| 100% | WIND | 4 | Earth, ___ & Fire, band that performed with ABBA in 1979 at a charity concert for UNICEF |
| 75% | BEE | 3 | ___ Gees, music trio who performed with ABBA in 1979 at a charity concert for UNICEF |
| 58% | NEW | 3 | ___ York City, city where ABBA performed in 1979 at a charity concert for UNICEF |
| 35% | STYX | 4 | Band that had a #1 hit in 1979 with "Babe" |
| 34% | THECOMMODORES | 13 | Naval-sounding band that performed a 1979 hit spelled out in this puzzle's "hits" |
| 31% | CCR | 3 | Band that performed before Janis Joplin at Woodstock, for short |
| 30% | GIMME | 5 | Word repeated thrice in the title of a 1979 ABBA song that asks for "A Man After Midnight" |
| 29% | MONKEES | 7 | Band that originated in a 1960s sitcom, with The |
| 29% | METALLICA | 9 | Heavy metal band that performed with Lady Gaga on their song "Moth Into Flame" at the 2017 Grammys |
| 28% | BACKSTREETBOYS | 14 | Boy band formed in 1993 with a popular eponymous debut album and are famous for their song "I Want It That Way": 2 wds. |
| 28% | THOMPSONTWINS | 13 | Band that had a #11 hit in 1984 with "Doctor! Doctor!": 2 wds. |
| 28% | DESTINYSCHILD | 13 | Band that had a #3 hit in 2000 with "Jumpin', Jumpin'": 2 wds. |
| 27% | THEWHO | 6 | 100+ million-selling band that once held a Guinness record for loudest concert |
| 27% | IMAGINE | 7 | ___ Dragons, band that performed a song along with 8a which was featured on the "Suicide Squad" soundtrack album |
| 27% | ABBA | 4 | Band that inspired Lars to start performing, in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga |
| 27% | ECG | 3 | A check that test for problems in your heart with electrical activity |
| 27% | ICESKATES | 9 | Boots with blades for those who dance in a rink |
| 27% | THREEDOGNIGHT | 13 | American rock band that had a #1 hit with 41-Across in 1971 (3 wds.) |
| 27% | TSELIOT | 7 | He's commemorated by a stone at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey that reads "the communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living" |
| 26% | AMPS | 4 | Devices that make a band's music loud enough for concert audiences |
| 26% | ALA | 3 | Abbreviation for a state that shares its name with a country band |
| 26% | GHOSTSTORY | 10 | Tale that may be told with a fire in one's eyes |
| 26% | ANGELEYES | 9 | Double A-side for ABBA with Voulez-Vous in 1979 |
| 26% | EBB | 3 | With 15-Across, 1953 song that was a hit for the Righteous Brothers in 1965 |
| 26% | DART | 4 | Acronym for a NASA space mission for defending Earth that was deployed in 2021 |
| 26% | ALABAMA | 7 | "Love in the First Degree" country-rock band with a state for a name |
| 25% | BASTILLE | 8 | Band with the album "Bad Blood" that was a first-time Grammy nominee for Best New Artist |
| 25% | TOSSACOIN | 9 | Perform a pregame NFL ritual ... or, in four parts, phrase that hints at seven long Across answers |
| 25% | VAMPIREWEEKEND | 14 | Indie rock band that won a Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2020 for "Father of the Bride": 2 wds. |
| 25% | MAKING | 6 | "___ a Fire," song by Foo Fighters that won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance in 2022 |