50 Greatest New York Musicians of All -Time

Snookie · March 29, 2007

Time out's just published a list of the 50 greatest New York musicians. Though it is idiosyncratic to put it mildly I do like its sheer diversity. How many other cities can compete with it?

You can read the full article here.

This is the top 50:

1. Velvet Underground

2. Duke Ellington

3. Chic

4. Miles Davis

5. Public Enemy

6. Billie Holiday

7. Tito Puente

8. Run-DMC

9. Al Jolsen

10.Ella Fitzgerald

11.The Ramones

12.Barbra Streisand

13.Ornette Coleman

14.Blondie

15.Grandmaster Flash

16.Thelonius Monk

17.Sonic Youth

18.Dizzy Gillespie

19. Talking Heads

20. Afrika Bambaataa

21. Madonna

22. Ethel Merman

23. Beastie Boys

24. Patti Smith

25. Sarah Vaughan

26. Sonny Rollins

27. Jay-Z

28. Kiss

29. Hector Lavoe

30. Wu-Tang Clan

31. The New York Dolls

32. Charles Mingus

33. August Darnell: Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

34. Nas

35. Cecil Taylor

36. Television

37. Eddie Palmieri

38. John Zorn

39. The Notorious B.I.G.

40. Arto Lindsay

41. Bette Midler

42. Albert Ayler

43. Fania All Stars

44. Fats Waller

45. Bobby Short

46. Lydia Lunch

47. A Tribe Called Quest

48. William Parker

49. Laura Nyro

50. Paul Simon

matty · March 29, 2007

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