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(#1) Paul McCartney
- Pop music, Rock music, Experimental rock, Classical music, Pop rock, Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock, Electronica, Ambient music, Hard rock
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(#2) John Lennon
- Blues-rock, Pop music, Rock music, Experimental rock, Pop rock, Experimental music, Soft rock, Art rock, Psychedelic rock
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(#3) Bob Dylan
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Country rock, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Alternative country, Gospel music, Country, Blues, Country blues
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(#4) Paul Simon
- Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, World music, Pop folk, Soft rock
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(#5) Elton John
- Pop music, Rock music, Piano rock, Rhythm and blues, Pop rock, Soft rock, Glam rock, Country
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(#6) David Bowie
- Rock music, Psychedelic pop, Electronic music, Protopunk, Glam rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Blue-eyed soul, Pop music, Experimental rock, Dance music, Pop rock, Experimental music, New Romanticism, Progressive rock, Art rock, Avant-garde
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(#7) Freddie Mercury
- Pop music, Rock music, Rockabilly, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Glam rock, Hard rock
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(#8) Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
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(#9) Prince
- Hip hop music, Synthpop, New Wave, Rock music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Minneapolis sound, Blues, Psychedelic soul, Pop music, Dance music, Contemporary R&B, Pop rock, Soul music, Alternative rock, Funk
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(#10) Stevie Nicks
- Classic rock, Pop music, Rock music, Country rock, Pop rock, Soft rock, Country, Blues, Hard rock
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(#11) George Harrison
- Pop music, Rock music, Experimental rock, World music, Experimental music, Psychedelic rock
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(#12) Brian Wilson
- Pop music, Rock music, Outsider music, Psychedelic pop, Experimental rock, Surf rock, Art rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock, Surf music
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(#13) Eric Clapton
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Reggae, Pop rock, Soft rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Hard rock
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(#14) Johnny Cash
- Outlaw country, Christian music, Americana, Rock music, Rockabilly, Folk music, Folk, Alternative rock, Rock and roll, Gospel music, Country, Blues
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(#15) Robert Plant
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Folk rock, World music, Country rock, Heavy metal, Folk metal, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Country, Hard rock
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(#16) Roger Waters
- Folk rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
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(#17) Bernie Taupin
- Pop music, Rock music
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(#18) Stevie Wonder
- Motown Sound, Psychedelic soul, Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Soul music, Funk
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(#19) Don Henley
- Pop music, Rock music, Country rock, Country
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(#20) Roy Orbison
- Country pop, Pop music, Rock music, Rockabilly, Americana, Pop rock, Rock and roll, Country
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(#21) John Fogerty
- Americana, Blues-rock, Swamp pop, Heartland rock, Rock music, Swamp rock, Country rock, Rock and roll, Alternative country, Gospel music, Country, Blues, Southern rock, Roots rock
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(#22) Tom Petty
- Blues-rock, Heartland rock, Rock music, Country rock, Rock and roll, Country, Psychedelic rock, Southern rock, Roots rock
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(#23) David Gilmour
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Experimental rock, Soft rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
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(#24) Jim Croce
- Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Soft rock
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(#25) Warren Zevon
- Americana, Blues-rock, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Country rock, Pop rock, Alternative rock, Country, Hard rock
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(#26) Billy Joel
- Blue-eyed soul, Pop music, Rock music, Piano rock, Folk rock, Classical music, Pop rock, Soft rock, Jazz, Contemporary classical music, Blues, Hard rock
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(#27) Buddy Holly
- Lubbock sound, Rock music, Rockabilly, Pop rock, Rock and roll
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(#28) Jimmy Page
- Blues-rock, Folk rock, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Jazz, Blues, Hard rock
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(#29) Neil Diamond
- Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Soft rock, Country
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(#30) Bob Seger
- Blue-eyed soul, Heartland rock, Rock music, Country rock, Pop rock, Country, Southern rock, Roots rock, Hard rock
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(#31) Kurt Cobain
- Grunge, Alternative rock, Punk rock
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(#32) Carole King
- Adult contemporary music, Blue-eyed soul, Pop music, Rock music, Folk rock, Easy listening, Soft rock, Jazz
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(#33) Leonard Cohen
- Synthpop, Pop music, Spoken word, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, World music, Pop rock, Blues
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(#34) Mick Jagger
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Dance-rock, Reggae, Rhythm and blues, Rock and roll, Soul music, Country, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Funk
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(#35) Jimi Hendrix
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Experimental rock, Psychedelia, Heavy metal, Acid rock, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Funk rock, Hard rock
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(#36) Bee Gees
- Adult contemporary music, Blue-eyed soul, Disco, Pop music, Rock music, Psychedelic pop, Rhythm and blues, Pop rock, Soft rock, Baroque pop, Psychedelic rock, Funk
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(#37) Jim Morrison
- Blues-rock, Rock music, Acid rock, Rock and roll, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
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(#38) John Denver
- Western music, Pop music, Traditional music, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Pop folk, Country
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(#39) James Taylor
- Blues-rock, Disco, Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Rhythm and blues, Soft rock, Country, Blues
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(#40) Mark Knopfler
- Celtic rock, Blues-rock, Rock music, Country rock, Country, Blues, Roots rock
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(#41) Bob Marley
- Reggae
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(#42) Bruce Springsteen
- Americana, Blues-rock, Country
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(#43) Sam Cooke
- Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Soul music, Gospel music
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(#44) Neil Young
- Rock music, Experimental rock, Grunge, Folk rock, Country rock, Blues, Southern rock, Hard rock, Techno
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(#45) Elvis Costello
- New Wave, Rock music, Pub rock, Punk rock, Country, Hard rock, 20th-century classical music, Post-punk
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(#46) Alice Cooper
- Glam metal, Experimental rock, Shock rock, Psychedelic rock
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(#47) Gordon Lightfoot
- Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Folk rock, Country
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(#48) Muddy Waters
- Blues-rock, Chicago blues, Rock music, Electric blues, Rhythm and blues, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Country blues, Delta blues
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(#49) Van Morrison
- Skiffle, Blue-eyed soul, Pop music, Rock music, Folk music, Jazz fusion, Rhythm and blues, Soft rock, Rock and roll, Jazz, Gospel music, Country, Celtic music, Blues
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(#50) Brian May
- Rock music, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Glam rock, Hard rock
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Rock music became popular in the 1950s, and many excellent rock bands emerged during decades of development, and their songs are still being sung by countless fans today. These greatest rock songwriters have written a lot of popular songs. You may not be familiar with their names or faces, but you should have heard their music somewhere.
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