100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll

In 1998, VH1 asked 600 musicians to list what they felt were the greatest artists of all-time. As you might expect, the list included many artists who were already in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the time, but it also includes a whopping 26 artists who weren't in the Hall, but have subsequently been inducted.

   100 Greatest Artists Of Rock & Roll

     By 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 *
41. Janis Joplin
42. Nirvana #
43. Tom Petty & the 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. The Grateful Dead
55. The Byrds
56. The Kinks
57. Steely Dan *
58. Sam Cooke
59. Bo Diddley
60. Earth, Wind & Fire *
61. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
62. Paul McCartney *
63. Sting ##
64. Frank Zappa
65. James Taylor *
66. Talking Heads *
67. Kiss #
68. The Allman Brothers
69. 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. Ramones *
89. Johnny Cash
90. Tom Waits #
91. Gladys Knight & the Pips
92. The Temptations
93. The Four Tops
94. Diana Ross & the Supremes
95. Robert Johnson
96. Lynyrd Skynyrd *
97. Fats Domino
98. Traffic
99. Parliament/Funkadelic
100. Paul Simon *

* Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after 1998
# Still not a Hall of Famer; Nirvana is the only artist listed who is not yet eligible because of the 25 year rule
## A Hall of Famer, but not as a solo performer