Johnnie Taylor
Stevie Wonder
Minnie Riperton

David Bowie

Radiohead

Prince

MickyDolenz said:

can one be a band?

if so

prince

jimi hendrix

the stones

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Prince
David Bowie
The Beatles

The Cure (who have been traditionally my number 3, but I think one main songwriter there in Robert Smith gets deposed by Lennon and McCartney, and George of course with the addition of Ringo's drumming. And to be honest the last cure albums since Wild Mood Swings (which was reasonable) to me have been pants, so...)

Other honorable mentions, The Smiths, Stevie Wonder, Kate Bush, Sly and the family Stone, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joni Mitchell, Bjork. I still have a lot of time for TTD.

This is incredibly hard after the first one. There are so many I love and buy everything they do.

Prince

Beatles (difficult to pick just because they lasted for such a short period but those were my formative

years in listening to music)

U2

Prince

Chris Cornell

Ann Wilson

Aside from Michael/Prince/Whitney....

Anita, Mariah, EW&F

oh, that's too hard!

ok, Prince is in there.

The other 2 would come from this very compacted list:
Metallica
Radiohead

Smashing Pumkins
Neil Young
The Doors

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Michael Jackson

Prince

Bob Dylan / Stevie Wonder

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NorthC said:

MickyDolenz said:

Johnnie Taylor
Stevie Wonder
Minnie Riperton

Damn! I never knew about Johnnie Taylor. Checked him out on youtube. That's some pretty good soulful blues! Thanks, Mick!

He's been in my signature the entire time I've been here.

1. Bob Marley (true to himself and his mission...NO BULLSHIT)

2. The Beatles (influenced EVERYTHING that came after them, and that cannot be overlooked)

3. Prince (the most successful and respected non-commercial artist in history)

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1. Earth, Wind & Fire

2. Prince

3. Ohio Players (with Junie Morrison)

1. Prince

2. Michael Jackson

3. Madonna

.

Predictable and cliche, but they are brilliant.

Prince

Stevie Wonder

Michael Jackson

robertgeorge said:

Prince
David Bowie
The Beatles

The Cure (who have been traditionally my number 3, but I think one main songwriter there in Robert Smith gets deposed by Lennon and McCartney, and George of course with the addition of Ringo's drumming. And to be honest the last cure albums since Wild Mood Swings (which was reasonable) to me have been pants, so...)

if pants means shit, then yeah...ain't it the truth. lucky for them they're still a stellar live act and have 4 decades of material to draw from. i hope they have at least one more awesome album in them, though. robert smith is an underappreciated song writer.

I don't think I could name just 3.

Prince - of course.

Santana

Rolling Stones

George Michael

Bob Dylan

Beatles

Al Green

Bob Marley

Queen

..........

Shawy89 said:

David Bowie

Radiohead

Prince

Exactly.

robertgeorge said:

Prince
David Bowie
The Beatles

The Cure (who have been traditionally my number 3, but I think one main songwriter there in Robert Smith gets deposed by Lennon and McCartney, and George of course with the addition of Ringo's drumming. And to be honest the last cure albums since Wild Mood Swings (which was reasonable) to me have been pants, so...)

Other honorable mentions, The Smiths, Stevie Wonder, Kate Bush, Sly and the family Stone, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joni Mitchell, Bjork. I still have a lot of time for TTD.

Apart from TTD, you've great taste in music!

UncleJam said:

1. Bob Marley (true to himself and his mission...NO BULLSHIT)

2. The Beatles (influenced EVERYTHING that came after them, and that cannot be overlooked)

3. Prince (the most successful and respected non-commercial artist in history)

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2. Yes!

3. No!

Mozart

Monk

McCartney