 These are the legends of longevity and the songs that made them stars. In our triathlon of rock and roll, our artists have done the hot 100 crawl, speed cycled into the top 40, and then run the top 10 race across three decades. Like this miracle man who's charted longer than any other artist in our survey, 29 years. He's one of Motown's top songwriters, singers, producers, and he's company vice president.