# Replace the presidents on US currency with Rock Stars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646 "2011-10-05T01:52:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/1 "2011-10-05T01:52:30Z")
So I’m listening to Harvey Levin, TMZ live on stars xm 107. The question came up: if you could replace the presidents with rock & roll icons… Who would you put on there? Six bills only; $1 - $100, no $2. Oh and one more rule… This is US currency, so Americans only! ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/2 "2011-10-05T01:55:31Z")
$1 Elvis would be my concrete pick. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/3 "2011-10-05T02:11:29Z")
Wait a minute. Live or dead? If living, Chuck Berry on the $100. If dead, Jimi Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/4 "2011-10-05T02:18:54Z")
I say it should be either living OR dead…but I’m not the one making the game. An interesting question too…who do you put the “number one icon” on? The one cuz it’s the most popular? or one hundred cuz it’s the biggest? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/5 "2011-10-05T02:26:25Z")
if it was not limited to Rock n Roll, Frank Sinatra should go on the $100 bill. I guess it is politically incorrect to speculate on who might go on the $3 bill. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/6 "2011-10-05T02:28:49Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > $1 Elvis would be my concrete pick. OK, I’ll go along with that. $5 - Chuck Berry $10 - Bob Dylan $20 - Jimi Hendrix $50 - Little Richard $100 - Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/7 "2011-10-05T02:34:08Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > $1 Elvis would be my concrete pick. Because Elvis is everywhere, right? Works for me… Buddy Holly $5 Chuck Berry $10 Bob Dylan $20 Fats Domino $50 Muddy Waters $100 ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/8 "2011-10-05T02:36:21Z")
Gotta have Ke$ha on one of them. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/9 "2011-10-05T02:58:30Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I guess it is politically incorrect to speculate on who might go on the $3 bill. Liberace, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/10 "2011-10-05T03:01:28Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Liberace, perhaps. Lady GaGa? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/11 "2011-10-05T03:57:18Z")
Bob Dylan would HAVE to go on $11.00 bills. ---
**Author:** ![Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@Nicest\_of\_the\_Damned](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicest_of_the_Damned)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/12 "2011-10-05T05:37:56Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Bob Dylan would HAVE to go on $11.00 bills. Or Nigel Tufnel. D’oh! Not an American. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/13 "2011-10-05T14:20:23Z")
I’d put Springsteen on the Ten. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/14 "2011-10-05T14:24:44Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > I say it should be either living OR dead…but I’m not the one making the game. > > An interesting question too…who do you put the “number one icon” on? The one cuz it’s the most popular? or one hundred cuz it’s the biggest? Personally I think the $1.00 bill is highest ranking in terms of importance. Think about it; George Washington our first president to Ben Franklin, a kite flier. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/15 "2011-10-05T14:34:30Z")
Since you could have a living person on US Currency I’d allow it; but man it would have to be good. $1 Elvis Presley $5 Eric Clapton $10 Bob Dylan $20 Jimi Hendrix $50 Chuck Berry or Buddy Holley $100 Aretha Franklin ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/16 "2011-10-05T14:34:32Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > I guess it is politically incorrect to speculate on who might go on the $3 bill. Freddie Mercury? ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/17 "2011-10-05T16:44:29Z")
…John Fogerty on the nickel, Joan Jett on the dime, Gary U.S. Bonds on the quarter, Roger Miller on the 50-cent piece ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/18 "2011-10-05T19:48:13Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Freddie Mercury? Not US Born. Bruce Springsteen is getting no love? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/19 "2011-10-05T19:50:53Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Freddie Mercury? British, and so he’d go on the 3 Quid note. Here in 'murrica - I vote for Little Richard 😉 USA: $1 - Elvis $3 - Richard Penniman (aka Little Richard) $5 - Chuck Berry $10 - “Motown” - how do you pick from Marvin Gays, Smokey, The Supremes, Martha Reeves, The Temps, etc.? - and that doesn’t include Stax in Memphis $20 - Dylan - although I might argue for the Beach Boys $50 - Hendrix $100 - Aretha Franklin (if this was more Pop, I might go with Madonna; if we annexed Canada, I might go with Joni; Janis is up there, but Aretha is the Queen) UK 1 Pound = The Beatles 3 Pounds = Queen / Freddie Mercury 5 Pounds = The Rolling Stones 10 Pounds = The Who 20 Pounds = Eric Clapton (front of bill = Cream; back of bill = Yardbirds/Mayall) 50 Pounds = Led Zeppelin 100 Pounds = Jeff Beck (hey, this is my list - go make your own if you don’t like it ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646/20 "2011-10-06T00:45:03Z")
Put a nice image of a jukebox on the $1 coin, make it 1 mm thicker, and save Elvis for the $20. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replace-the-presidents-on-us-currency-with-rock-stars/598646.md?page=2)