100 greatest artists of all time

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 This is RS magazine's list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.  1. The Beatles - Makes sense. Some of the most influential albums of all time are the works of these lads. What else can you say?  2. Bob Dylan - I could argue with this one. He's a legend, but number 2?  3. Elvis Presley - Very successful, the king of rock n roll of course, but he was very controlled by his manager.  4. Rolling Stones - Often called 'Anti-Beatles', definitely top 5  5. Chuck Berry - Probably invented Rock n Roll. Deserves to be here.  6. Jimi Hendrix - First guitar god, I believe. Revolutionary player  7. James Brown - Godfather of soul, is it? Great showman  8. Little Richard - American Rock & Roll/R & B singer and pianist  9. Aretha Franklin - I think she was the first woman to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame. I'll look that up later.  10. Ray Charles - American R&B singer and pianist  11. Bob Marley - Jamaican reggae singer  12. The Beach Boys - Some of the catchiest songs I ever heard.  13. Buddy Holly - Tragic death. One of the first to use a solid-body electric guitar.  14. Led Zeppelin - Possibly the 'fathers of heavy metal', but some might argue that Black Sabbath is.  15. Stevie Wonder - American soul singer. Plays many different instruments, and has won 22 grammy awards  16. Sam Cooke - A founder of soul music.  17. Muddy Waters - 'Father of Chicago Blues'  18. Marvin Gaye - 'The Prince of Motown'.  19. The Velvet Underground - American rock band, formed in 1965. Regarded as highly influencial in the rise to punk-rock, and alt-rock.  20. Bo Diddley - Legendary R&B singer. Known as the 'Originator'  21. Otis Redding - You might not know him, but you've probably heard 'Sittin' on the dock of a bay'.  22. U2 - The Joshua Tree was one of my favourite albums  23. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA was overplayed. Good to see him make music again.  24. Jerry Lee Lewis - 'Great Balls of Fire' was his greatest hit, and one of my favs  25. Fats Domino - Rock & Roll pianist  26. The Ramones - Regarded as the first punk-rock group  27. Nirvana - I swear, RS magazine has a hard-on for these guys. They put Kurt Cobain at #12 on their 'Greatest Guitarists of All Time' list, and now this.  28. Prince - 'Purple Rain' is one of my favourite albums. He's also an icon in style  29. The Who - Should be higher. Rock artists still try to sound like them  30. The Clash - English punk-rock band from the 70's  31. Johnny Cash - The 'Man in Black'. Should be higher, since he's the equivalent of Elvis, except country. The only country singer I like  32. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - American R&B group  33. The Everly Brothers - Country/Rock Duo  34. Neil Young - Candadian singer-songwriter. Influencial in grunge, though typically labeled folk/rock 

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  This is RS magazine's list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.

  1. The Beatles - Makes sense. Some of the most influential albums of all time are theworks of these lads. What else can you say?

  2. Bob Dylan - I could argue with this one. He's a legend, but number 2?

  3. Elvis Presley - Very successful, the king of rock n roll of course, but he was very

controlled by his manager.  4. Rolling Stones - Often called 'Anti-Beatles', definitely top 5

  5. Chuck Berry - Probably invented Rock n Roll. Deserves to be here.

  6. Jimi Hendrix - First guitar god, I believe. Revolutionary player

  7. James Brown - Godfather of soul, is it? Great showman

  8. Little Richard - American Rock & Roll/R & B singer and pianist

  9. Aretha Franklin - I think she was the first woman to be inducted into the rock n rollhall of fame. I'll look that up later.

  10. Ray Charles - American R&B singer and pianist

  11. Bob Marley - Jamaican reggae singer

  12. The Beach Boys - Some of the catchiest songs I ever heard.

 13. Buddy Holly - Tragic death. One of the first to use a solid-body electric guitar.

  14. Led Zeppelin - Possibly the 'fathers of heavy metal', but some might argue that Black 

Sabbath is.

  15. Stevie Wonder - American soul singer. Plays many different instruments, and has

won 22 grammy awards

  16. Sam Cooke - A founder of soul music.

  17. Muddy Waters - 'Father of Chicago Blues'

  18. Marvin Gaye - 'The Prince of Motown'.

  19. The Velvet Underground - American rock band, formed in 1965. Regarded as

highly influencial in the rise to punk-rock, and alt-rock.

  20. Bo Diddley - Legendary R&B singer. Known as the 'Originator'

  21. Otis Redding - You might not know him, but you've probably heard 'Sittin' on the

dock of a bay'.

  22. U2 - The Joshua Tree was one of my favourite albums

  23. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA was overplayed. Good to see him make music

again.

  24. Jerry Lee Lewis - 'Great Balls of Fire' was his greatest hit, and one of my favs

  25. Fats Domino - Rock & Roll pianist

  26. The Ramones - Regarded as the first punk-rock group

  27. Nirvana - I swear, RS magazine has a hard-on for these guys. They put Kurt Cobainat #12 on their 'Greatest Guitarists of All Time' list, and now this.

  28. Prince - 'Purple Rain' is one of my favourite albums. He's also an icon in style

  29. The Who - Should be higher. Rock artists still try to sound like them

  30. The Clash - English punk-rock band from the 70's

  31. Johnny Cash - The 'Man in Black'. Should be higher, since he's the equivalent of 

Elvis, except country. The only country singer I like

  32. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - American R&B group

  33. The Everly Brothers - Country/Rock Duo

  34. Neil Young - Candadian singer-songwriter. Influencial in grunge, though typically

labeled folk/rock 

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  35. Michael Jackson - Would be higher if he wasn't wacko. Thriller was the best-selling

album of all time

  36. Madonna - I don't like her music, but she could still be higher. The 'Queen of Pop'

  37. Roy Orbison - American singer-songwriter. Sang 'Oh, Pretty Woman'

  38. John Lennon - Liked him in the Beatles, not as a solo artist. Imagine was a great

song, however  39. David Bowie - Icon in music, as well as style

  40. Simon and Garfunkel - Should be in the top twenty, in my opinion. If you haven't

heard of them, you need to get some education

  41. The Doors - I'd put them top 30, but this is alright

  42. Van Morrison - 'Van the Man'. Sang 'Brown Eyed Girl'.

  43. Sly and the Family Stone - American funk band

  44. Public Enemy - Not a chance. I'd say about 80, maybe

  45. The Byrds - American rock group

  46. Janis Joplin - American singer-songwriter

  47. Patti Smith - The 'Godmother of Punk'

 48. Run-DMC - Biggest act in hip-hop throughout the 80's

  49. Elton John - Should be higher. Not a huge fan, but I can appreciate his talent

  50. The Band - Canadian rock band. They backed Ronnie Hawkins, and Bob Dylan

  51. Howlin' Wolf - Blues singer. Another attempt to cater to the R&B genre. Every

prolific classic R&B singer made it onto this list in some random order. They put Muddy

Waters ahead of Marvin Gaye. Come on

  52. Allman Brothers Band - Southern-rock band

  53. Eric Clapton - English blues-rock guitarist

  54. Dr. Dre - Has numerous Grammys for rapping and producing

  55. Grateful Dead - American rock band

  56. Parliament/Funkadelic - African-American soul band

  57. Aerosmith - American hard rock band

  58. Sex Pistols - One of the first punk bands. Definitely one of the most prolific

  59. Louis Jordan - Jazz musician. Not familiar with his works

  60. Joni Mitchell - Canadian singer-songwriter

  61. Tina Turner - American singer and entertainer

  62. Etta James - American R&B singer. Sang 'At Last'. Should be top 90s if anything atall

  63. Phil Spector - He's a producer. Why is he on here?

  64. The Kinks - English rock group

  65. Al Green - American gospel singer

  66. Cream - '60's British rock band. Considered to be the first 'supergroup'

  67. The Temptations - American R&B vocal group

  68. Jackie Wilson - R&B singer

  69. Carl Perkins - 'The King of Rockabilly'

  70. The Police - Sold over 50 million albums world-wide. Highest paid musical act of 

2008. Biggest ego of a bassist frontman

  71. Frank Zappa - American composer. Phenomenal guitarist

  72. AC/DC - They've had countless hits, and are one of the most popular bands around.

I'm surprised RS didn't place them higher-glad they didn't

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  73. Radiohead - Glad to see them gettin' some love, but they were placed ahead of some

great legends. Maybe a few years down the road I would put them here

  74. Hank Williams - Country singing legend

  75. The Eagles - Could be higher. Their greatest hits album was the 2nd greatest selling

album of all time

 76. The Shirelles - Girl group in the 60's. The first to get a #1 single on the Billboard100. I would exlude them based on their lack of longevity

  77. Beastie Boys - Jewish hiphop group. Never would have guessed they'd be successful,

but they were

  78. The Stooges - Highly influencial in punk-rock 

  79. The Four Tops - American R&B quartet. Are noted for having a baritone for a lead

singer(stubbs)

  80. Elvis Costello - English musician, singer-songwriter

  81. The Drifters - American R&B vocal group

  82. Eminem - Has many awards, including an Academy award for 'best original song' for

2002's 'Lose Yourself'

 83. N.W.A. - Gangsta-rap group from the eighties. Dr. Dre and Ice Cube were in thisgroup

  84. James Taylor - American singer/songwriter and guitarist from Boston

  85. Black Sabbath - RS never really liked Black Sabbath. If memory serves me

correctly, their first review of Sabbath went something like 'Should they even exist?...'. I

would place them in the top 40 at least

  86. Tupac Shakur - Rap artist. The first to have an album go to #1 while in jail.

  87. Gram Parsons - Country singer. Died at age 26

  88. Miles Davis - Jazz trumpet player

  89. The Yardbirds - English rock group. Introduced us to Clapton, Page, and Beck 

  90. Carlos Santana - Solo guitar player. His band has consisted of about 40 people over

the years

  91. Ricky Nelson - American singer with over 50 Hot 100 hits

  92. Guns n Roses - 'Appetite for Destruction' was the best thing they ever did. Too badthey weren't consistent

  93. Booker T. and the MG's - Instrumental soul band. One of the first inter-racial

groups

  94. Nine Inch Nails - Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails. He's pretty much the only

member

  95. Lynyrd Skynyrd - American southern rock band

  96. Martha and the Vandellas - Female R&B group

  97. Diana Ross and the Supremes - Popular female singing group of the 60's

  98. Roxy Music - English rock group from the 70's. Not top 100 material

  99. Curtis Mayfield - American soul singer

  100. Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Influencial figure in Reggae music

   Artists That Deserved to Make The List (At Least More Than Some of The Ones That

Actually Did)

  Queen - Top 30 material, easily

  Pink Floyd - Top 50

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  Metallica - I don't want to sound like another metalhead that doesn't shut up about metal

groups, but Metallica deserves to be somewhere on the list. In the 90-100 range at least

  Tom Waits - One of the most unique voices, and an amazing talent. Top 80, about

  Pearl Jam - They have Nirvana at 27, and Pearl Jam isn't on the list? Where is the justice?

  Willie Nelson - I'd put Willie on the list before I'd put Gram Parsons on, that's for sure

 Van Halen - I'd say somewhere around 80

  Red Hot Chili Peppers

  REM

  Neil Diamond

  Creedence Clearwater Revival

  Rod Stewart

  Fleetwood Mac

  Judas Priest

  Wu Tang Clan

  Notorious BIG

  Waylon Jennings

 B.B. King

  Wilson Pickett

  Frank Sinatra

  The Cure

  The Smiths