Us States Ranked On Music
Update on a list I did almost 6 years ago. |
| 51 | Wyoming
Nothing! |
| 50 | South Dakota
Nothing! |
| 49 | Montana
Nothing! |
| 48 | New Hampshire
Dio was born here, but otherwise nothing! |
| 47 | Maine
Rudy Vallee |
| 46 | Alaska
Drunk Poets
36 Crazy Fists
Portugal. The Man |
| 45 | Hawaii
Bette Midler
Bruno Mars |
| 44 | Idaho
Paul Revere & the Raiders
Built to Spill |
| 43 | Iowa
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Bix Beiderbecke |
| 42 | Rhode Island
Throwing Muses
Deer Tick
The Low Anthem |
| 41 | Nevada
The Killers
Panic! At The Disco
Ne-Yo |
| 40 | Utah
Tanya Tucker
Neon Trees
The Used
Imagine Dragons
Osmonds |
| 39 | Delaware
George Thorogood
Clifford Brown |
| 38 | Vermont
Phish
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals |
| 37 | West Virginia
Little Jimmy Dickens
Jim Foglesong
Tom T. Hall
Brad Paisley |
| 36 | North Dakota
Peggy Lee
Lawrence Welk
Bobby Vee |
| 35 | Kansas
Melissa Etheridge
Kansas
Martina McBride |
| 34 | Nebraska
Wynonie Harris
Bright Eyes
Zager And Evans |
| 33 | South Carolina
Hootie & The Blowfish
The Marshall Tucker Band
Dizzy Gillespie |
| 32 | Colorado
Sugarloaf
Glenn Miller
3OH!3
The Fray
OneRepublic
Pretty Lights
The String Cheese Incident
Yonder Mountain String Band |
| 31 | New Mexico
Glenn Campbell
The Shins
The Fireballs
Beirut |
| 30 | Connecticut
Gene Pitney
Five Satins
Hatebreed
John Mayer
Michael Bolton |
| 29 | Oregon
Elliot Smith
The Kingsmen
The Decemberists
The Dandy Warhols
Grouper
Hockey |
| 28 | Arkansas
Al Green
Albert King
Evanescence
Conway Twitty
Lefty Frizzell |
| 27 | Maryland
Cab Calloway
The Orioles
Tori Amos
Animal Collective
Toni Braxton
Ethel Waters
O.A.R.
Good Charlotte |
| 26 | Wisconsin
Les Paul
Joel Whitburn
Violent Femmes
Garbage
Bon Iver
Butch Vig
Killdozer
The Chordettes
Pee Wee King |
| 25 | Arizona
Duane Eddy
Alice Cooper
Marty Robbins
Meat Puppets
Gin Blossoms
Jimmy Eat World
Linda Rondstadt |
| 24 | Alabama
Hank Williams
Big Mama Thorton
Lionel Richie
Commodores
Alabama
Tammy Wynette
Percy Sledge
The Louvin Brothers
The Delmore Brothers
Sonny James
Billy Sherrill
Hank Williams Jr. |
| 23 | Kentucky
Bill Monroe
My Morning Jacket
Merle Travis
Bill Carlisle
Ricky Skaggs
The Judds
Patty Loveless
Montgomery Gentry
Billy Ray Cyrus |
| 22 | Oklahoma
Charlie Christian
Leon Russell
The Flaming Lips
Wanda Jackson
Garth Brooks
The Gap Band
Gene Autry
Patti Page
The Duke of Paducah
Vince Gill
Reba McEntire
Toby Keith
Papa Jo Jones
Woody Guthrie |
| 21 | Virginia
Gene Vincent
Ruth Brown
The Carter Family
Timbalad
Missy Elliot
Dave Matthews Band
Pharrell Williams
The Neptunes/N.E.R.D.
Old Crow Medicine Show
Bruce Hornsby
Scott McKenzie
The Statler Brothers
Connie B. Gay
Ernest Stoneman
June Carter Cash
Lamb of God |
| 20 | North Carolina
Link Wray
James Taylor
The "5" Royals
Emmylou Harris
The Avett Brothers
Randy Travis
Don Gibson
The Blue Sky Boys
Ryan Adams
Let's Active
The dB's
Superchunk |
| 19 | Washington DC
Marvin Gaye
The Clovers
Bad Brains
Fugazi
Duke Ellington
Rites Of Spring
Roberta Flack
Al Jolson
Roy Clark
Jimmy Dean
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Minor Threat |
| 18 | Indiana
Jimmy Reed
The Jackson 5
Michael Jackson
John Mellencamp
The Ink Spots
Janet Jackson
The Four Freshmen
Junior Walker
The Rivieras
Bobby Helms
Hoagy Carmichael
Wes Montgomery |
| 17 | Missouri
Chuck Berry
Big Joe Turner
The Jordanaires
Sheryl Crow
Puddle of Mudd
Tina Turner
Fontella Bass
Julia Lee
Charlie Parker
Ralph Peer
Porter Wagoner
Ferlin Husky
Lester Young
The Kendalls
Gretchen Wilson
Sara Evans |
| 16 | Minnesota
Bob Dylan
Prince
The Replacements
Husker Du
Information Society
Semisonic
Soul Asylum
Lipps Inc.
The Trashmen
The Andrews Sisters
The Jayhawks
Morris Day & The Time |
| 15 | Massachusetts
Aerosmith
The Cars
Donna Summer
Pixies
Boston
The Modern Lovers
They Might Be Giants
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Dinosaur Jr.
Til Tuesday
The J. Geils Band
Vaughn Monroe
Johnny Hodges
Dropkick Murpheys
Mission of Burma
Sebadoh
Galaxie 500
Morphine
Dream Theater
Gang Starr |
| 14 | Florida
Ray Charles
Sam & Dave
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Tom Petty
Gram Parsons
Matchbox Twenty
Justin Timberlake
*N Sync
Marilyn Manson
.38 Special
Slim Whitman
Mel Tillis
Charlie McCoy
Bobby Braddock
Against Me!
Less Than Jake
KC & the Sunshine Band
Death |
| 13 | Mississippi
Jimmie Rodgers
Robert Johnson
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
B.B King
Willie Dixon
Elmore James
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Jackie Brenston
Mississippi John Hurt
3 Doors Down
Britney Spears
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Big Joe Williams
Faith Hill
Son House |
| 12 | Ohio
Alan Freed
Screaming Jay Hawkins
The Isley Brothers
The O'Jays
Devo
Nine Inch Nails
Syd Nathan
The Mills Brothers
Bobby Womack
Tracy Chapman
The Black Keys
The National
Filter
Chrissie Hynde
The James Gang
Joe Walsh
Wild Cherry
The Ohio Players
Dean Martin
The Moonglows
Grandpa Jones
Pure Prarie League
Bobby Bare
Rascal Falts
Art Tatum
Cowboy Copas
Dottie West
Dead Boys
Guided by Voices
Afghan Whigs
Josh Ritter |
| 11 | Pennsylvania
Bill Haley
Dick Clark
Gamble & Huff
John Coltrane
Solomon Burke
Hall & Oats
Todd Rundgren
Eddie Lang
Jim Croce
Live
P!nk
Boyz II Men
Poison
Labelle
The Stylistics
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Tammi Terrell
The Marcels
Chubby Checker
The Silhouettes
Danny & The Juniors
The Del Vikings
Roy Eldridge
Earl Hines
Mary Lou Williams
Billy Strayhorn
Art Blakey
Anti Flag
Ween
Trammps
The Roots
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince |
| 10 | Georgia
James Brown
Little Richard
Otis Redding
The Allman Brothers Band
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Ma Rainey
R.E.M.
The B-52's
OutKast
Brenda Lee
Chuck Willis
The Black Crowes
TLC
Gnarls Barkley
Goodie Mob
CeeLo Green
Mastodon
Janelle Monae
Ludacris
Lil Jon
Usher
Alan Jackson
Collective Soul
Arrested Development
Trisha Yearwood
Joe South
Roger Miller
Bill Anderson
Travis Tritt
Ronnie Milsap
Jerry Reed
Sugarland
of Montreal |
| 9 | Illinois
Bo Diddley
Sam Cooke
Leonard Chess
Jimmy Yancey
Ike & Tina Turner
Miles Davis
The Impressions
Mahalia Jackson
Curtis Mayfield
Earth, Wind & Fire
Don Cornelius
Nat "King" Cole
Chicago
The Staple Singers
Cheap Trick
Dinah Washington
Little Walter
LaVern Baker
Smashing Pumpkins
Herbie Hancock
The Flamingos
Kanye West
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Ken Nordine
REO Speedwagon
Liz Phair
Wilco
Lupe Fiasco
Disburtbed
R. Kelly
Glen Frey
Survivor
Styx
Rufus & Chaka Khan
Jackie DeShannon
Burl Ives
Benny Goodman
Lionel Hampton
Alison Krauss
Alkaline Trio
Rise Against
Fall Out Boy
Ministry
Common
OK GO |
| 8 | New Jersey
The Four Seasons
Frank Sinatra
Parliament-Funkadelic
The Shirelles
Bruce Springsteen
The (Young) Rascals
Connie Francis
Whitney Houston
Bon Jovi
The Fugees
Lauryn Hill
Blues Travler
The Misfits
Danzig
George Clinton
The Sugarhill Gang
Gloria Gaynor
Kool and the Gang
Dionne Warwick
Count Basie
Sarah Vaughan
Streetlight Manifesto
Yo La Tengo
10,000 Maniacs
Skid Row |
| 7 | Louisiana
Jerry Lee Lewis
Fats Domino
Louie Armstrong
Lead Belly
Dave Bartholomew
Professor Longhair
Allen Toussaint
Buddy Guy
Dr. John
The Meters
Cosimo Matassa
Jelly Roll Morton
Huey "Piano" Smith
Lloyd Price
Neutral Milk Hotel
Frank Ocean
Johnny Rivers
Faron Young
Dale Hawkins
Jimmie Davis
Webb Pierce
Floyd Cramer
Sidney Bechet
Joe "King" Oliver
Tim McGraw
Mickey Gilley
Trace Adkins
Lil' Wayne |
| 6 | Washington
Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones
Soundgarden
Nirvana
Alice In Chains
Heart
Pearl Jam
The Ventures
Foo Fighters
Bing Crosby
Queensryche
Screaming Trees
Modest Mouse
Death Cab For Cutie
Fleet Foxes
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Band Of Horses
The Melvins
Candlebox
Temple Of The Dog
Mudhoney
Green River
Loretta Lynn
The Sonics
Beat Happening
Mother Love Bone
Sleater-Kinney |
| 5 | Michigan
The Miracles
The Temptations
Berry Gordy Jr.
Aretha Franklin
Jackie Wilson
Stevie Wonder
Holland-Dozier-Holland
The Four Tops
The Supremes
Wilson Pickett
John Lee Hooker
MC5
The Stooges
Martha & The Vandellas
Little Willie John
Hank Ballard
Bob Seger
Barrett Strong & Norman Whitfield
The Spinners
Del Shannon
The Marvelettes
Eminem
Mary Wells
The White Stripes
Tommy James & The Shondells
Sufjan Stevens
Jack White
Kid Rock
Iggy Pop
Ray Paker Jr.
The Romantics
Ted Nugent
Grand Funk Railroad
Brownsville Station
Rare Earth
The Amboy Dukes
Mitch Ryder
? & The Mysterians
The Contours
Barrett Strong
Wild Bill Moore
Betty Carter
Elvin Jones |
| 4 | Texas
Buddy Holly
Roy Orbison
T-Bone Walker
Janis Joplin
Alan Lomax
Bob Wills
ZZ Top
The Soul Stirrers
Stevie Ray Vaughn
King Curtis
Blind Lemmon Jefferson
Wayon Jennings
Freddie King
Eric Johnson
Lightnin' Hopkins
Scott Joplin
George Jones
Pantera
Townes Van Zandt
Ornette Coleman
The 13th Floor Elevators
Steve Earle
The Flatlanders
Spoon
The Sword
Kacey Musgraves
Beyonce
Jamie Foxx
Kelly Clarkson
Norah Jones
At The Drive-In
The Mars Volta
Willie Nelson
Fastball
LeAnn Rimes
Toadies
George Straight
Kenny Rogers
John Denver
Edgar Winter Group
The Bobby Fuller Four
Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
The Big Bopper
Ernest Tubb
Tex Ritter
Jim Reeves
Floyd Tillman
Hank Thompson
Ray Price
Cindy Walker
Barbara Mandrell
Don Williams
The Gatlin Brothers
Dixie Chicks
Clint Black
Lyle Lovett
Butthole Surfers
Scareface
Geto Boys |
| 3 | Tennessee
Elvis Presley
Johnny Cash
The Everly Brothers
Sam Phillips
Carl Perkins
Jim Stewart
Bessie Smith
Johnny Burnette
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Big Star
Isaac Hayes
Chet Atkins
Booker T. & The MG's
Charlie Daniels
Willie Nelson
Willie Mitchell
Dolly Parton
Johnny Ace
W.C. Handy
Kings Of Leon
The Raconteurs
Lonestar
The Oak Ridge Boys
Rosanne Cash
Jimmy Buffett
The Box Tops
Eddy Arnold
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Junior Parker
Kitty Wells
Foggy Mountain Boys
Roy Acuff
Harry McClintock
Fred Rose
Uncle Dave Macon
George D. Hay
Stephen H. Sholes
Owen Bradley
Minnie Pearl
Paul Cohen
Wesley Rose
Jack Stapp
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
George Morgan
Charley Pride
Homer and Jethro
Carl Smith
Kris Kristofferson
DeFord Bailey
Harold Bradley
Ralph Emery
Connie Smith
Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Cowboy" Jack Clement
Brooks & Dunn
Charlie Rich
Kenny Chesney
Lee Ann Womack
Blake Shelton
Diamond Rio
David Allan Coe
Marty Stuart
Big & Rich
The Band Perry
Lady Antebellum |
| 2 | California
The Beach Boys
Phil Spector
Wolfman Jack
The Costers
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Eddie Cochran
The Byrds
Ricky Nelson
The Platters
Leo Fender
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sly & The Family Stone
The Doors
Bill Graham
Frank Zappa
Jefferson Airplane
Grateful Dead
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Eagles
Santana
Lou Adler
Buffalo Springfield
Etta James
Dick Dale
Ritchie Valens
Van Halen
David Geffen
Casey Kasem
Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss
The Monkees
Mo Ostin
Metallica
Jann Wenner
Darlene Love
Roy Brown
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Kingston Trio
Tom Donahue
Guns N' Roses
The Carpenters
Tom Waits
Johnny Otis
N.W.A.
The Righeous Brothers
Charles Brown
Green Day
Steve Miller Band
Jane's Addiction
2pac
Love
Randy Newman
Dr. Dre
Beck
Faith No More
Rage Against The Machine
Esther Phillips
Journey
Pavement
Dead Kennedys
Warren Zevon
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Tool
Jim Marshall (photo)
Stone Temple Pilots
Weezer
Sparks
The Doobie Brothers
Black Flag
Bonnie Raitt
Merle Haggard
Scott Walker
War
Barry White
Jan & Dean
Motley Crue
Slayer
Sheila E.
Megadeth
X
Lew Chudd
Harry Nilsson
Steppenwolf
The Runaways
Ted Templeman
Jac Holzman
Art Rupe
The Offspring
Lester Bangs
Charles Mingus
Dave Brubeck
The Vince Guaraldi Trio
Captain Beefheart
Moby Grape
Blue Cheer
Poco
Meat Loaf
Little Feat
Huey Lewis & The News
Traveling Wilburys
Jellyfish
Counting Crows
Snopp Dogg
Hole
Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Ice Cube
No Doubt
Sublime
System of A Down
Queens of The Stone Age
Brian Wilson
Gwen Stefani
The Postal Service
Rilo Kiley
Them Crooked Vultures
Kendrick Lamar
Haim
Miguel
Foster The People
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros
Linkin Park
Hoobastank
Marron 5
Audioslave
Macy Gray
Lit
Incubus
Blink-182
New Radicals
Korn
Third Eye Blind
The Crystal Method
The Wallflowers
Duncan Sheik
Cake
Warren G
Nate Dogg
Cypress Hill
L7
En Vogue
Blind Melon
Primus
Social Distortion
MC Hammer
Chris Isaak
The Bangles
Ratt
Don Henly
Quiet Riot
Toto
The Go-Go's
Joan Jett
Loggins and Messinaa
The Knack
Bill Withers
Thelma Houston
The Captain & Tennille
Seals & Crofts
Dobie Gray
Bread
Three Dog Night
Kim Carnes
Norman Greenbaum
The First Edition
Iron Butterfly
The Turtles
The Stone Poneys
The Chambers Brothers
The Association
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Sonny and Cher
Country Joe And The Fish
Bobbie Gentry
The Electric Prunes
Barry McGuire
Buck Owens
Andy Williams
The Surfaris
Bobby "Boris" Pickett
The Champs
Bobby Day
The Penguins
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Joe Liggins
Sons of Pioneers
Cliffie Stone
Patsy Montana
Harlan Howard
Johnny Bond
Ken Nelson
Jean Shepard
Dwight Yoakam
Gillian Welch
Lynn Anderson
Boxcar Willie
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Gary Allan
Shooter Jennings
Minutemen
The Circle Jerks
Operation Ivy
The Adolescents
Descendents
The Germs
NOFX
Rancid
Fear
The Vandals
Pennywise
Suicidal Tendencies
Flogging Molly
A.F.I.
Reel Big Fish
Camper van Beethoven
Redd Kross
Eels
The Dream Syndicate
Machine Head
W.A.S.P.
Dokken
Digital Underground |
| 1 | New York
The Drifters
Louis Jordan
Dion
Simon & Garfunkel
Ahmet Ertegun
John Hammond
The Velvet Underground
Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Jerry Wexler
Bobby Darin
Robert Moog
Otis Blackwell
Tom Dowd
Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
Clyde McPhatter
The Weavers
Jesse Stone
KISS
Steely Dan
Billy Joel
Ralph Bass
New York Dolls
Paul Simon
Ramones
Talking Heads
Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry
Paul Ackerman
Nina Simone
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
Clive Davis
Patti Smith
The Mamas & The Papas
Ella Fitzgerald
Blondie
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Madonna
Sonic Youth
Neil Diamond
Run DMC
Lang, Roberts, Rosenman & Kornfeld
Jackson Browne
Rick Rubin
Steve Vai
Beastie Boys
Frankie Lymon
Russell Simmons
Seymour Stein
The Ravens
Public Enemy
The Ronettes
Laura Nyro
Milt Gabler
Joan Baez
Afrika Bambaataa
DJ Kool Herc
Joe Satriani
Nesuhi Ertegun
LL Cool J
Frank Barsalona
The Dominoes
Lovin' Spoonful
Robert W. Pittman
Notorious B.I.G.
Jay-Z
Chic
Ed Sullivan
Burt Bacharach & Hal David
Eric B. & Rakim
Peter, Paul & Mary
Silver Apples
Wu-Tang Clan
Hilly Kristal
Gil Scott-Heron
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Ashford & Simpson
Buchanan & Goodman
Television
Suicide
Sylvia Robinson
Pete Seeger
Harry Smith
Thelonious Monk
Billie Holiday
Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blue Oyster Cult
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
Foreigner
Boogie Down Productions
Living Colour
De La Soul
A Tribe Called Quest
GZA
Moby
Fiona Apple
Mos Def
The Strokes
Interpol
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
LCD Soundsystem
MGMT
Lady Gaga
TV On The Weekend
Vampire Weekend
Lana Del Ray
Alicia Keys
50 Cent
Lenny Kravitz
White Zombie
Rob Zombie
Goo Goo Dolls
NaS
BLACKstreet
Mariah Carey
Joan Osbourne
SWV
House of Pain
Spin Doctors
Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock
Anthrax
Salt-n-Pepa
Cyndi Lauper
Twisted Sister
Pat Benatar
Irene Cara
Dio
Stray Cats
Kurtis Blow
Harry Chapin
Johnny Nash
Carly Simon
Don McLean
Mountain
Vanilla Fudge
The Left Banke
The Shangri-Las
The Crystals
The Chiffons
Lesley Gore
Neil Sedaka
Little Eva
The Tokens
The Chords
Eartha Kitt
Lena Horne
Paul Robeson
Irving Berlin
Fats Waller
George Gershwin
Vernon Dalhart
Coleman Hawkins
Max Roach
Sonny Rollins
Benny Carter
Bill Evans
Bud Powell
Fletcher Henderson
Stan Getz
Reagan Youth
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers
Swans
TV on the Radio
Village People
Big Daddy Kane
EPMD
MC Lyte
Busta Rhymes |
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