| 100% | ELO | 3 | Rock grp. with the 1977 song "Rockaria!" |
| 60% | XXX | 3 | Split ___ (New Zealand band with the 1977 song "Crosswords") |
| 59% | ELO | 3 | Grp. with the 1977 hit "Do Ya" |
| 58% | STEELYDAN | 9 | Rock group with the 1977 single "Peg": 2 wds. |
| 57% | ELO | 3 | Grp. with the 1977 album "Out of the Blue" |
| 57% | WEEZER | 6 | Rock group with the 1994 song "Buddy Holly" |
| 57% | HAIR | 4 | Rock musical with the song "Aquarius" |
| 57% | ELO | 3 | Grp. with the 1977 platinum album "Out of the Blue" |
| 56% | TOMMY | 5 | Rock opera with the song "Pinball Wizard" |
| 56% | ELO | 3 | Grp. with the 1977 hit double album "Out of the Blue" |
| 56% | REM | 3 | Rock band with the 1987 song "The One I Love" |
| 56% | STEPPENWOLF | 11 | Rock band with the 1968 song "Born to Be Wild" |
| 56% | VANMORRISON | 11 | Rock singer with the 1971 song "Wild Night": 2 wds. |
| 55% | NBA | 3 | Org. associated with the song "Roundball Rock" |
| 53% | ELO | 3 | Rock grp. once promoted as "the English guys with the big fiddles" |
| 50% | MGMT | 4 | Rock band with the song "Kids" whose name is short for their original name, "The Management" |
| 49% | THAT | 4 | "___ Smell," 1977 song by rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd that features in the movie "Blow" |
| 49% | BAYCITYROLLERS | 14 | Pop rock band with the hit songs "Money Honey" and "Saturday Night" (3 wds.) |
| 49% | ONELOVE | 7 | Classic 1977 song with the repeated line "Let's get together and feel all right" |
| 47% | TOMMY | 5 | Rock 13-Across with the song "I'm Free" |
| 46% | MGMT | 4 | Indie-rock band with the Grammy-nominated song “Kids” |
| 45% | FLEETWOODMAC | 12 | Band with the 1977 album "Rumours" |
| 45% | SCAGGS | 6 | Singer with the 1977 hit "Lido Shuffle" |
| 45% | CHARO | 5 | Singer with the 1977 album "Cuchi-Cuchi" |
| 45% | WILDCHERRY | 10 | Band with the 1977 album "Electrified Funk" |
| 44% | ANNIE | 5 | Hit 1977 musical with the song "It's the Hard-Knock Life" |
| 44% | ACDC | 4 | Australian rock band with the song "Highway to Hell" whose name is an abbreviation referring to types of electricity |
| 44% | ZZTOP | 5 | Rock group with the hit "Legs" |
| 44% | ACDC | 4 | Rock band with the album "Powerage" |
| 44% | NHL | 3 | Grp. with the Vezina Trophy |