John Lennon Named NME's 'Ultimate Icon': Who Is Your Ultimate Music Icon?

by Fergie Posted 2012/09/18 19:00:00

Related Topics: Music, NME, John Lennon

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	John Lennon	66 votes	24%
	Kurt Cobain	26 votes	9%
	David Bowie	18 votes	7%
	Jimi Hendrix	20 votes	7%
	Other	144 votes	53%

UK music mag NME ran a poll for six months asking their readers, "Who is your Ultimate Music Icon of the last 60 years?" Over 160,000 votes were cast and not too surprisingly, John Lennon came out on top.

Runners up included David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, and Jimi Hendrix among others. You can see the full list when their new issues hits newsstands Wednesday, but who would you deem as your ultimate music icon?

NME.COM reports:
Beatles mans beats out David Bowie, Alex Turner and Liam Gallagher to take the crown

beatles mans beats david bowie alex turner liam gallagher crown

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Zombiecat~Metalhead4Life 2012/09/19 02:10:10

Jimi Hendrix

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I love all of them and some more.......

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Had I voted in NME tho, it would have been this guy...

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✞Knight... to frogger... 2012/09/27 20:59:10

Very deep. They don't even know what some of their songs are about (both did so many drugs that they later couldn't recall).

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NYCbrit to DeathBy... 2012/09/20 16:56:08

Amen to that!

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CAPISCE to CAPISCE 2012/09/19 17:32:02

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GettingBarried 2012/09/19 17:05:17

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