| 100% | KERN | 4 | Jerome —, composer of the music for 1927 Broadway show Show Boat |
| 98% | KERN | 4 | Jerome —, composer of the music for 1927 Broadway hit Show Boat |
| 90% | JEROMEKERN | 10 | Composer of the music for 1927 Broadway show Show Boat |
| 77% | KERN | 4 | Jerome —, composer of music for 1927 Broadway show Show Boat |
| 56% | KANDER | 6 | John —, American composer of the music for 1966 Broadway musical Cabaret |
| 55% | STYNE | 5 | Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musical Gypsy |
| 54% | STYNE | 5 | Jule —, composer of the music for Broadway musicals Gypsy and Hallelujah, Baby! |
| 48% | JEROME | 6 | Composer Kern who wrote the music for "Show Boat" |
| 46% | LOEWE | 5 | Frederick —, composer of the music for 1947 stage musical Brigadoon |
| 46% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway show "Waitress" |
| 46% | LOEWE | 5 | Frederick —, composer of the music for the 1947 stage musical Brigadoon |
| 46% | RICHARDRODGERS | 14 | Composer of the music for "Oklahoma!" (Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 45% | LLOYDWEBBER | 11 | Andrew —, composer of the music for stage musicals Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar |
| 45% | FREDERICKLOEWE | 14 | Composer of the music for "My Fair Lady" (Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 44% | GEORGEGERSHWIN | 14 | Composer of the music for "Porgy and Bess" (his brother Ira wrote some of the lyrics): 2 wds. |
| 42% | WALTERMURPHY | 12 | Composer of the theme music for the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 41% | GRIEG | 5 | Edvard —, Norwegian composer of the incidental music for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen |
| 37% | ABBA | 4 | Source of the music for a 2001 theatrical hit |
| 36% | KERN | 4 | Jerome, composer of Broadway's "Sunny" |
| 36% | SARA | 4 | Singer Bareilles who wrote the music for the Broadway musical "Waitress" |
| 36% | KISSMEKATE | 10 | 1948 Broadway show, with music and lyrics by 41-Across, that won the first Tony for Best Musical: 3 wds. |
| 35% | ENYA | 4 | Composer for ''Lord of the Rings'' |
| 35% | SOUSA | 5 | Composer of the opening theme for “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” |
| 35% | ROSSINI | 7 | He wrote the music for the Barber of Seville |
| 35% | PHANTOM | 7 | "The Music of the Night" show, to fans |
| 34% | SCORE | 5 | Music for a movie or a Broadway show |
| 34% | SONDHEIM | 8 | Stephen __, composer of music for Follies |
| 34% | ENO | 3 | Brian, composer of Music for Airports |
| 34% | TEENAGERS | 9 | Much of the audience for 6-Down's show on 2/9/64 |
| 33% | JAIME | 5 | Catalan composer ___ Nunó, who wrote the music for the Mexican national anthem |