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Sure, it's tough to come up with those serious essentials - but you did it! Thanks to all the folks who voted!

The WFUV Staff Essential Artists picks are a good read, too. Plus we've got discussions going on the 'FUV Blog about all of our picks for Underrated Artists and Overrated Artists. Not for the faint of heart...

Essential Artists

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Neil Young
5. Joni Mitchell
6. Paul Simon
7. Grateful Dead
8. The Rolling Stones
9. Van Morrison
10. Elvis Costello
11. James Taylor
12. Lucinda Williams
13. Jackson Browne
14. Bonnie Raitt
15. Tom Waits
16. Steely Dan
17. The Band
18. Bob Marley
19. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
20. Richard Thompson
21. John Lennon
22. Stevie Wonder
23. The Kinks
24. Dire Straits
25. The Who
26. Eric Clapton
27. Johnny Cash
28. Miles Davis
29. Wilco
30. Emmylou Harris
31. The Allman Brothers
32. Simon And Garfunkel
33. Frank Sinatra
34. Leonard Cohen
35. Jimi Hendrix
36. Louis Armstrong
37. Pink Floyd
38. R.E.M.
39. Warren Zevon
40. The Beach Boys
41. Talking Heads
42. Billie Holiday
43. John Prine
44. Led Zeppelin
45. Radiohead
46. U2
47. Indigo Girls
48. Patty Griffin
49. Ryan Adams
50. Tom Petty
51. Frank Zappa
52. Laura Nyro
53. Steve Earle
54. The Clash
55. Dave Matthews Band
56. David Bowie
57. Ella Fitzgerald
58. John Hiatt
59. Nirvana
60. James Brown
61. Janis Joplin
62. Joan Baez
63. Joan Osborne
64. Lyle Lovett
65. Patti Smith
66. Ray Charles
67. Ray Lamontagne
68. Sam Cooke
69. The Doors
70. The Replacements
71. Aimee Mann
72. Joe Jackson
73. John Coltrane
74. Los Lobos
75. Otis Redding
76. Peter Gabriel
77. Prince
78. The Jayhawks
79. The Velvet Underground
80. Alison Krauss
81. Ani Difranco
82. Aretha Franklin
83. Beck
84. Billy Joel
85. Carole King
86. Jeff Buckley
87. Elvis Presley
88. Nick Lowe
89. Rickie Lee Jones
90. The Smiths

Essential New Artists

1. Josh Ritter
2. Arcade Fire
3. Brandi Carlile
4. KT Tunstall
5. The White Stripes
6. Feist
7. The Decemberists
8. Ray Lamontagne
9. Amy Winehouse
10. Joseph Arthur
11. Norah Jones
12. Regina Spektor
13. Spoon
14. Lucinda Williams
15. Wilco
16. Citizen Cope
17. Damien Rice
18. Elliott Smith
19. Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
20. Jack Johnson
21. John Mayer
22. Ryan Adams
23. Suzanne Vega
24. Amos Lee
25. Bright Eyes

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