Most listened to artist

Mark Knopfler/ Dire Straits

Pink Floyd

Peter Gabriel

J.S. Bach

Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac

The Eagles

Honorable mention:  Billy Idol, REM, Bad Company, AC/DC, Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure,  INXS,  U2, Sade,  James Taylor

In no particular order:

The Beatles

Rolling Stones 

Fleetwood Mac

David Bowie

Bruce Springsteen

Celine Dion

Alice Cooper

Oasis

Rod Stewart
The Clash

Honorable mention to T-Rex, Slade, Hillbilly Moon Explosion and AC/DC

Hello all

I was so surprised by the number of responses that I had to do a count. Would anybody care to guess which artists received the most votes?

Richard Thompson

Rodney Crowell

NRBQ

The Band

John Mayall (Turning Point especially)

Sandy Denny

Lou Reed

The Kinks

Lightning Hopkins

Roy Buchanan

@davetherave11

Re simonmoon’s comment. I remember an article in TV Guide that mentioned Sherman Helmsley listening to Yes’ "Close to the Edge" in his dressing room, so I believe I’ve connected some of the dots in your post.

Ha!

I worked in a record store in the San Fernando Valley,  that specialized in progressive rock, especially importing obscure bands from all over the world.

At least once a month. Sherman Hemsley and  his entourage would come in the store. He was usually too high to drive himself.

I was his go to guy to recommend new prog and fusion releases. He used to walk out of the store with a pretty big stack.

He loved Italian prog (PFM, Banco, Museo Rosenbach, etc), He was also a big Nektar fan. 

He also loved fusion such as, Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brand X, etc.