| 100% | TESH | 4 | John ___, composer of the "NBA on NBC" theme song |
| 48% | SEEGER | 6 | Composer of the song "Guantanamera" |
| 47% | HARRISON | 8 | Composer of the song Something, George __ |
| 46% | JET | 3 | "Leaving on a ___ Plane," John Denver song that talks about the bittersweet feeling of departure |
| 45% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer of the songs White Christmas and God Bless America |
| 45% | ENNA | 4 | Composer of "The Princess on the Pea" |
| 44% | SOUSA | 5 | Composer of the opening theme for “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” |
| 44% | CHI | 3 | Home of the NBA's Bulls, on a scoreboard |
| 44% | OKC | 3 | Home of the NBA's Thunder, on sports tickers |
| 44% | SAC | 3 | The Kings of the NBA, on scoreboards |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger" ("Rocky III" theme song) |
| 43% | WALTERMURPHY | 12 | Composer of the theme music for the American sitcom, "Family Guy": 2 wds. |
| 43% | ISLE | 4 | Last word of the Gilligan theme song |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | "Rocky III" theme song "___ of the Tiger" |
| 43% | CROCODILEROCK | 13 | Elton John song that was in the Top 10 on the "Billboard" Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973 (2 wds.) |
| 43% | IVES | 4 | Charles —, composer of the works Robert Browning Overture and Variations on America |
| 42% | SUNNY | 5 | First word of the "Sesame Street" theme song |
| 42% | NICCOLOPAGANINI | 15 | Composer of a set of variations on "God Save the King" |
| 42% | EYE | 3 | "___ of the Tiger" (Survivor song on the "Rocky III" soundtrack) |
| 42% | WEIRDSCIENCE | 12 | Title theme song of a 1985 John Hughes film |
| 42% | DAVIDCOOK | 9 | Singer of the 2008 song "Light On": 2 wds. |
| 41% | SLOOP | 5 | The John B of song |
| 41% | MELTORME | 8 | Composer of "The Christmas Song" |
| 41% | ADAMS | 5 | John —, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China |
| 41% | BREFFU | 6 | Akwamu leader of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John |
| 41% | IRVINGBERLIN | 12 | Composer of the song "White Christmas" who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977: 2 wds. |
| 41% | IMAGINE | 7 | First song on a John Lennon album of the same name |
| 41% | ILLBE | 5 | "___ There For You," theme song of the sitcom "Friends": 2 wds. |
| 41% | HAD | 3 | "Dirty Dancing" theme song "(I've ___) The Time of My Life" |
| 40% | DUMPED | 6 | On the receiving end of a Dear John letter |