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Creem Magazine Reader Polls (1973-77, 79-80)

Creem Magazine Reader Polls (1973-77, 79-80)

Magazine Reader Polls (1973-77, 79-80)

Creem Magazine 1973 Reader Poll Results

Top

1. Mott – 2. – 3. – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 4. – Goat's Head Soup 5. – New York Dolls 6. – Dark Side of the Moon 7. Allman Brothers – Brothers and Sisters 8. – 9. – 10. Stooges – 11. Blue Oyster Cult – Tyranny and Mutation 12. – 13. Paul McCartney and Wings – Band on the Run 14. Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Brain Salad Surgery 15. – A Wizard, A True Star 16. Yes – Yessongs 17. – There Goes Rhymin' Simon 18. David Bowie – Pin-Ups 19. J. Geils Band – Bloodshot 20. Jethro Tull – A Passion Play

Top Singles

1. “Angie” – The Rolling Stones 2. “Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting” – Elton John 3. “Ramblin' Man” – Allman Brothers 4. “We're an American Band” – Grand 5. “Brother Louie” – Stories 6. “” – Mott The Hoople 7. “Frankenstein” – Group 8. “Money” – Pink Floyd 9. “Reelin' in the Years” – Steely Dan 10. “Hello It's ” – Todd Rundgren

Best Re-Issue

1. – 2. Allman Brothers – Beginnings 3. – 1967-1970 4. Todd Rundgren – Something/Anything? 5. Soundtrack – American Graffiti 6. Pink Floyd – A Nice Pair 7. The Beatles – 1963-1966 8. Spirit – Best of Spirit 9. Buffalo Springfield – Buffalo Springfield 10. The Move – Split Ends

* Top Group: 1) Mott The Hoople / 2) The Who / 3) Allman Brothers / 4) The Rolling Stones * Top Live Group: 1) The Who / 2) Alice Cooper / 3) J. Geils Band / 4) New York Dolls * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) * Best Female Singer: 1) Bette Midler / 2) / 3) Joni Mitchell * Best R&B Singer: 1) / 2) / 3) * Best R&B Group: 1) War / 2) J. Geils Band / 3) The Spinners * Best : 1) / 2) / 3) Richard Betts * Best Keyboard: 1) / 2) / 3) Elton John * Best : 1) Paul McCartney / 2) / 3) * Best Drummer: 1) / 2) Billy Cobham / 3) * Best Horn Man: 1) Bobby Keyes / 2) Andrew Mackay / 3) * Misc. Instr.: 1) Magic Dick (harp) / 2) Ian Anderson () / 3) Todd Rundgren (studio) * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Richard Perry / 3) Bob Ezrin

* Worst Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Osmonds / 3) Grand Funk 4) / * Best : 1) Elton John/ / 2) David Bowie / 3) * Best New Group: 1) New York Dolls / 2) Queen / 3) / 4) * Disappointment: 1) The Rolling Stones – Goat's Head Soup / 2) Bowie retirement / 3) – Berlin * Most Pathetic: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Lou Reed / 3) New York Dolls * Drug: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Quaalude * Hero: 1) Elton John / 2) Sam Ervin / 3) Todd Rundgren * Comeback: 1) / 2) Paul McCartney / 3) * Rip-off: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) Watergate / 3) Record prices * Most Valuable Player: 1) Mick Ronson / 2) Todd Rundgren / 3) Pete Townshend * Critic: 1) / 2) / 3) R. Melzer * Fad: 1) Glitter / 2) The 1950s / 3) Homosexuality / 4) Watergate * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) American Graffiti / 2) / 3) The Harder They Come

Creem Magazine 1974 Reader Poll Results

Top Albums

1. The Rolling Stones – It's Only Rock 'n' Roll 2. David Bowie – 3. Bad Company – Bad Company 4. David Bowie – 5. Roxy – Stranded 6. Elton John – Caribou 7. Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Welcome Back My Friends 8. Lou Reed – Rock 'n' Roll Animal 9. Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs 10. The Who – Odds and Sods 11. Todd Rundgren – Utopia 12. Jethro Tull – War Child 13. The New York Dolls – In Too Much, Too Soon 14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Not Fragile 15. Sparks – 16. Mott the Hoople – The Hoople 17. Kiss – Kiss 18. Eno – 19. Mott the Hoople – Mott Live 20. Blue Oyster Cult – Secret Treaties

Top Singles

1. “Can't Get Enough” – Bad Company 2. “Rebel, Rebel” – David Bowie 3. “It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)” – The Rolling Stones 4. “” – Elton John 5. “You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet” – Bachman-Turner Overdrive 6. “Radar Love” – Golden Earring 7. “Bungle in the Jungle” – Jethro Tull 8. “Junior's Farm” – Paul McCartney and Wings 9. “” – Elton John 10. “Sweet Home Alabama” – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Best Re-Issue

1. The Who – 2. – Endless Summer 3. The Move – Best of the Move 4. Mott The Hoople – Rock 'n' Roll Queen 5. Alice Cooper – Greatest Hits 6. Elton John – Greatest Hits 7. Various Artists – History of British Rock, Vol. II 8. Genesis – From Genesis to Revelation 9. Them – Backtrackin' 10. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – So Far

Album Cover of the Year

1. David Bowie – Diamond Dogs 2. The Rolling Stones – It's Only Rock 'n Roll 3. Jefferson Starship – Dragonfly 4. J. Geils Band – Nightmares 5. Yes – Relayer 6. – Stranded 7. Jethro Tull – War Child 8. – Eldorado 9. Grand Funk – Shinin' On 10. Elton John – Caribou

* Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) The Who / 3) Roxy Music * Top Live Group: 1) Emerson, Lake and Palmer / 2) The Who / 3) David Bowie * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Elton John / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Female Singer: 1) Joni Mitchell / 2) / 3) Grace Slick * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) Peter Wolf / 3) Al Green * Best R&B Group: 1) The J. Geils Band / 2) Rufus / 3) Gladys Knight and The Pips * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Mick Ronson / 3) * Best Keyboard: 1) Keith Emerson / 2) Elton John / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) Paul McCartney / 2) John Entwistle / 3) * Best Drummer: 1) Carl Palmer / 2) Keith Moon / 3) * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) Bobby Keyes / 3) Edgar Winter * Most Valuable Player: 1) Elton John / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) / 3) David Bowie

* Worst Group: 1) The New York Dolls / 2) The Osmonds / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John-Bernie Tapin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jagger-Richards * Best New Group: 1) Bad Company / 2) Kiss / 3) Bachman-Turner Overdrive * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Magic Dick * Most Pathetic of the Year: 1) Richard Nixon / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Cocaine / 3) Alcohol * Hero(ine) of the Year: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) Judge John Sirica * Comeback of the Year: 1) Eric Clapton / 2) / 3) David Bowie * Biggest Disappointment: 1) / 2) David Bowie / 3) Jerry Ford / 4) Nixon pardon * Rip-Off of the Year: 1) Record Prices / 2) Evel Knievel / 3) David Bowie / 4) Nixon pardon * Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) * Fad of the Year: 1) Streaking / 2) Glitter / 3) Elton John * Sex Object of the Year: 1) Suzi Quatro / 2) David Bowie / 3) Elton John * Best Rock 'n' Roll Movie: 1) Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones / 2) Phantom of the Paradise / 3) Pink Floyd Creem Magazine 1975 Reader Poll Results

Top Albums

1. Led Zeppelin – 2. – Born to Run 3. Aerosmith – Toys in the Attic 4. David Bowie – 5. Kiss – Alive! 6. Elton John – Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy 7. The Who – By Numbers 8. Elton John – 9. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here 10. – Sabotage 11. – Atlantic Crossing 12. Jefferson Starship – Red Octopus 13. Alice Cooper – 14. – Blow By Blow 15. Paul McCartney and Wings – Venus and Mars 16. The Rolling Stones – Made in the Shade 17. – Frampton 18. Ian Hunter – Ian Hunter 19. – The Tubes 20. Kiss – Dressed to Kill

Top Singles

1. “Fame” – David Bowie 2. “Born to Run” – Bruce Springsteen 3. “Miracles” – Jefferson Starship 4. “Ballroom Blitz” – 5. “One of These Nights” – The Eagles 6. “Sweet Emotion” – Aerosmith 7. “Young Americans” – David Bowie 8. “I'm Not in Love” – 10CC 9. “Tush” – ZZ Top 10. “ All Nite” – Kiss

Best Re-Issue

1. The Rolling Stones – Made in the Shade 2. The Rolling Stones – Metamorphosis 3. Bob Dylan – The Basement Tapes 4. – 5. Free – Best of Free 6. Yes – Yesterdays 7. Elton John – 8. Jeff Beck – Jeff Beck and 9. The Who – The Who Sell Out/A Quick One 10. Chicago – Chicago IX, Chicago's Greatest Hits

* Top Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Led Zeppelin / 3) The Who / 4) Aerosmith * Top Live Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) Kiss / 3) Led Zeppelin / 4) The Who * Best Male Singer: 1) David Bowie / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Elton John * Best Female Singer: 1) / 2) Grace Slick / 3) * Best R&B Singer: 1) Stevie Wonder / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Eric Clapton / 3) * Best Keyboard: 1) Elton John / 2) Keith Emerson / 3) Rick Wakeman * Best Bassist: 1) John Entwistle / 2) Bill Wyman / 3) Paul McCartney * Best Drummer: 1) Keith Moon / 2) / 3) Nigel Olsson * Best Horn Man: 1) Andy Mackay / 2) / 3) Edgar Winter

* Best Songwriter: 1) Elton John/Bernie Taupin / 2) David Bowie / 3) Mick Jagger/Keith Richards * Most Valuable Player: 1) Ron Wood / 2) Keith Richards / 3) Elton John * Best Producer: 1) Todd Rundgren / 2) Gus Dudgeon / 3) Jimmy Page * Best R&B Group: 1) The Rolling Stones / 2) J. Geils Band / 3) Average White Band * Worst Group: 1) / 2) Kiss / 3) Elton John * Best New Group: 1) The Tubes / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) The Outlaws / 4) Patti Smith * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine * Rip-off of the Year: 1) Prices / 2) Prices / 3) * Comeback of the Year: 1) / 2) The Rolling Stones / 3) Bob Dylan

* Hero/ine of the year: 1) Elton John / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) Ron Wood * Most Pathetic: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) President Ford * Biggest Disappointment: 1) Elton John / 2) David Bowie / 3) No Led Zeppelin Tour * Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Jaan Uhelski / 3) Robert Christgau * Fad of the Year: 1) / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) Trying to kill the President * of the Year: 1) Elton John – Captain Fantastic / 2) Rod Stewart – Atlantic Crossing / 3) Roxy Music – Country Life / 4) Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here * Fashion Plate of Year: 1) / 2) Cher / 3) Elton John * Sex Object of the Year: 1) David Bowie / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Linda Ronstadt * Best Rock and Roll Movie: 1) / 2) Stardust / 3) Lisztomania * Punk of the Year: 1) Lou Reed / 2) / 3) Elton John

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Creem Magazine 1976 Reader Poll Results

Creem Magazine 1977 Reader Poll Results

Top Albums

1. – Rumours 2. The Rolling Stones – Love You Live 3. Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever 4. Kiss – Love Gun 5. Yes – Going for the One 6. Kiss – Alive II 7. Heart – Little Queen 8. – Live 9. Emerson, Lake and Palmer – Works, Vol. 1 10. Foreigner – Foreigner 11. Rush – A Farewell To Kings 12. Rod Stewart – Footloose and Fancy Free 13. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors 14. Peter Frampton – I'm In You 15. Band – Book of Dreams 16. David Bowie – Heroes 17. Television – Marquee Moon 18. Styx – 19. Queen – News of the World 20. Pink Floyd – Animals 21. Pete Townshend/ – 22. – Boston 23. The Eagles – Hotel 24. – Lust for Life 25. and The Silver Bullet Band – Night Moves

Top

1. “Dreams” – Fleetwood Mac 2. “Cat Scratch Fever” – Ted Nugent 3. “God Save the Queen” – 4. “Barracuda” – Heart 5. “Life in the Fast Lane” – The Eagles 6. “Carry on Wayward Son” – Kansas 7. “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” – 8. “Hotel California” – The Eagles 9. “Cold as Ice” – Foreigner 10. “Night Moves” – Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band 11. “Feels Like the First Time” – Foreigner 12. “Tie Your Mother Down” – Queen 13. “You're in My Heart” – Rod Stewart 14. “We Are the Champions” – Queen 15. “Christine Sixteen” – Kiss

Album Cover of the Year

1. Kiss – Love Gun 2. Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 3. The Rolling Stones – Love You Live 4. – Book of Dreams 5. Peter Frampton – I'm In You 6. Queen – News of the World 7. Styx – The Grand Illusion 8. Ted Nugent – Cat Scratch Fever 9. Kansas – Point of Know Return 10. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Street Survivors

* Top Group: 1) Led Zeppelin / 2) Fleetwood Mac / 3) Kiss * Top Live Group: 1) Led Zeppelin / 2) Kiss / 3) Aerosmith * Best New Group: 1) Foreigner / 2) The Babys / 3) * Best New Wave Group/Performer: 1) Sex Pistols / 2) Ramones / 3) Iggy Pop * Worst Group: 1) Kiss / 2) Bay City Rollers / 3) Sex Pistols * Best Male Singer: 1) / 2) Mick Jagger / 3) Paul Stanley * Best Female Singer: 1) Linda Ronstadt / 2) / 3) * Best Guitarist: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) / 3) Keith Richards * Best Bassist: 1) John Paul Jones / 2) Gene Simmons / 3) Paul McCartney * Best Drummer: 1) 2) / 3) Carl Palmer * Most Valuable Player: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) / 3) Gene Simmons * Best Producer: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Eddie Kramer / 3) Todd Rundgren * Best Songwriter: 1) Page-Plant / 2) Stanley-Simmons / 3) Jagger-Richards * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Magic Dick / 3) * Biggest Disappointment: 1) Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash / 2) Led Zeppelin Tour Cut Short / 3) Awards

* Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine * Hero/Heroine of the Year: 1) Robert Plant / 2) Jimmy Page / 3) Keith Richards * Rip-Off The Year: 1) Album Prices / 2) Concert Prices / 3) Kiss * Most Pathetic: 1) / 2) Kiss / 3) Elton John / 4) * Fad of the Year: 1) Punk rock / 2) Star Wars 3) Sex * Comeback of the Year: 1) Iggy Pop / 2) Fleetwood Mac 3) Led Zeppelin * Rock Critic of the Year: 1) Lester Bangs / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Robert Duncan * Best Disco: 1) "Disco Sucks" (Our readers) / 2) CBGB's ('Cause it's not) / 3) Studio 54 * Rock Photographer of Year: 1) Neal Preston / 2) Bob Gruen 3) Barry Levine * Fashion Plate of Year: 1) Johnny Rotten / 2) Gene Simmons / 3) Stevie Nicks * Sex Object of Year: 1) Stevie Nicks / 2) Robert Plant / 3) Linda Ronstadt * Rock Jock of the Year: 1) Rod Stewart / 2) Robert Plant / 3) * Best Rock 'n Roll Movie: 1) Star Wars / 2) The Remains the Same / 3) The Grateful Dead Movie * Couple of the Year: 1) Rod Stewart and Britt Ekland / 2) Mick and Bianca Jagger / 3) Cher and Gregg Allman * Punk of the Year: 1) Johnny Rotten / 2) Iggy Pop / 3) Steven Tyler

Creem Magazine 1979 Reader Poll Results (https://www.superseventies.com/creem.html)

TOP TWENTY-FIVE GROUPS

1. Led Zeppelin 2. Cheap Trick 3. Rolling Stones 4. Who 5. Clash 6. Cars 7. Ramones 8. 9. Aerosmith 10. Kiss 11. Blondie 12. Kinks 13. 14. Bruce Springsteen 15. Ted Nugent 16. 17. Heart 18. Rush 19. & 20. AC/DC 21. Fleetwood Mac 22. 23. B-52s 24. Queen 25. Styx

TOP TWENTY-FIVE ALBUMS

1. In Through The Out Door (Led Zeppelin) 2. Candy-O () 3. (Cheap Trick) 4. Live At Budokan (Cheap Trick) 5. Rust Never Sleeps ( & Crazy Horse) 6. Squeezing Out Sparks (Graham Parker & the Rumour) 7. The Kids Are Alright (The Who) 8. Van Halen II (Van Halen) 9. Low Budget () 10. Get (The Knack) 11. 12. Dynasty (Kiss) 13. () 14. Armed Forces (Elvis Costello) 15. Labour Of Lust () 16. Highway To Hell (AC/DC) 17. B-52's 18. Breakfast In America (Supertramp) 19. Night In The Ruts (Aerosmith) 20. Look Sharp! () 21. Eat To The Beat (Blondie) 22. The Long Run (The Eagles) 23. Tusk (Fleetwood Mac) 24. Damn The Torpedoes ( & ) 25. You're Never Alone With A Schizophrenic (Ian Hunter)

TOP FIFTEEN SINGLES

1. (The Knack) 2. Let's Go (The Cars) 3. (Nick Lowe) 4. (Cheap Trick) 5. I Don't Like Mondays (Boomtown Rats) 6. Dream Police (Cheap Trick) 7. Pop Muzik (M) 8. I Was Made For Lovin' You (Kiss) 9. (The Who) 10. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Bad Co.) 11. My My Hey Hey (Neil Young) 12. I Fought The Law (The Clash) 13. Roxanne (The Police) 14. Superman (The Kinks) 15. Rock Lobster (The B-52's)

TOP TEN R&B SINGLES

1. Bad Girls () 2. You Gotta Serve Somebody (Bob Dylan) 3. Sail On (Commodores) 4. Hot Stuff (Donna Summer) 5. Boom, Boom () 6. After The Love Is Gone (Earth, Wind & Fire) 7. Still (Commodores) 8. Pop Muzik (M) 9. Move It On Over (George Thorogood & the Destroyers) 10. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)

BEST GUITARIST

1. Jimmy Page 2. 3. Mick Jones (Clash) 4. Edward Van Halen 5. Pete Townshend 6. Ted Nugent 7. Ace Frehley 8. Keith Richards 9. Johnny Ramone 10. Joe Perry

BEST DRUMMER

1. John Bonham 2. Bun E. Carlos 3. Neil Peart 4. Peter Criss 5. Charlie Watts 6. 7. Keith Moon 8. Nicky Headon 9. 10. Carl Palmer

BEST PRODUCER

1. Jimmy Page 2. Nick Lowe 3. 4. Brian Eno 5. Todd Rundgren 6. 7. Tom Werman 8. Glimmer Twins 9. Eddie Kramer 10. Phil Spector

BEST MALE SINGER

1. Robert Plant 2. 3. Roger Daltrey 4. Mick Jagger 5. 6. Steven Tyler 7. Elvis Costello 8. Bruce Springsteen 9. Graham Parker 10. Bob Seger

BEST ROCK MOVIE

1. The Kids Are Alright 2. Rock 'n' Roll High School 3. Life Of Brian 4. Quadrophenia 5. Rust Never Sleeps 6. Apocalypse Now 7. Alien 8. 9. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 10. The Rose

FAD OF THE YEAR

1. Roller Disco 2. Disco 3. Drugs 4. Punk/New Wave Rock 5. Anti-disco 6. The Knack 7. Sex 8. No Nukes 9. Mods 10. Designer jeans

Creem Magazine 1980 Reader Poll Results

Top Albums

1. Bruce Springsteen – The River 2. AC/DC – Back In Black 3. The Rolling Stones – 4. The Clash – Calling 5. – The Pretenders 6. Van Halen – Women and Children First 7. Queen – The Game 8. Pete Townshend – 9. The B-52's – Wild Planet 10. – Crimes of Passion 11. Cheap Trick – All Shook Up 12. The Cars – Panorama 13. – Freedom of Choice 14. David Bowie – Scary Monsters 15. Elvis Costello – Get Happy! 16. The Police – Zenyatta Mondatta 17. Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell 18. The Kinks – One for the Road 19. Bob Seger – Against the Wind 20. Talking Heads – Remain in Light 21. Rush – Permanent Waves 22. Judas Priest – British Steel 23. The Ramones – End of the Century 24. Heart – Bebe Le Strange 25. Public Image Ltd. – Second Edition

Top Singles

1. “Whip It” – Devo 2. “Another One Bites the Dust” – Queen 3. “You Shook Me All Night Long” – AC/DC 4. “Hungry Heart” – Bruce Springsteen 5. “She's So Cold” – The Rolling Stones 6. “Train in Vain” – The Clash 7. “Turning Japanese” – The Vapors 8. “Emotional Rescue” – The Rolling Stones 9. “Ashes to Ashes” – David Bowie 10. “Private Idaho”– The B-52s 11. “Call Me” – Blondie 12. “Brass in Pocket” – The Pretenders 13. “” – The Clash 14. “” – Pete Townshend 15. “And the Cradle Will Rock” – Van Halen

Best Re-Issues

1. The Doors – Greatest Hits 2. Elvis Costello – 3. Cheap Trick – 4. The Kinks – One for the Road 5. The Beatles – Rarities 6. – Deepest Purple 7. Heart – Greatest Hits 8. – 9. The Clash – Blackmarket Clash 10. Aerosmith – Greatest Hits

LP Cover of the Year

1. The Clash – London Calling 2. The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue 3. The Cars – Panorama 4. Cheap Trick – All Shook Up 5. David Bowie – Scary Monsters 6. Talking Heads – Remain in Light 7. Elvis Costello – Get Happy! 8. Van Halen – Women and Children First 9. Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell 10. Pete Townshend – Empty Glass

* Top Group: 1) The Clash / 2) Led Zeppelin / 3) The Rolling Stones * Top Live Group: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) The Who / 3) Van Halen * Best Male Singer: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Robert Plant / 3) Robin Zander * Best Female Singer: 1) Pat Benatar / 2) / 3) Deborah Harry * Best Guitarist: 1) Edward Van Halen / 2) Jimmy Page / 3) Pete Townshend * Best Keyboard: 1) John Paul Jones / 2) / 3) Kate Pierson * Best Bassist: 1) John Entwistle / 2) John Paul Jones / 3) * Best Drummer: 1) John Bonham / 2) Bun E. Carlos / 3) Charlie Watts * Most Valuable Player: 1) Jimmy Page / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Rick Nielsen * Best Producer: 1) Nick Lowe / 2) Roy Thomas Baker / 3) Jimmy Page * Worst Group: 1) Kiss / 2) Van Halen / 3) The B-52's * Best Songwriter: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Pete Townshend / 3) Elvis Costello * Best New Group: 1) The Pretenders / 2) / 3) Gang of Four * Best Instrumentalist: 1) Ian Anderson / 2) Eno / 3) Magic Dick

* Biggest Disappointment: 1) John Lennon's death / 2) John Bonham's death / 3) The Election * Drug of the Year: 1) Marijuana / 2) Alcohol / 3) Cocaine * Hero(ine) of the Year: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Chrissie Hynde / 3) Pete Townshend * Rip-Off of the Year: 1) LP prices / 2) Concert prices / 3) Creem * Comeback of the Year: 1) John Lennon / 2) Bruce Springsteen / 3) AC/DC * Most Pathetic of the Year: 1) David Lee Roth 2) Kiss / 3) The Clash * Rock Critic of the Year: 1) Rick Johnson / 2) Robert Christgau / 3) Richard Riegel * Rock Photographer of the Year: 1) Lynn Goldsmith / 2) Bob Matheau / 3) Neal Preston * Fad of the Year: 1) Punk/ / 2) The Urban Cowboy look / 3) Ska * Fashion Plate of the Year: 1) Rick Nielsen / 2) Deborah Harry / 3) Chrissie Hynde * Sex Object of the Year: 1) Pat Benatar / 2) Deborah Harry / 3) David Lee Roth * Best Rock and Roll Movie: 1) / 2) Roadie / 3) Rude Boy * Best Tour of the Year: 1) Bruce Springsteen / 2) Van Halen / 3) AC/DC * Couple of the Year: 1) John Lennon and / 2) and Deborah Harry / 3) Stiv Bators and * Punk of the Year: 1) Iggy Pop / 2) Chrissie Hynde / 3) Joe Strummer

BEST OF THE 70's

BEST ALBUM OF THE 70's

1. Led Zeppelin IV 2. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen) 3. Alive (Kiss) 4. (Rolling Stones) 5. Never Mind the Bollocks (Sex Pistols) 6. Who's Next 7. Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd) 8. The Clash 9. Exile on Main Street (The Rolling Stones) 10. Live At Budokan (Cheap Trick) 11. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) 12. Raw Power (Iggy Pop) 13. Quadrophenia (Who) 14. The Song Remains the Same (Led Zeppelin) 15. Rumours (Fleetwood Mac)

BEST SONG OF THE 70's

1. (Led Zeppelin) 2. Rock 'n' Roll All Night (Kiss) 3. Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 4. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen) 5. Won't Get Fooled Again (Who) 6. God Save The Queen (Sex Pistols) 7. Anarchy In The U.K. (Sex Pistols) 8. Surrender (Cheap Trick) 9. Jocko Homo (Devo) 10. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (Elton John) 11. School's Out (Alice Cooper) 12. I Want You To Want Me (Cheap Trick) 13. Kashmir (Led Zeppelin) 14. It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Rolling Stones) 15. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)

BEST GROUP OF THE 70's

1. Led Zeppelin 2. Rolling Stones 3. Kiss 4. Who 5. Sex Pistols 6. Cheap Trick 7. Bruce Springsteen & the 8. David Bowie 9. Elvis Costello & 10. Clash 11. Fleetwood Mac

12. Ramones 13. Elton John 14. Aerosmith 15. Lynyrd Skynyrd

BEST THING OF THE 70's

1. Punk/New Wave music 2. Rock 'n' roll 3. Drugs 4. Sex 5. Heavy Metal 6. CREEM 7. Sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll 8. Nixon's resignation 9. Girls 10. End of the Vietnam War 11. Parties 12. Streaking 13. Living 14. Death of punk rock 15. Picture sleeves & discs

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