| Year | Performer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Beatles | 92%
|
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | 85%
|
| 1989 | The Rolling Stones | 85%
|
| 2001 | Michael Jackson | 79%
|
| 1994 | John Lennon | 78%
|
| 1994 | Elton John | 77%
|
| 1995 | Led Zeppelin | 75%
|
| 2014 | Nirvana | 74%
|
| 1999 | Paul McCartney | 74%
|
| 2004 | George Harrison | 72%
|
| 2001 | Queen | 72%
|
| 1990 | The Who | 72%
|
| 1996 | Little Willie John | 71%
|
| 1992 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 70%
|
| 1986 | Chuck Berry | 69%
|
| 2000 | Eric Clapton | 68%
|
| 2003 | AC/DC | 67%
|
| 2006 | Black Sabbath | 67%
|
| 1988 | Bob Dylan | 67%
|
| 2009 | Metallica | 67%
|
| 2001 | Aerosmith | 66%
|
| 1993 | The Doors | 66%
|
| 1986 | Buddy Holly | 65%
|
| 1999 | Bruce Springsteen | 64%
|
| 2008 | Madonna | 63%
|
| 2005 | U2 | 63%
|
| 1993 | Cream | 62%
|
| 1998 | Eagles | 62%
|
| 1996 | Pink Floyd | 62%
|
| 1988 | The Beach Boys | 62%
|
| 1987 | Aretha Franklin | 61%
|
| 1986 | Little Richard | 61%
|
| 2003 | The Clash | 61%
|
| 1995 | Al Green | 60%
|
| 1987 | B.B. King | 60%
|
| 1996 | David Bowie | 60%
|
| 1995 | Janis Joplin | 59%
|
| 1998 | Fleetwood Mac | 58%
|
| 1986 | James Brown | 58%
|
| 2001 | Paul Simon | 58%
|
| 1992 | Johnny Cash | 57%
|
| 2004 | Prince | 57%
|
| 1990 | The Kinks | 57%
|
| 1995 | Neil Young | 56%
|
| 2006 | Sex Pistols | 56%
|
| 2003 | The Police | 56%
|
| 1988 | The Supremes | 55%
|
| 2007 | Van Halen | 55%
|
| 1986 | Jerry Lee Lewis | 54%
|
| 2002 | Ramones | 54%
|
| 2013 | Albert King | 53%
|
| 2017 | Pearl Jam | 53%
|
| 1989 | Stevie Wonder | 53%
|
| 1997 | The Jackson 5 | 53%
|
| 1993 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | 52%
|
| 1997 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 52%
|
| 2014 | Kiss | 52%
|
| 1999 | Billy Joel | 51%
|
| 1987 | Marvin Gaye | 51%
|
| 1986 | Ray Charles | 51%
|
| 1993 | Ruth Brown | 51%
|
| 2016 | Deep Purple | 50%
|
| 2010 | Genesis | 50%
|
| 1990 | Simon & Garfunkel | 50%
|
| 1994 | The Animals | 50%
|
| 2002 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | 50%
|
| 2004 | ZZ Top | 50%
|
| 1986 | Fats Domino | 49%
|
| 2012 | Guns N' Roses | 49%
|
| 2010 | ABBA | 48%
|
| 2006 | Blondie | 48%
|
| 2017 | Journey | 48%
|
| 1991 | The Byrds | 48%
|
| 2015 | Green Day | 47%
|
| 2007 | Patti Smith | 47%
|
| 1997 | Bee Gees | 46%
|
| 1990 | Four Tops | 46%
|
| 1989 | The Temptations | 46%
|
| 1994 | Bob Marley | 44%
|
| 2016 | Chicago | 44%
|
| 1993 | Etta James | 44%
|
| 2015 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | 44%
|
| 1987 | Roy Orbison | 44%
|
| 1986 | Sam Cooke | 44%
|
| 1986 | The Everly Brothers | 44%
|
| 2006 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | 43%
|
| 1994 | Rod Stewart | 43%
|
| 1998 | Santana | 43%
|
| 1995 | The Allman Brothers Band | 43%
|
| 1996 | The Velvet Underground | 43%
|
| 1993 | Van Morrison | 43%
|
| 2013 | Heart | 42%
|
| 1991 | Ike & Tina Turner | 42%
|
| 2015 | Lou Reed | 42%
|
| 1989 | Otis Redding | 42%
|
| 2012 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | 42%
|
| 2017 | Electric Light Orchestra | 41%
|
| 1994 | Grateful Dead | 41%
|
| 1996 | Jefferson Airplane | 41%
|
| 2007 | R.E.M. | 41%
|
| 1987 | Big Joe Turner | 40%
|
| 1987 | Bill Haley | 40%
|
| 2000 | James Taylor | 40%
|
| 1997 | Joni Mitchell | 40%
|
| 1987 | Muddy Waters | 40%
|
| 2009 | Run-D.M.C. | 40%
|
| 2013 | Rush | 40%
|
| 2002 | Talking Heads | 40%
|
| 2011 | Alice Cooper | 39%
|
| 1987 | Smokey Robinson | 39%
|
| 2012 | Beastie Boys | 38%
|
| 1987 | Ricky Nelson | 38%
|
| 2001 | Ritchie Valens | 38%
|
| 1994 | The Band | 38%
|
| 1990 | The Four Seasons | 38%
|
| 1992 | The Yardbirds | 38%
|
| 1999 | Dusty Springfield | 37%
|
| 2017 | Yes | 37%
|
| 1995 | Frank Zappa | 36%
|
| 2006 | Miles Davis | 36%
|
| 2016 | N.W.A | 36%
|
| 1998 | The Mamas & The Papas | 36%
|
| 1987 | Carl Perkins | 35%
|
| 2003 | Elvis Costello • The Attractions | 35%
|
| 2014 | Peter Gabriel | 35%
|
| 1987 | Jackie Wilson | 34%
|
| 2000 | Earth, Wind & Fire | 33%
|
| 1991 | Jimmy Reed | 33%
|
| 2013 | Public Enemy | 33%
|
| 2010 | The Hollies | 33%
|
| 1989 | Dion DiMucci | 32%
|
| 2013 | Donna Summer | 32%
|
| 1988 | The Drifters | 32%
|
| 2003 | The Righteous Brothers | 32%
|
| 2017 | Tupac Shakur | 32%
|
| 1987 | Eddie Cochran | 31%
|
| 2014 | Hall & Oates | 31%
|
| 2004 | Jackson Browne | 31%
|
| 2017 | Joan Baez | 31%
|
| 2011 | Neil Diamond | 31%
|
| 1993 | Sly & The Family Stone | 31%
|
| 2016 | Steve Miller | 31%
|
| 2007 | The Ronettes | 31%
|
| 2004 | Bob Seger | 30%
|
| 1997 | Buffalo Springfield | 30%
|
| 2005 | The Pretenders | 30%
|
| 2010 | The Stooges | 30%
|
| 1987 | Bo Diddley | 29%
|
| 2012 | Small Faces • Faces | 29%
|
| 1992 | The Isley Brothers | 29%
|
| 2008 | John Mellencamp | 28%
|
| 2008 | The Dave Clark Five | 28%
|
| 2016 | Cheap Trick | 27%
|
| 2009 | Jeff Beck | 27%
|
| 2008 | Leonard Cohen | 27%
|
| 1991 | Wilson Pickett | 27%
|
| 2014 | Cat Stevens | 26%
|
| 1999 | Curtis Mayfield | 26%
|
| 1996 | Gladys Knight & The Pips | 26%
|
| 1991 | John Lee Hooker | 26%
|
| 1987 | The Coasters | 26%
|
| 1990 | The Platters | 26%
|
| 1996 | The Shirelles | 26%
|
| 2002 | Brenda Lee | 25%
|
| 2007 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | 25%
|
| 2014 | Linda Ronstadt | 25%
|
| 2012 | Donovan | 24%
|
| 2011 | Darlene Love | 23%
|
| 1995 | Martha & The Vandellas | 23%
|
| 1997 | Parliament-Funkadelic | 23%
|
| 1992 | Sam & Dave | 23%
|
| 2001 | Steely Dan | 23%
|
| 2015 | Stevie Ray Vaughan • Double Trouble | 23%
|
| 2000 | The Lovin' Spoonful | 23%
|
| 1990 | Bobby Darin | 22%
|
| 2004 | Traffic | 22%
|
| 2000 | Bonnie Raitt | 21%
|
| 2015 | Bill Withers | 20%
|
| 1992 | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | 20%
|
| 1999 | Del Shannon | 20%
|
| 1998 | Gene Vincent | 20%
|
| 2002 | Isaac Hayes | 20%
|
| 2010 | Jimmy Cliff | 20%
|
| 2005 | Percy Sledge | 20%
|
| 2005 | The O'Jays | 20%
|
| 2011 | Tom Waits | 20%
|
| 2005 | Buddy Guy | 19%
|
| 1987 | Clyde McPhatter | 19%
|
| 2011 | Dr. John | 19%
|
| 1991 | The Impressions | 19%
|
| 1997 | The Rascals | 19%
|
| 1992 | Bobby Bland | 18%
|
| 1994 | Duane Eddy | 18%
|
| 1991 | LaVern Baker | 18%
|
| 2004 | The Dells | 18%
|
| 2001 | The Flamingos | 18%
|
| 1993 | Frankie Lymon • The Teenagers | 17%
|
| 2002 | Gene Pitney | 17%
|
| 2012 | Laura Nyro | 17%
|
| 2015 | Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 17%
|
| 2013 | Randy Newman | 17%
|
| 2001 | Solomon Burke | 17%
|
| 2012* | The Miracles | 17%
|
| 2008 | The Ventures | 17%
|
| 1990 | Hank Ballard | 15%
|
| 2012* | The Crickets | 15%
|
| 2009 | Bobby Womack | 14%
|
| 2009 | Little Anthony & The Imperials | 14%
|
| 1998 | Lloyd Price | 14%
|
| 2000 | The Moonglows | 14%
|
| 1999 | The Staple Singers | 14%
|
| 2012* | The Comets | 13%
|
| 1990 | Charlie Christian | 8%
|
| 2012* | The Blue Caps | 8%
|
| 2012* | The Famous Flames | 8%
|
| 2012* | The Midnighters | 8%
|