Musical Guests on Saturday Night Live   1976-92 From a book called Rock Lists by Dave Marsh and James Bernard, 1994 Top 40 Albums 1963 to 1980 Top 40 Singles 1955 to 1980 THE HEART OF ROCK AND SOUL" DAVE MARSH, 1001 GREATEST SINGLES EVER MADE - 1989 Many thanks to Jeff Atkins for suppling this list.

Musical Guests on Saturday Night Live    1976-92

1. Abba
2. Bryan Adams
3. Aerosmith
4. Allman Brothers Band
5. The Amazing Rhythm Aces
6. Laurie Anderson
7. Adam Ant
8. Joan Armatrading
9. Ashfold and Simpson
10. Anita Baker
11. Arrested Development
12. The Band
13. The Bangles
14. George Benson
15. Chuck Berry
16. The B-52-s
17. Big Country
18. The Black Crowes
19. Mary J. Bilge
20. Blondie
21. The Blues Brothers
22. Michael F***’n Bolton
23. Jon Bon Jovi
24. David Bowie
25. Laura Branigan
26. Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
27. Bobby Brown
28. James Brown
29. Jackson Browne
30. Jack Bruce and Friends
31. Lindsey Buckingham
32. Jimmy Buffett
33. The Bus Boys
34. Paul Butterfield
35. David Byrne
36. Captain Beefheart & Magic Band
37. Mariah Carey
38. Joe "King" Carrasco
39. The Cars
40. Johnny Cash
41. Rosanne Cash
42. Tracy Chapman
43. Ray Charles
44. Cheap Trick
45. Cher
46. Chicago
47. Desmond Child and Rouge
48. Eric Clapton
49. Stanley Clarke Trio
50. The Clash
51. Johnny Clegg and Savuka
52. Jimmy Cliff
53. George Clinton
54. Joe Cocker
55. Color Me Badd
56. The Commodores
57. Harry F****’n Connick, Jr.
58. Ry Cooder
59. Elvis Costello
60. Cowboys Junkies
61. Robert Cray Band
62. Andrae Crouch
63. Julee Cruise
64. The Cult
65. E. G. Dailey
66. Charlie Daniels Band
67. Terrence Trent D’Arby
68. Miles Davis
69. Dee-Lite
70. Mink Deville
71. Devo
72. Dexy’s Midnight Runners
73. The Dirt Band
74. The Doobie Brothers
75. Dream Academy
76. Duran Duran
77. Bob Dylan
78. Sheila E.
79. En Vogue
80. Eurythmics
81. Faith No More
82. Marianne Faithful
83. Fear
84. Bryan Ferry
85. Fine Young Cannibals
86. Fishbone
87. The Fixx
88. Mick Fleetwood’s Zoo
89. 14 Karat Soul
90. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
91. Peter Gabriel
92. Art Garfunkel
93. The J. Geils Band
94. David Gilmore
95. Phillip Glass
96. The Go-Gos
97. Eddy Grant
98. The Grateful Dead
99. Al Green
100. Gipsy Kings
101. Daryl Hall and John Oates
102. Hammer
103. Herbie Hancock
104. George Harrison
105. Deborah Harry
106. Levon Helm
107. Don Henley
108. John Hiatt
109. Jennifer Holliday
110. Bruce Hornsby and the Range
111. Hothouse Flowers
112. Whitney Houston
113. Janis Ian
114. Billy Idol
115. INXS
116. Chris Isaak
117. Mick Jagger
118. Rick James
119. Al Jarreau
120. Billy Joel
121. Elton John
122. Quincy Jones
123. Rikki Lee Jones
124. Chaka Khan
125. Kid Creole and the Coconuts
126. Greg Kihn
127. The Kinks
128. Kool and the Gang
129. Lenny Kravitz
130. Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge
131. K.D. Lang
132. Annie Lennox
133. Level 42
134. Huey Lewis and the News
135. Gordon Lightfoot
136. Little Feat
137. Living Clor
138. L.L. Cool J
139. Meat Loaf
140. Kenny Loggins
141. Lone Justice
142. Los Lobos
143. Loverboy
144. Madness
145. Madonna
146. Taj Mahal
147. Wynton Marsalis
148. Paul and Linda McCartney
149. Delbert McClinton
150. Michael McDonald
151. Bobby McFerrin
152. The McGarrigle Sisters
153. John Mellancamp
154. Men at Work
155. The Meters
156. Bette Middler
157. Midnight Oil
158. Mr. Mister
159. Eddie Money
160. Van Morrison
161. Morrisey
162. The Motels
163. Musical Youth
164. Rick Nelson
165. Willie Nelson
166. The Nelsons
167. Aaron Neville
168. The Neville Brothers
169. Randy Newman
170. Olivia Newton-John
171. Stevie Nicks
172. Nirvana
173. The Notting Hillbillies
174. Gary Numan
175. Ric Ocasek
176. Billy Ocean
177. Sinead O’Connor
178. Roy Orbison
179. Dolly Parton
180. Pearl Jam
181. The Persuasions
182. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
183. Wintley Phipps
184. Pirates of Penzance
185. Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers
186. The Pogues
187. Buster Poindexter
188. Power Station
189. Billy Preston
190. The Pretenders
191. Prince
192. Public Enemy
193. The Pull
194. Queen
195. Queen Ida
196. Sun Ra
197. Bonnie Raitt
198. Eugene Record
199. Leon Redbone
200. Lou Reed
201. Martha Reeves
202. R.E.M.
203. The Replacements
204. Keith Richards
205. Lionel Richie
206. Robbie Robertson
207. The Roches
208. The Rolling Stones
209. Linda Ronstadt
210. Kevin Rowland
211. Todd Rundgren
212. Run-D.M.C.
213. Leon and Mary Russell
214. Sade
215. Sam and Dave
216. Santana
217. Leo Sayer
218. Boz Scaggs
219. Gil Scott-Heron
220. John Sebastian
221. Ellen Shipley
222. Carly Simon
223. Paul Simon
224. Simple Minds
225. Simply Red
226. Skid Row
227. Percy Sledge
228. Patti Smith
229. The Smithereens
230. Phoebe Snow
231. Soul Asylum
232. Spanic Boys
233. Sparks
234. The Specials
235. Spin Doctors
236. Spinal Tap
237. The Spinners
238. Bruce Springsteen
239. Squeeze
240. Billy Squier
241. Rod Stewart
242. Sting
243. Stuff
244. Stray Cats
245. The Stylistics
246. Sugarcubes
247. Keith Sykes
248. Talking Heads
249. James Taylor
250. Technotronic
251. 10,000 Maniacs
252. Thompson Twins
253. George Thorogood and the Destroyers
254. Timbuk 3
255. The Time
256. Tin Machine
257. Peter Tosh
258. Randy Travis
259. Tina Turner
260. Luther Vandross
261. Vanilla Ice
262. Stevie Ray Vaughan
263. Suzanne Vega
264. Loudon Wainwright III
265. John Waite
266. Tom Waits
267. Junior Walker and the All-Stars
268. Jennifer Warnes
269. The Whiffenpoofs
270. Denise Williams
271. Venesa Williams
272. Brian Wilson
273. Peter Wolf
274. Stevie Wonder
275. World Party
276. Neil Young
277. Paul Young
278. Frank Zappa

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