Lists ~  VH1 100 Greatest Artists In Rock 'N Roll (1998) Blues All Around Me

The 100 greatest rock 'n' roll artists, determined by today's top music artists, and compiled by music network VH1:

1. The Beatles
2. The Rolling Stones
3. Jimi Hendrix
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Bob Dylan
6. James Brown
7. David Bowie
8. Elvis Presley
9. The Who
10. The Police
11. Stevie Wonder
12. Ray Charles

13. The Beach Boys
14 Marvin Gaye
15. Eric Clapton
16. John Lennon
17. Elton John
18. Prince
19. Pink Floyd
20. The Doors
21. Aretha Franklin
22. Fleetwood Mac
23. The Eagles
24. Bob Marley
25. Van Morrison
26. Chuck Berry
27. Bruce Springsteen
28. Sly & The Family Stone
29. U2
30. Neil Young
31. The Clash
32. Joni Mitchell
33. Queen

34. Buddy Holly
35. Otis Redding
36. Little Richard
37. Al Green
38. Elvis Costello
39. Miles Davis
40. Michael Jackson

Janis Joplin

41. Janis Joplin
42. Nirvana
43. Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
44. The Jackson Five
45. Crosby, Stills & Nash

46. The Sex Pistols
47. Creedence Clearwater Revival
48. Van Halen
49. Roy Orbison
50. R.E.M.
51. B. B. King
52. Cream
53. Peter Gabriel
54. Grateful Dead
55. The Byrds

56. The Kinks
57. Steely Dan
58. Sam Cooke
59. Bo Diddley
60. Earth, Wind & Fire
61. Smokey Robinson
62. Paul McCartney
63. Sting

64. Frank Zappa
65. James Taylor
66. Talking Heads
67. Kiss
68. The Allman Brothers
69. The Pretenders
70. Stevie Ray Vaughan
71. Rod Stewart
72. Simon & Garfunkel
73. Muddy Waters
74. The Velvet Underground
75. Curtis Mayfield

76. The Bee Gees
77. John Coltrane
78. Billy Joel
79. Aerosmith
80. Tina Turner
81. The Band
82. Devo
83. Iggy Pop
84. T. Rex
85. Carole King
86. Madonna
87. Santana
88. The Ramones
89. Johnny Cash
90. Tom Waits
91. Gladys Knight & Pips
92. The Temptations
93. The Four Tops
94. Diana Ross & Supremes
95. Robert Johnson
96. Lynyrd Skynyrd
97. Fats Domino
98. Traffic
99. Parliament / Funkadelic
100. Paul Simon