1 Bob Dylan
2 John Lennon & Paul McCartney
3 Jacques Brel
4 Boudewijn De Groot & Lennaert Nijgh
5 Leonard Cohen
6 Bruce Springsteen
7 Neil Young
8 Tom Waits
9 David Bowie
10 Nick Cave
11 Johnny Cash
12 Arno Hintjens (& Jean-Marie Aerts)
13 Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson
14 Van Morrison
15 Elvis Costello
16 Paul Simon
17 John Lennon (solo)
18 Joni Mitchell
19 Bob Marley
20 Frank Zappa
21 Roger Waters & David Gilmour
22 Billy Joel
23 Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton
24 Randy Newman
25 Burt Bacharach & Hal David
26 Axelle Red
27 Raymond van het Groenewoud
28 Serge Gainsbourg
29 Cat Stevens
30 Warren Zevon
31 Freddie Mercury & Brian May
32 John Fogerty
33 Eric Clapton
34 Jim Morrison, R. Krieger, P. Manzarek, J. Densmore
35 Mark Knopfler
36 Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
37 Brian Wilson (& Mike Love)
38 Nick Drake
39 Morrissey & Johnny Marr
40 David Byrne
41 George Harrison
42 Joe Jackson
43 Cole Porter
44 John Hiatt
45 Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice
46 Lou Reed
47 Kurt Cobain
48 Charles Aznavour
49 Prince
50 Thom Yorke & Johnny Greenwood