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The list of musicians below is from: Jim (editor), "Greatest Artists of Rock" (last updated 26 September 2005) on Digital Dream Door website (viewed 21 November 2005).
This page notes: "Criteria: These artists were ranked for their Cultural and Musical Impacts, as well as their Influence on the rock world in general, and their Popularity... There is nothing 'Official' about these lists. They are compiled by the 'editor' using the stated criteria, and revised considering the competent suggestions of visitors to this website only."
| 1 | Beatles | Anglican/Catholic (John Lennon); Catholic (Paul McCartney); Catholic/Hindu (George Harrison); Transcendental Meditation, etc. |
| 2 | Elvis Presley | Assemblies of God |
| 3 | James Brown | Protestant |
| 4 | Rolling Stones | Catholic (Mick Jagger); Charlie Watts (Jewish) |
| 5 | Bob Dylan | Jewish; temporarily "born-agan Christian" |
| 6 | Chuck Berry | Baptist (lapsed) |
| 7 | The Who | |
| 8 | Led Zeppelin | |
| 9 | Stevie Wonder | |
| 10 | Jimi Hendrix | |
| 11 | Ray Charles | |
| 12 | The Beach Boys | |
| 13 | Pink Floyd | atheist (Nick Mason) |
| 14 | Aretha Franklin | Baptist |
| 15 | Little Richard | Seventh-day Adventist |
| 16 | Marvin Gaye | |
| 17 | Bruce Springsteen | Catholic |
| 18 | David Bowie | Buddhist |
| 19 | Fats Domino | |
| 20 | Black Sabbath | Seventh-day Adventists |
| 21 | Queen | mostly non-religious (Brian May); Zoroastrian (Freddie Mercury) |
| 22 | Buddy Holly | Baptist (lapsed) |
| 23 | Bob Marley | Rastafarian |
| 24 | Sam Cooke | Baptist (lapsed) |
| 25 | Elton John | |
| 26 | Neil Young | |
| 27 | U2 | Anglican and reportedly "born-again Christian" (Bono); "born-again Christian" (Adam Clayton); Catholic/"born-again Christian" (Larry Mullen Jr.) |
| 28 | The Doors | Jewish (Robby Krieger); spiritual (Jim Morrison); spiritual (Ray Manzarek) |
| 29 | Run-DMC | Christianity |
| 30 | Bo Diddley | |
| 31 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Assemblies of God (lapsed) |
| 32 | BB King | |
| 33 | Sly & The Family Stone | Jehovah's Witness (Larry Graham) |
| 34 | The Clash | Jewish (Mick Jones) |
| 35 | Prince | Seventh-day Adventist; Jehovah's Witness |
| 36 | The Grateful Dead | Episcopalian/Catholic/Urantian (Jerry Garcia); Jewish (Mickey Hart) |
| 37 | The Velvet Underground | Jewish (Lou Read) |
| 38 | Nirvana | Catholic (Dave Grohl); Jewish (Pat Smear) |
| 39 | Michael Jackson | Jehovah's Witness; Nation of Islam |
| 40 | The Supremes | Baptist (Diana Ross) |
| 41 | The Temptations | Baptist (David Ruffin) |
| 42 | Madonna | Catholic; Kabbalah |
| 43 | Public Enemy | |
| 44 | The Kinks | Catholic (Ray and Dave Davies) |
| 45 | Otis Redding | Baptist |
| 46 | The Everly Brothers | |
| 47 | Van Halen | Catholic (Alex and Eddie Van Halen); Jewish (David Lee Roth) |
| 48 | Elvis Costello | Catholic |
| 49 | Simon & Garfunkel | Jewish (Paul Simon); Jewish (Art Garfunkel) |
| 50 | Cream | |
| 51 | Frank Zappa | Catholic; Reichian |
| 52 | Roy Orbison | Church of Christ (Stone-Campbell); Baptist |
| 53 | Eric Clapton | |
| 54 | George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic | |
| 55 | The Allman Brothers Band | |
| 56 | Janis Joplin | Church of Christ (Stone-Campbell) |
| 57 | The Ramones | Jewish (Joey Ramone, Tommy Ramone) |
| 58 | Crosby, Stills, & Nash (& Young) | |
| 59 | Fleetwood Mac | Jewish (Peter Green) |
| 60 | AC/DC | |
| 61 | The Byrds | "born-again Christian" (Roger McGuinn) |
| 62 | Joni Mitchell | |
| 63 | The Eagles | |
| 64 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | Christianity |
| 65 | R.E.M. | Buddhist (Michael Stipe); atheist (Mike Mills, Peter Buck) |
| 66 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | |
| 67 | Johnny Cash | Baptist |
| 68 | Van Morrison | atheist father; eclectic mother; nominal Anglican; Scientologist (lapsed) |
| 69 | Aerosmith | Jewish (Joey Kramer); Steven Tyler (Catholic) |
| 70 | Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions | |
| 71 | The Drifters | |
| 72 | The Police | |
| 73 | Metallica | Buddhist (Kirk Hammett); "born-again Christian" (Dave Mustaine) |
| 74 | Pearl Jam | atheist (Eddie Vedder) |
| 75 | Deep Purple | |
| 76 | Bill Haley & His Comets | lapsed Baptist (Bill Haley) |
| 77 | The Band | Jewish (Robbie Robertson) |
| 78 | Santana | Hinduism/Sri Chinmoy Fellowship (Carlos Santana) |
| 79 | Yes | Jewish (Trevor Rabin and manager Brian Lane); Baptist (Rick Wakeman) |
| 80 | Jefferson Airplane | Jewish (Spencer Dryden, Marty Balin, Jorma Kaukonen) |
| 81 | King Crimson | |
| 82 | Al Green | Baptist |
| 83 | The Isley Brothers | Seventh-day Adventists |
| 84 | The Moody Blues | Urantian |
| 85 | The Sex Pistols | Catholic (Johnny Rotten) |
| 86 | N.W.A. | Islam (MC Ren) |
| 87 | Talking Heads | Quaker (David Byrne) |
| 88 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Jewish (Stan Lynch, Howie Epstein) |
| 89 | Billy Joel | Jewish Catholic atheist |
| 90 | The Bee Gees | Vegan (Robin Gibb) |
| 91 | The Yardbirds | |
| 92 | The Four Tops | |
| 93 | Radiohead | Vegan (Thom Yorke) |
| 94 | Patti Smith | Buddhist |
| 95 | Guns 'N' Roses | |
| 96 | Chicago | |
| 97 | Rush | Jewish (Geddy Lee); Objectivist (Neil Peart) |
| 98 | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | |
| 99 | Rick Nelson | |
| 100 | Earth, Wind, & Fire | Christianity (Philip Bailey) |