| 100% | ENO | 3 | Musician who started the Obscure Records label |
| 47% | BRIANENO | 8 | Musician who created the Windows 95 start-up sound |
| 47% | BRIANENO | 8 | Musician who composed the Windows 95 start-up chime |
| 45% | MOTOWN | 6 | Record label for the singers starting 18-, 40-, 45- and 66-Across |
| 43% | KINGCOLE | 8 | Jazz musician Nat, who recorded The Christmas Song |
| 43% | ENO | 3 | Musician who is credited with popularizing the concept of the recording studio as an instrument |
| 42% | ENO | 3 | Brian who launched the record label Opal |
| 42% | NAS | 3 | Rapper who founded the record label Mass Appeal |
| 42% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco who created the record label Righteous Babe |
| 40% | ANI | 3 | DiFranco who founded the Buffalo-based Righteous Babe record label |
| 40% | COHEN | 5 | Leonard ___, musician who received critical acclaim at the age of 33, following his debut album with Columbia Records |
| 39% | URBANII | 7 | Pope who started the First Crusade |
| 38% | ENO | 3 | Eclectic musician Brian who founded Obscure Records |
| 38% | DDE | 3 | President who started the Space Race, initially |
| 38% | MAVERICK | 8 | Record label started by Madonna |
| 38% | DRUMMER | 7 | Musician who sets the rhythm |
| 38% | PIANIST | 7 | Musician who "tickles the ivories" |
| 38% | FAVRE | 5 | Quarterback who holds the N.F.L. record for most consecutive games started (297) |
| 37% | MUTSUHITO | 9 | Name of emperor who started the Meiji dynasty |
| 37% | GUITARIST | 9 | Musician who gets the string solo |
| 37% | NASH | 4 | Musician who co-founded the Hollies |
| 37% | EMI | 3 | Record label for the Arctic Monkeys |
| 37% | APPLE | 5 | Record label founded by the Beatles |
| 37% | STAX | 4 | Record label for the Staple Singers |
| 37% | MCA | 3 | Record label from the '70s: Abbr. |
| 37% | ORGANIST | 8 | Musician who pulls out all the stops |
| 37% | ENO | 3 | Musician who coined the term "ambient music" |
| 37% | DEODATO | 7 | Musician who arranged the theme for "2001" |
| 37% | DYLAN | 5 | Musician who was the 2016 Literature Nobelist |
| 37% | ARISTA | 6 | Record label for the Kinks and Pink |