1.
Buddy Holly
70 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
2.
Jim Morrison
59 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
3.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
16 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
4.
Otis Redding
12 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
5.
Patsy Cline
The country music legend had three top ten hits after was killed in a plane crash at the age of thirty.
12 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
6.
Jimi Hendrix
12 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
7.
Brian Jones
12 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
8.
Ritchie Valens
This singer was only seventeen when he died in a plane crash that also killed The Big Bopper and Buddy Holly.
6 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
9.
The Big Bopper
6 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
10.
Frankie Lymon
6 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
11.
Hank Williams
One of his most popular songs, "Your Cheatin' Heart", was released over a year after his death at twenty-nine.
6 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
12.
Janis Joplin
5 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
13.
Aaliyah
0 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
14.
Selena
0 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
15.
Kurt Cobain
0 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
16.
Big Pun
0 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
17.
Amy Winehouse
-1 point - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
18.
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
-1 point - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
19.
Sid Vicious
The extraordinary circumstance of this musician's short life has been featured in over twenty-six documentaries.
-1 point - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
20.
Notorious B.I.G.
-12 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
21.
Tupac Shakur
The rapper has released eight albums since his death at twenty-five. They have sold over 100,000,000 copies.
-18 points - added 13 years ago by athorn77 -
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