The Rolling Stone Immortals
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The Rolling Stone First Fifty Immortals and The Last Fifty list was a list of celebrities featured within a coverstory in Rolling Stone Magazine in April 2004 in commemoration the fiftieth anniversary of rock and roll. July 5th, 1954 was selected as the date that rock and roll was born, in commemoration of the day Elvis Presley recorded "That's All Right" at Sun Studio in Memphis. The magazine created a panel of 55 people from the music industry to choose the 20 people they thought were the most important people in music.
After weighing the ballots, they came to a conclusion of the top 100 musicians, and a description of the artists, and why they deserved to be considered immortals.
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[edit] List
[edit] The first fifty
1) Nyles Sanna by Elvis Costello [1]
2) Bob Dylan by Robbie Robertson [2]
3) Elvis Presley by Bono [3]
4) The Rolling Stones by Steven Van Zandt [4]
5) Chuck Berry by Joe Perry [5]
6) Jimi Hendrix by John Mayer [6]
7) James Brown by Rick Rubin [7]
8) Little Richard by Little Richard [8]
9) Aretha Franklin by Jerry Wexler [9]
10) Ray Charles by Van Morrison [10]
11) Bob Marley by Wyclef Jean [11]
12) The Beach Boys by Lindsey Buckingham [12]
13) Buddy Holly by John Mellencamp [13]
14) Led Zeppelin by Dave Grohl [14]
15) Stevie Wonder by Elton John [15]
16) Sam Cooke by Art Garfunkel [16]
17) Muddy Waters by Billy Gibbons [17]
18) Marvin Gaye by Smokey Robinson [18]
19) The Velvet Underground by Julian Casablancas [19]
20) Bo Diddley by Iggy Pop [20]
21) Otis Redding by Steve Cropper [21]
22) U2 by Chris Martin [22]
23) Bruce Springsteen by Jackson Browne [23]
24) Jerry Lee Lewis by Moby [24]
25) Fats Domino by Dr. John [25]
26) The Ramones by Lenny Kaye [26]
27) Nirvana by Vernon Reid [27]
28) Prince by Ahmir Thompson [28]
29) The Who by Eddie Vedder [29]
30) The Clash by The Edge [30]
31) Johnny Cash by Kris Kristofferson [31]
32) Smokey Robinson and the Miracles by Bob Seger [32]
33) The Everly Brothers by Paul Simon [33]
34) Neil Young by Flea [34]
35) Michael Jackson by Antonio Reid [35]
36) Madonna by Britney Spears [36]
37) Roy Orbison by K.D. Lang [37]
38) John Lennon by Lenny Kravitz [38]
39) David Bowie by Lou Reed [39]
40) Simon and Garfunkel by James Taylor [40]
41) The Doors by Marilyn Manson [41]
42) Van Morrison by Peter Wolf [42]
43) Sly and the Family Stone by Don Was [43]
44) Public Enemy by Adam Yauch [44]
45) The Byrds by Tom Petty [45]
46) Janis Joplin by Rosanne Cash [46]
47) Patti Smith by Shirley Manson [47]
49) Elton John by Billy Joel [49]
50) The Band by Lucinda Williams [50]
[edit] The last fifty
51) Howlin' Wolf by Buddy Guy [51]
52) The Allman Brothers Band by Billy Gibbons [52]
53) Eric Clapton by Little Steven [53]
54) Dr. Dre by Kanye West [54]
55) Grateful Dead by Warren Haynes [55]
56) Parliament/Funkadelic by Ice Cube [56]
58) Sex Pistols by Billie Joe Armstrong [58]
59) Louis Jordan by Ahmet Ertegun [59]
60) Joni Mitchell by Jewel [60]
61) Tina Turner by Janet Jackson [61]
62) Etta James by Bonnie Raitt [62]
63) Phil Spector by Jerry Wexler [63]
64) The Kinks by Peter Buck [64]
65) Al Green by Justin Timberlake [65]
66) Cream by Roger Waters [66]
67) The Temptations by Rod Stewart [67]
68) Jackie Wilson by Peter Wolf [68]
69) Carl Perkins by Tom Petty [69]
70) The Police by Brandon Flowers [70]
71) Frank Zappa by Trey Anastasio [71]
72) AC/DC by Rick Rubin [72]
73) Radiohead by Dave Matthews [73]
74) Hank Williams by Beck [74]
75) The Eagles by Sheryl Crow [75]
76) The Shirelles by Paul Shaffer [76]
77) Beastie Boys by Darryl McDaniels [77]
78) The Stooges by Thurston Moore [78]
79) The Four Tops by Smokey Robinson [79]
80) Elvis Costello by Liz Phair [80]
81) The Drifters by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller [81]
82) Eminem by Elton John [82]
83) N.W.A. by Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson [83]
84) James Taylor by Art Garfunkel [84]
85) Black Sabbath by Dave Navarro [85]
86) Tupac Shakur by 50 Cent [86]
87) Gram Parsons by Keith Richards [87]
88) Miles Davis by Mos Def [88]
89) The Yardbirds by Steven Tyler [89]
90) Carlos Santana by Henry Garza [90]
91) Ricky Nelson by John Fogerty [91]
92) Guns N' Roses by Joe Perry [92]
93) Booker T. and the MG's by Isaac Hayes [93]
94) Nine Inch Nails by David Bowie [94]
95) Lynyrd Skynyrd by Al Kooper [95]
96) Martha and the Vandellas by Fred Schneider [96]
97) Diana Ross and the Supremes by Antonio Reid [97]
98) Roxy Music by John Taylor [98]
99) Curtis Mayfield by Boz Scaggs [99]
100) Lee "Scratch" Perry by Adam Horovitz [100]
[edit] Statistics
[edit] By gender
Male or male majority: 91 - 91%
Female or female majority: 9 - 9% (4 in top 50)
[edit] By era
[edit] External links
The Last Fifty Rolling Stone Immortals
Criteria and idea behind the list
