| 100% | JOPLIN | 6 | Scott __, US ragtime pianist and "King of Ragtime" |
| 48% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | US pianist and composer associated with the ragtime style who died in 1917 |
| 47% | SEDALIA | 7 | Site of the Missouri State Fair and the Scott Joplin ragtime festival |
| 45% | RIFKIN | 6 | Joshua —, US pianist and musicologist associated with a 1970s revival in interest in ragtime music |
| 42% | JOPLIN | 6 | Scott of ragtime music |
| 42% | ROYAL | 5 | Of queens and kings |
| 42% | CZERNY | 6 | Carl __; Austrian pianist and pupil of Beethoven |
| 42% | KENTON | 6 | Stan —, US composer and pianist associated with the big band progressive jazz style of the 1950s |
| 42% | AEACUS | 6 | Zeus' son and king of Aegina island |
| 41% | ELVIS | 5 | King of rock and roll? |
| 41% | DOMINO | 6 | Fats __, jazz pianist and singer of Blueberry Hill |
| 41% | GERSHWIN | 8 | George, pianist and composer of Rhapsody in Blue |
| 41% | SOLOMON | 7 | Biblical son of David and king of Israel |
| 41% | LEADBELLY | 9 | US blues musician, and singer of Goodnight Irene |
| 41% | LIONS | 5 | Kings and queens of the jungle |
| 41% | ANNA | 4 | "___ and the King of Siam" |
| 41% | ANNA | 4 | "— and the King of Siam" |
| 40% | LANGLANG | 8 | Chinese pianist and one of The Piano's judges |
| 40% | NICHOLSON | 9 | Jack __, US award winner and star of The Shining |
| 40% | JOPLIN | 6 | Ragtime pianist Scott who composed The Entertainer |
| 40% | JOHNCAGE | 8 | US musician and pioneer of electroacoustic music |
| 40% | CANUTE | 6 | King of Denmark and Norway (994-1035) |
| 40% | FERGUS | 6 | King and father of Merida in Brave |
| 40% | FREDERICK | 9 | King of Prussia between 1740 and 1786 |
| 40% | SIAM | 4 | "Anna and the King of _____" |
| 40% | SIAM | 4 | "Anna and the King of ___" |
| 40% | DRAGSHOW | 8 | Procession of queens and kings? |
| 40% | MONK | 4 | Thelonious —, US jazz pianist and composer who died in 1982 |
| 39% | WILHELM | 7 | — II, German emperor and king of Prussia from 1888-1918 |
| 39% | BENEKING | 8 | US singer and composer of Stand by Me |