GQ did all of us gentlemen a favor by cobbling together a list of the 50 most stylish men of the past 50 years. Because musicians are often ones to make daring use of style, they included a handful of singers and strummers. Now we've pared that down into a musicians only list and GQ's selections have been ranked based on little more than my own opinion.

You may not agree with every single selection (we didn't either), but most of these dudes are tried and true style icons - so dig in.