| NINIROSSO | Italian jazz trumpeter and composer who had a UK top ten hit with II Silenzio in 1965 (4,5) |
| CSI | CBS hit with two spin-offs |
| LISZT | Composer who had a piano "duel" with Thalberg in 1837 |
| CHOPIN | Composer who had a long relationship with George Sand |
| SATIE | Erik ___, French composer who had a major influence on French 20th-century music (5) |
| ANDREAS | Swedish singer-songwriter who had a UK top ten hit with Glorious in 2000 (7,7) (see 55D) |
| JOHNSON | Swedish singer-songwriter who had a UK top ten hit with Glorious in 2000 (7,7) (see 1D) |
| OCONNOR | Roger Whittaker and Des - had a UK top-ten hit with 'The Skye Boat Song' in 1986 (7) |
| THEMIXTURES | Australian rock band that had a UK top ten hit with The Pushbike Song in 1971 |
| TRACY | ___ Chapman, American singersongwriter who had a UK top 10 hit with "Fast Car" in 1988 (5) |
| CHETBAKER | US jazz trumpeter and singer who died in 1988 (4,5) |
| MILESTONE | Jazz trumpeter and tenor in a significant event (9) |
| BLAMEITON | UK top 10 hit for both the Jacksons (1978) and Big Fun (1989) |
| BREAKINGUPISHARDTODO | Neil Sedaka song that was a UK top ten hit for him in 1962 and for The Partridge Family ten years later |
| ARMSTRONG | See 53A, American jazz trumpeter and singer nicknamed "Satchmo" |
| THEWANDERER | Song written by Ernie Maresca that gave Dion a UK top ten hit in 1962 |
| SLEEPYSHORES | Theme from the TV series Owen, MD that gave the Johnny Pearson Orchestra a UK top ten hit in early 1972 |
| DANCE | Debut single by American hip hop act Break Machine that was a UK top ten hit in 1984 (6,5) |
| STREET | Debut single by American hip hop act Break Machine that was a UK top ten hit in 1984 (6,5) |
| MAXIPRIEST | English reggae singer who had a 1988 UK top ten hit with a cover of Wild World (4,6) |
