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Bill Shapiro's Top 35 Artists For 35 Years

KCUR
Published September 8, 2013 at 10:07 PM CDT

TOP 10

  1. Bob Dylan
  2. Elvis Presley
  3. The Beatles
  4. Chuck Berry
  5. Ray Charles
  6. Bob Marley
  7. Van Morrison
  8. Bruce Springsteen
  9. James Brown
  10. Paul Simon

REMAINING 25, in no particular order

  1. The Rolling Stones
  2. Prince
  3. Johnny Cash
  4. Velvet Underground
  5. The Band
  6. Aretha Franklin
  7. Leonard Cohen
  8. Dion
  9. Sam Cooke
  10. Credence Clearwater Revival
  11. Townes Van Zandt
  12. Frank Sinatra
  13. Billie Holiday
  14. Sam Baker
  15. Marvin Gaye
  16. The Temptations
  17. The Doors
  18. Tom Waits
  19. Neil Young
  20. Joni Mitchell
  21. Talking Heads
  22. Hank Williams
  23. Randy Newman
  24. Mahalia Jackson
  25. Elvis Costello
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