| 100% | SHEARING | 8 | George —, British jazz pianist and composer who died in 2011 |
| 69% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious —, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 |
| 69% | EVANS | 5 | Gil —, Toronto-born jazz pianist and composer who died in 1988 |
| 59% | GRAINGER | 8 | Percy —, Australian pianist and composer who died in 1961 |
| 53% | COLTRANE | 8 | John —, US jazz saxophonist and composer who died in 1967 |
| 51% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 45% | PADEREWSKI | 10 | Ignace Jan —, pianist and composer who became Prime Minister of Poland in 1919 |
| 43% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, pianist and composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 42% | BORGE | 5 | Victor —, Danish pianist and comedian who died in 2000 |
| 41% | HINES | 5 | Earl —, US jazz pianist nicknamed Fatha who died in 1983 |
| 40% | WINEHOUSE | 9 | Amy __, English singer who died in 2011 |
| 40% | AMY | 3 | Singer Winehouse who died in 2011 |
| 40% | NATE | 4 | ___ Dogg (rapper who died in 2011) |
| 39% | REGER | 5 | Max —, German composer and organist who died in 1916 |
| 39% | SARGENT | 7 | Malcolm —, English composer and conductor who died in 1967 |
| 39% | CROWLEY | 7 | Aleister —, British occultist and poet who died in 1947 |
| 39% | SAMUELPEPYS | 11 | British diarist and naval administrator who died in 1703 |
| 39% | VOYSEY | 6 | Charles —, British architect and designer who died in 1941 |
| 39% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | Cofounder of Apple Computer, Inc who died in 2011 |
| 39% | TATUM | 5 | Art ___, jazz pianist who covered "Over the Rainbow" four times, in 1939, 1948, 1953, and 1956 |
| 39% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | Apple technology entrepreneur who died in 2011 |
| 39% | ROEBUCK | 7 | P M —, 1980s Somerset CCC captain who died in 2011 |
| 38% | CLEMONS | 7 | E Street Band saxophonist Clarence who died in 2011 |
| 38% | KEITH | 5 | ___ Jarrett, award-winning pianist and composer who inspired Bobby McFerrin |
| 37% | JOBS | 4 | Steve —, co-founder of Apple Computer, Inc who died in 2011 |
| 37% | DYKES | 5 | John Bacchus —, Kingston upon Hull-born church composer who died in 1876 |
| 37% | DUKEELLINGTON | 13 | Jazz pianist and bandleader who composed "Sophisticated Lady": 2 wds. |
| 36% | KEITH | 5 | & 23A Pennsylvania-born US jazz pianist and composer; 2003 Polar Music Prize winner |
| 36% | BYRD | 4 | William —, English composer and organist who died in 1623 whose publications include Songs of Sundrie Natures |