | Buddy Holly | 42%
|
| 2022 | Dolly Parton | 42%
|
| 1992 | Johnny Cash | 42%
|
| 2003 | The Clash | 42%
|
| 1995 | Janis Joplin | 41%
|
| 1989 | Stevie Wonder | 41%
|
| 1991 | Ike & Tina Turner | 40%
|
| 2021 | Tina Turner | 40%
|
| 2020 | Whitney Houston | 40%
|
| 1993 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 39%
|
| 2010 | Genesis | 39%
|
| 1986 | James Brown | 39%
|
| 2019 | Radiohead | 39%
|
| 2017 | Tupac Shakur | 39%
|
| 1997 | Bee Gees | 38%
|
| 1993 | Cream | 38%
|
| 2021 | Jay-Z | 38%
|
| 2017 | Journey | 38%
|
| 2006 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 38%
|
| 1995 | Neil Young | 38%
|
| 2016 | Deep Purple | 37%
|
| 1987 | Marvin Gaye | 37%
|
| 2002 | The Ramones | 37%
|
| 2024 | Cher | 36%
|
| 2019 | Def Leppard | 36%
|
| 1993 | Ruth Brown | 36%
|
| 1997 | The Jackson 5 | 36%
|
| 1990 | The Kinks | 36%
|
| 2006 | Blondie | 35%
|
| 1994 | Bob Marley | 35%
|
| 1986 | Ray Charles | 35%
|
| 2007 | R.E.M. | 35%
|
| 2019 | The Cure | 35%
|
| 1993 | Etta James | 34%
|
| 2020 | The Notorious B.I.G. | 34%
|
| 2013 | Rush | 33%
|
| 1990 | Simon & Garfunkel | 33%
|
| 2002 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | 33%
|
| 2012 | Beastie Boys | 32%
|
| 2018 | Dire Straits | 32%
|
| 2013 | Heart | 32%
|
| 2000 | James Taylor | 32%
|
| 1986 | Little Richard | 32%
|
| 1998 | Santana | 32%
|
| 1994 | The Animals | 32%
|
| 1988 | The Supremes | 32%
|
| 1993 | Van Morrison | 32%
|
| 2004 | ZZ Top | 32%
|
| 1987 | Big Joe Turner | 31%
|
| 2019 | Stevie Nicks | 31%
|
| 2023 | Willie Nelson | 31%
|
| 2016 | Chicago | 30%
|
| 2022 | Duran Duran | 30%
|
| 1986 | Jerry Lee Lewis | 30%
|
| 2022 | Lionel Richie | 30%
|
| 2011 | Alice Cooper | 29%
|
| 2017 | Electric Light Orchestra | 29%
|
| 1994 | Grateful Dead | 29%
|
| 2015 | Joan Jett & the Blackhearts | 29%
|
| 2002 | Talking Heads | 29%
|
| 1998 | The Mamas & the Papas | 29%
|
| 2000 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 28%
|
| 2016 | N.W.A | 28%
|
| 1989 | Otis Redding | 28%
|
| 1987 | Ricky Nelson | 28%
|
| 1994 | Rod Stewart | 28%
|
| 1996 | Jefferson Airplane | 27%
|
| 2015 | Lou Reed | 27%
|
| 2006 | Miles Davis | 27%
|
| 2009 | Run-D.M.C. | 27%
|
| 1996 | The Velvet Underground | 27%
|
| 2017 | Yes | 27%
|
| 1989 | Dion | 26%
|
| 1997 | Joni Mitchell | 26%
|
| 2020 | Nine Inch Nails | 26%
|
| 2023 | Rage Against the Machine | 26%
|
| 1987 | Roy Orbison | 26%
|
| 2018 | The Cars | 26%
|
| 1989 | The Temptations | 26%
|
| 1997 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 25%
|
| 2020 | Depeche Mode | 25%
|
| 2024 | Foreigner | 25%
|
| 2014 | Hall & Oates | 25%
|
| 2011 | Neil Diamond | 25%
|
| 1994 | The Band | 25%
|
| 1991 | The Byrds | 25%
|
| 1997 | Buffalo Springfield | 24%
|
| 2014 | Peter Gabriel | 24%
|
| 2014 | Cat Stevens | 23%
|
| 2013 | Donna Summer | 23%
|
| 1986 | Fats Domino | 23%
|
| 1995 | Frank Zappa | 23%
|
| 1987 | Jackie Wilson | 23%
|
| 2023 | Kate Bush | 23%
|
| 1987 | Muddy Waters | 23%
|
| 2001 | Ritchie Valens | 23%
|
| 1986 | Sam Cooke | 23%
|
| 2016 | Steve Miller | 23%
|
| 1999 | Dusty Springfield | 22%
|
| 2022 | Eurythmics | 22%
|
| 1990 | Four Tops | 22%
|
| 2009 | Jeff Beck | 22%
|
| 1995 | The Allman Brothers Band | 22%
|
| 1992 | The Yardbirds | 22%
|
| 2004 | Bob Seger | 21%
|
| 1991 | Jimmy Reed | 21%
|
| 1987 | Smokey Robinson | 21%
|
| 2001 | Steely Dan | 21%
|
| 2020 | The Doobie Brothers | 21%
|
| 1986 | The Everly Brothers | 21%
|
| 2019 | The Zombies | 21%
|
| 2003 | Elvis Costello & the Attractions | 20%
|
| 2008 | Leonard Cohen | 20%
|
| 2022 | Pat Benatar | 20%
|
| 2013 | Public Enemy | 20%
|
| 2015 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | 20%
|
| 1990 | The Four Seasons | 20%
|
| 2024 | Dave Matthews Band | 19%
|
| 1987 | Bill Haley | 18%
|
| 2002 | Brenda Lee | 18%
|
| 2016 | Cheap Trick | 18%
|
| 1996 | Gladys Knight & the Pips | 18%
|
| 2017 | Joan Baez | 18%
|
| 2008 | John Mellencamp | 18%
|
| 2018 | Nina Simone | 18%
|
| 2005 | Pretenders | 18%
|
| 2023 | Sheryl Crow | 18%
|
| 2010 | The Hollies | 18%
|
| 2007 | The Ronettes | 18%
|
| 2010 | The Stooges | 18%
|
| 2020 | T. Rex | 18%
|
| 2015 | Bill Withers | 17%
|
| 2011 | Darlene Love | 17%
|
| 2024 | Kool & The Gang | 17%
|
| 2024 | Mary J. Blige | 17%
|
| 2023 | Missy Elliott | 17%
|
| 1993 | Sly & the Family Stone | 17%
|
| 2021 | The Go-Go's | 17%
|
| 1987 | Bo Diddley | 16%
|
| 2024 | Peter Frampton | 16%
|
| 2018 | The Moody Blues | 16%
|
| 2024 | A Tribe Called Quest | 15%
|
| 1987 | Carl Perkins | 15%
|
| 2012 | Donovan | 15%
|
| 2004 | Jackson Browne | 15%
|
| 1997 | Parliament-Funkadelic | 15%
|
| 1988 | The Drifters | 15%
|
| 1992 | The Isley Brothers | 15%
|
| 2003 | The Righteous Brothers | 15%
|
| 1987 | Eddie Cochran | 14%
|
| 2007 | Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five | 14%
|
| 2002 | Isaac Hayes | 14%
|
| 2010 | Jimmy Cliff | 14%
|
| 2014 | Linda Ronstadt | 14%
|
| 2019 | Roxy Music | 14%
|
| 1990 | The Platters | 14%
|
| 2012 | The Small Faces | 14%
|
| 2011 | Tom Waits | 14%
|
| 1990 | Bobby Darin | 13%
|
| 2000 | Bonnie Raitt | 13%
|
| 2005 | Buddy Guy | 13%
|
| 1999 | Curtis Mayfield | 13%
|
| 1991 | John Lee Hooker | 13%
|
| 1991 | LaVern Baker | 13%
|
| 1995 | Martha and the Vandellas | 13%
|
| 2013 | Randy Newman | 13%
|
| 1996 | The Shirelles | 13%
|
| 2004 | Traffic | 13%
|
| 1991 | Wilson Pickett | 13%
|
| 1992 | Booker T. & the M.G.'s | 12%
|
| 2011 | Dr. John | 12%
|
| 1992 | Sam & Dave | 12%
|
| 1987 | The Coasters | 12%
|
| 2008 | The Dave Clark Five | 12%
|
| 2005 | The O'Jays | 12%
|
| 2023 | The Spinners | 12%
|
| 2009 | Bobby Womack | 11%
|
| 1999 | Del Shannon | 11%
|
| 1994 | Duane Eddy | 11%
|
| 1998 | Gene Vincent | 11%
|
| 2005 | Percy Sledge | 11%
|
| 2001 | The Flamingos | 11%
|
| 2000 | The Lovin' Spoonful | 11%
|
| 2021 | Todd Rundgren | 11%
|
| 1992 | Bobby "Blue" Bland | 10%
|
| 1987 | Clyde McPhatter | 10%
|
| 1993 | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | 10%
|
| 1990 | Hank Ballard | 10%
|
| 2012 | Laura Nyro | 10%
|
| 2009 | Little Anthony & The Imperials | 10%
|
| 1996 | Little Willie John | 10%
|
| 1998 | Lloyd Price | 10%
|
| 2001 | Solomon Burke | 10%
|
| 2004 | The Dells | 10%
|
| 1991 | The Impressions | 10%
|
| 1997 | The Rascals | 10%
|
| 2008 | The Ventures | 10%
|
| 2002 | Gene Pitney | 9%
|
| 2000 | The Moonglows | 9%
|
| 2015 | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 9%
|
| 1999 | The Staple Singers | 9%
|