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Originally posted by !!!
LFR. This thread is a JOKE.
Beethoven? Mozart? How could you guys forget about them? It's classical music, I know. But those two people have been remembered for centuries not only a few decades.
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I was always under the assumption that everyone knew that the likes of Beethoven, Mozart and Bach are in a league of their own and should be held under higher regard than anyone else. I think that this thread was meant to ask for the ten that shaped MODERN music.
If we're looking at it that way...
The Beatles(Um, hello, it's the FREAKING BEATLES. Their influence knows no bounds. The single most influential band of all time.)
Elvis(Along with Chuck Berry and Little Richard, the godfather of Rock 'n Roll. There's a reason that people call him "The King", even to this day.)
Michael Jackson(Defined an era. Was the catalyst of what would evolve into today's pop.)
Madonna(Queen Madge, an artist that simply knows no equal. Her antics and her music influenced an entire generation of young girls, for good or for bad.)
Robert Johnson(Without him, artists like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and, if you want it to be a bit more recent, The White Stripes would not exist. His style would become the prototype of what we know as rock, and he may very well be the most influential musician of the 20th century.)
The Rolling Stones(Their infusion of rock and blues is something that still influences all kinds of musicians today.)
Black Sabbath(the godfathers of heavy metal)
Frank Sinatra(You may laugh now, but Sinatra was in a league of his own in his prime. He had one of the most recognizable voices in all of music, and I like to believe that he popularized the ballad.)
Aretha Franklin/The Supremes(The prototype divas. Without them(or, more to the point, Franklin and Diana Ross), the Mariahs, Christinas and Beyonces of the world would not exist.)
Also important are all of the artists blackbeat mentioned in his last post. While I don't think they are AS important as Robert Johnson, all of them helped shape music in one way, shape or form. And there are so many more that influenced music, but I think these are the ten, above all others, that shaped music.