| 100% | DIMITRI | 7 | & 8A Russian-American composer and pianist who authored 1959 autobiography Please Don't Hate Me |
| 70% | TIOMKIN | 7 | Dimitri —, Russian-American composer and pianist; author of 1959 autobiography Please Don't Hate Me |
| 27% | ERIC | 4 | & 8A Comedian-writer who authored 2005 volume of biography If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will |
| 25% | ALANSILVESTRI | 13 | American composer and conductor who scored music for "Back to the Future": 2 wds. |
| 25% | SYKES | 5 | Eric —, comedian-writer who authored 2005 volume of biography If I Don't Write It, Nobody Else Will |
| 24% | HENRY | 5 | ___ Mancini, American composer and conductor who received 72 Grammy nominations |
| 24% | PIKE | 4 | American author Christopher ___ who wrote the "Remember Me" book series |
| 24% | ERICAJONG | 9 | Author who wrote "Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man" |
| 23% | NICCIFRENCH | 11 | Pseudonymous writing team who authored thrillers Beneath the Skin and Killing Me Softly |
| 23% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Williams, American composer and conductor who has received 71 Grammy nominations |
| 23% | GRAINGER | 8 | Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 |
| 23% | BASEMEN | 7 | Who, What and I Don't Know, in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine |
| 23% | RUSSCONWAY | 10 | Bristolian pianist who recorded 1959 no 1 singles Roulette and Side Saddle |
| 23% | SHEARING | 8 | George —, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 |
| 23% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious —, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 |
| 23% | KEITH | 5 | ___ Jarrett, award-winning pianist and composer who inspired Bobby McFerrin |
| 23% | ARENSKY | 7 | Composer and pianist, Anton ___ |
| 23% | GEORGEMCOHAN | 12 | American composer and lyricist |
| 23% | EVANS | 5 | Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 |
| 22% | LESLEY | 6 | Gore who sang “It’s My Party” and “You Don’t Own Me” |
| 22% | JOHN | 4 | ___ Swihart, American music composer who worked on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| 22% | ROSSINI | 7 | Composer who said "Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music" |
| 22% | JOHNWILLIAMS | 12 | American conductor and composer who won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1982 movie "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (2 wds.) |
| 22% | POULENC | 7 | French composer and pianist |
| 22% | PADEREWSKI | 10 | Ignace Jan —, pianist and composer who became Prime Minister of Poland in 1919 |
| 22% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 22% | STARR | 5 | Beatle who wrote and sang "Don't Pass Me By" |
| 22% | ROKER | 5 | Don't Make Me Stop This Car! author |