| 100% | TOMPETTY | 8 | Stevie Nicks's duet partner (also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) on the 1981 top 10 hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around": 2 wds. |
| 80% | DONHENLEY | 9 | Stevie Nicks's duet partner (also a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer) on the 1981 top 10 hit "Leather and Lace": 2 wds. |
| 36% | DONTSTOP | 8 | 1977 top 10 hit for Fleetwood Mac, the band that accounts for one of Stevie Nicks's Hall of Fame inductions: 2 wds. |
| 36% | STANDBACK | 9 | 1983 top 10 hit for Stevie Nicks, the first woman to be inducted twice (in 1998 and 2019) into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 34% | RAYCHARLES | 10 | "Georgia on My Mind" singer who was a charter inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 34% | PETERGABRIEL | 12 | 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with the 1986 hit "Sledgehammer": 2 wds. |
| 34% | HALLANDOATES | 12 | 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees with the 1981 hit "Private Eyes": 3 wds. |
| 34% | JEFFBECK | 8 | 2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who was a guitarist with the Yardbirds: 2 wds. |
| 33% | LINDARONSTADT | 13 | 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with the 1975 hit "You're No Good": 2 wds. |
| 33% | TOMWAITS | 8 | 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who wrote the Rod Stewart hit "Downtown Train": 2 wds. |
| 31% | GENESIS | 7 | 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees with six top-10 hits in the 1980s |
| 30% | JIMMYPAGE | 9 | Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, with the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin: 2 wds. |
| 30% | CLYDEMCPHATTER | 14 | Singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist in 1987 and with the Drifters in 1988: 2 wds. |
| 30% | STEVIENICKS | 11 | Singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac in 1998 and as a solo artist in 2019: 2 wds. |
| 30% | JACKSONBROWNE | 13 | 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee known for such songs as "Doctor My Eyes": 2 wds. |
| 30% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | Two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, with the Beatles and for his solo career: 2 wds. |
| 29% | TAINTEDLOVE | 11 | 1981 Top 10 hit for Soft Cell, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| 29% | NEILYOUNG | 9 | "Heart of Gold" singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 29% | WHITNEYHOUSTON | 14 | "Saving All My Love for You" singer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame whose last name is a city in Texas (2 wds.) |
| 29% | FRANKTHOMAS | 11 | Hall of Famer with the White Sox, Blue Jays, and A's who played 56% of his games as a designated hitter: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ABBA | 4 | Rock and Roll Hall of Famers honored by the tribute act Björn Again |
| 28% | ERICCLAPTON | 11 | Singer/guitarist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Yardbirds in 1992, with Cream in 1993, and as a solo artist in 2000: 2 wds. |
| 28% | LINDARONSTADT | 13 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer who collaborated with 15-Across and 28-Across on "Trio" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BUDDYHOLLY | 10 | "Peggy Sue" singer who was a charter inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 28% | PAULMCCARTNEY | 13 | "Yesterday" lyricist who is a two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ZAPPA | 5 | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee with only one Top 40 hit |
| 28% | PAULMOLITOR | 11 | Hall of Famer with the Brewers, Blue Jays, and Twins who played 44% of his games as a designated hitter: 2 wds. |
| 27% | PATBENATAR | 10 | "Love Is a Battlefield" singer being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday: 2 wds. |
| 27% | VANHALEN | 8 | David Lee Roth's band, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007: 2 wds. |
| 27% | CAROLEKING | 10 | "It's Too Late" singer inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021: 2 wds. |