Saturday, June 19, 2021

Dave’s Top 100 Acts of All Time

Dave’s Faves:

Top 100 Acts

These are my personal favorites. To offer some context, I was in grade school in the ‘70s and middle school through college in the ‘80s. As is the case with most people, it is the music of my youth which most dictates my personal tastes. Note: links go to the acts’ entries in the DMDB Music Makers encyclopedia at Davesmusicdatabase.com.

See other Acts/Music Makers by Genre lists.

1. The Beatles
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Marillion
4. Styx
5. U2
6. David Bowie
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Bob Dylan
9. Sting
10. John Mellencamp

The Beatles

11. Eric Clapton
12. Prince
13. Pearl Jam
14. Pink Floyd
15. Elton John
16. Tori Amos
17. The Who
18. Billy Joel
19. Queen
20. Indigo Girls

Bruce Springsteen

21. Lyle Lovett
22. Stevie Wonder
23. The Rainmakers
24. Olivia Newton-John
25. Fish
26. Led Zeppelin
27. Tears for Fears
28. Eagles
29. Squeeze
30. R.E.M.

Marillion

31. Jimi Hendrix
32. The Police
33. Lou Reed
34. Journey
35. Alan Parsons Project
36. Sheryl Crow
37. Crowded House
38. Rush
39. Tom Petty
40. Elvis Presley

Styx

41. Paul McCartney
42. Melissa Etheridge
43. Pat Benatar
44. Michael Jackson
45. Van Halen
46. Rod Stewart
47. Genesis
48. Yes
49. Madonna
50. Peter Gabriel

U2

51. David Baerwald
52. Velvet Underground
53. Aerosmith
54. Del Amitri
55. Don Henley
56. Neil Young
57. Alabama
58. Bob Seger
59. Crosby, Stills & Nash
60. Eurythmics

David Bowie

61. Fleetwood Mac
62. Foreigner
63. Hooters
64. Frank Sinatra 65. The Doors
66. Aretha Franklin
67. The Beach Boys
68. Sinéad O’Connor
69. Elvis Costello
70. Tracy Chapman

The Rolling Stones

71. ZZ Top
72. Phil Collins
73. Ray Charles
74. REO Speedwagon
75. Little River Band
76. Asia
77. Simple Minds
78. John Lennon
79. Bing Crosby
80. Shawn Colvin

Bob Dylan

81. Violent Femmes
82. Robert Plant
83. Johnny Cash
84. Marvin Gaye
85. Roger Waters
86. Dire Straits
87. Berlin
88. Kevin Gilbert
89. Mike + the Mechanics
90. Aha

Sting

91. Dennis DeYoung
92. Split Enz
93. Bad Company
94. Alanis Morissette
95. Terence Trent D’Arby
96. INXS
97. Boston
98. Nirvana
99. Guns N’ Roses
100. The Cars

John Mellencamp


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First posted 1/15/2013; last updated 6/19/2021.

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