Top 5 New Rock Music Artists
of Each Year 1960-1979

  1. Gary U.S. Bonds
  2. Carla Thomas
  3. Mary Wells
  4. (Ike &) Tina Turner
  5. Maxine Brown

  1. Del Shannon
  2. Marcels
  3. Marvelettes
  4. Jive Five
  5. Gene Chandler

  1. Four Seasons
  2. Little Eva
  3. Booker T. & the MG's
  4. Peter, Paul & Mary
  5. Beatles

  1. Lesley Gore
  2. Tymes
  3. Darlene Love
  4. Kingsmen
  5. Searchers

  1. Animals
  2. Kinks
  3. Shangri-Las
  4. Zombies
  5. Yardbirds

  1. Lovin' Spoonful
  2. Mamas & Papas
  3. Vogues
  4. McCoys
  5. Donovan

  1. Monkees
  2. Percy Sledge
  3. Buffalo Springfield
  4. Cream
  5. Blues Magoos

  1. Doors
  2. Box Tops
  3. Procol Harum
  4. Traffic
  5. Pink Floyd

  1. Steppenwolf
  2. Iron Butterfly
  3. The Band
  4. Three Dog Night
  5. Blue Cheer

  1. Led Zeppelin
  2. Crosby, Stills & Nash
  3. Santana
  4. King Crimson
  5. Chicago Transit Authority

  1. Black Sabbath
  2. Emerson, Lake and Palmer
  3. Main Ingredient
  4. White Plains
  5. Partridge Family

  1. Bill Withers
  2. Undisputed Truth
  3. America
  4. Persuaders
  5. The 8th Day

  1. Eagles
  2. Steely Dan
  3. Raspberries
  4. Jackson Browne
  5. Gary Glitter

  1. Bruce Springsteen
  2. Bachman-Turner Overdrive
  3. Aerosmith
  4. Marshall Tucker Band
  5. New York Dolls

  1. Bad Company
  2. B.T. Express
  3. Blackbyrds
  4. Graham Central Station
  5. Ace

  1. Natalie Cole
  2. Silver Bird Convention
  3. Outlaws
  4. Pete Wingfield
  5. Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers

  1. Boston
  2. Heart
  3. Ramones
  4. Sex Pistols
  5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

  1. Elvis Costello
  2. Foreigner
  3. The Clash
  4. Talking Heads
  5. George Thorogood and the Destroyers

  1. Van Halen
  2. Cars
  3. Dire Straits
  4. B-52s
  5. Squeeze

  1. The Knack
  2. Christopher Cross
  3. Sugarhill Gang
  4. Pretenders
  5. Madness