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A Tribe Called Quest altered the landscape of hip-hop, introducing Afrocentric themes, jazz and soul samples and a deep sense of community to the genre.

A Tribe Called Quest

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Producing one infectious hit after another, ABBA inspired a movie, a musical, and a mania. Thirty years later, their popularity is still going strong.

ABBA

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Since 1975, AC/DC has carved out a niche between punky hard rock and heavy metal, inspiring countless musicians with crank-up-the-volume radio staples 

AC/DC

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Aerosmith, led by the combustible, magnetic duo of frontman Steven Tyler and guitarist Joe Perry—ooze confidence, danger and rebellion.

Aerosmith

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Ahmet Ertegun co-founded Atlantic Records in 1947 with partner Herb Abramson. He was also a co-founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Ahmet Ertegun

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Songwriter and vocalist Al Green reshaped the sound of soul, delivering unforgettable melodies bursting with both spiritual yearning and earthy desire. 

Al Green

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Composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, arranger, producer, writer, teacher, podcaster. Al Kooper’s influence on American rock music is undeniable.

Al Kooper

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From popularizing the R&B records that became the foundation of rock to planning the first rock and roll concert, Alan Freed was the tireless promoter of the genre.

Alan Freed

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Albert King isn't a household name—he's a household sound. So says John Mayer about the towering guitar talent, Albert King. You can add Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan to the list of King disciples too.

Albert King

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Through his mentorship of fledgling British blues musicians like Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, Alexis Korner earned the title “Father of English Blues.”

Alexis Korner

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Alice Cooper specialized in psychedelic-tinted music that presaged (and inspired) glam, hard rock, metal and even punk.

Alice Cooper

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Allen Grubman, a founder of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, changed the music business.

Allen Grubman

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Few people can produce, arrange, write songs or perform—Allen Toussaint did it all and then some with expertise and aplomb.

Allen Toussaint

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Andrew Loog Oldham did PR for the Beatles, managed the Rolling Stones and produced such hits as “Paint It Black,” “Get Off My Cloud” and “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”—need we say more?

Andrew Loog Oldham

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The first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Franklin was an artist of passion, sophistication and command, whose recordings remain anthems that defined soul music.

Aretha Franklin

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Rock and roll as we know it would not exist without Art Rupe. He brought R&B and soul into the mainstream and launched Little Richard's career. Rupe's fastidious work ethic and uncanny musical intuition shaped the evolution of rock.

Art Rupe

Throughout B.B. King's fifty-year career of new influences, collaboration and incessant touring, the blues have been his home.

B. B. King

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Bad Company were one of rock’s first and most successful supergroups. By combining arena-ready blues-rock swagger with Top 40 hits, they distinguished themselves.

Bad Company

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From poignant ballads to certified bangers, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil can write anything. The songwriting duo has placed a hit in nearly every genre.

Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil

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The Bee Gees had an almost supernatural instinct for creating chart-toppers; their talent in songwriting, production, and performance skills lent them an artistic control that established them as Seventies icons.

Bee Gees 

Benny Benjamin was the impeccable pulse at the heart of the Motown empire.

Benny Benjamin

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Bernie Taupin’s songwriting partnership with Elton John is one of the most successful in rock & roll history.

Bernie Taupin

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Berry Gordy Jr. built an empire and a whole new Motown sound from the ground up.

Berry Gordy Jr.

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Life’s too short not to be a music industry mogul. Or so believed Bert Berns, co-founder of Bang Records, songwriter of “Twist and Shout” and the man who discovered Van Morrison.

Bert Berns

Bessie Smith was rare for many reasons—her musical apprenticeship under Ma Rainey, her songs about liberated women, her plainspoken style that foreshadowed rap—but nothing distinguished her more than her voice.

Bessie Smith

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Big Joe Turner's mastery of every genre including blues, jazz, R&B and swing gave way to his uptempo party hits.

Big Joe Turner

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton’s defiantly eclectic music mixed blues, gospel, R&B and sharp storytelling. She challenged gender norms, and broke barriers for women. 

Big Mama Thornton

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Much of Bill Black's career was spent as Elvis Presley's charismatic bass player, but Black also led a successful career as a bandleader, landing charting in the Hot 100 nearly twenty times.

Bill Black

Bill Graham ran the Fillmore and Winterland, put on concerts with Miles Davis and Neil Young (at the same time) and promoted national tours for Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones.

Bill Graham

Bill Haley was there from the beginning—he was blending sounds from country, Dixieland and R&B before the term "rock and roll" was even invented.

Bill Haley

The Father of Bluegrass music and an idol to none other than Elvis Presley.

Bill Monroe

Brilliant. Tough. Uncompromising. Bill Withers stuck to his guns. Some people labeled him as difficult, but Bill Withers was simply a man with a vision that he would not compromise. Ever faithful to his muse, he refused to play along with the industry and carved out his own success.

Bill Withers

Her life was tough but so was she. Billie Holiday took her pain and channeled it into haunting vocal performances that resonated in your spine.

Billie Holiday

Billy Joel comes off as such a determinedly average guy that it's tempting to undervalue his extraordinary gifts.

Billy Joel

Billy Preston is an essential part of the fabric of rock & roll. He blazed a path with the smoking sounds of his B3 organ, the funky rhythms of his clavinet, and the exciting tones of his gospel-inspired vocals and piano.

Billy Preston

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Black Sabbath delivered heavy metal into the world, kicking and screaming.

Black Sabbath

Blondie have experimented with nearly every genre on record—reggae, rap, punk, disco, etc. Yet their willingness to experiment is anchored by their roots in tuneful Sixties pop.

Blondie

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Bo Diddley, nicknamed "the Originator" for his role in the transition from blues to rock and roll, drove music into a new era with his rollicking rhythms and edgy guitar.

Bo Diddley

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Bob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of all time, a gifted wordsmith with a political conscience, incisive storytelling abilities and a poet-like acumen for meter and language.

Bob Dylan

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Born in the Jamaican ghetto, Bob Marley made music as politically powerful as it was captivating.

Bob Marley

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Detroit-native Bob Seger pursued rock and roll stardom for years before getting the recognition he deserved.

Bob Seger

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Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys impromptu jams shot through with call and response "yee-ha"'s reveal what we can only call their raucous reverence for Western swing.

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys

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Bobby "Blue" Bland mesmerized audiences with a voice both velvety and primal, controlled and impassioned.

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Bobby “Blue” Bland

Bobby Darin

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Cleveland-native Bobby Womack did it all and did it well. Whether he was singing, writing songs or backing up another phenomenal musician, he gave everything he had, dug deeper, then gave some more.

Bobby Womack

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Bursting out of New Jersey in 1984, Bon Jovi’s irresistible combo of heavy metal and pop brought multiple chart-topping hits and worldwide rock stardom. 

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One of the greatest singers and guitarists of all time, Bonnie Raitt is a musician of grit, resilience and prodigious talent.

Bonnie Raitt

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Booker T. and the MG's are the groovy forefathers of Southern soul.

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Booker T. and the M.G.’s

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Singers like Brenda Lee are born, not made. Which isn't to say that Brenda Lee didn't work hard—you don't get the Beatles as your opening act by resting on your laurels.

Brenda Lee

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Brian Epstein had an unprecedented talent for marketing his clients and believed in what he was selling—he stuck with the Beatles through rejection, even when they were just four boys from Liverpool.

Brian Epstein

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Bruce Springsteen rose from Jersey street poet to socially conscious cultural icon, an artist whose voice spoke to—and for—multiple generations worldwide. 

Bruce Springsteen

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Buddy Guy's guitar-playing style was so visceral, so ferocious, that the blues had to be running through his veins.

Buddy Guy

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Buddy Holly roughed up familiar musical influences—rhythm & blues, rockabilly, country & western—with upbeat tempos, a jittery vocal approach, and youthful lyrics filled with edgy declarations of love, lust and heartbreak.

Buddy Holly

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Buffalo Springfield brought together brilliant songwriters and musical powerhouses that set the tone for Seventies folk- and country-rock.

Buffalo Springfield

Carl Perkins transformed his humble sharecropper roots into jumping, jiving rockabilly hits. His song "Blue Suede Shoes" launched a label and a movement.

Carl Perkins

In the early 1970s, singer-songwriter Carly Simon emerged as a gifted storyteller and lyricist who broke established narratives, writing exquisite songs about modern women’s lives.

Carly Simon

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Though rarely in the spotlight, bassist Carol Kaye shaped the sound of American pop music. She redefined the bass as both rhythmic anchor and expressive, counter-melodic voice.

Carol Kaye

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After writing the soundtrack of the 60s, Carole King wove a tapestry of introspection as a Lauren Canyon singer-songwriter in the 70s.

Carole King

A true Seventies singer-songwriter—Cat Stevens gave hushed, mesmerizing performances.

Cat Stevens

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Chaka Khan, the ”Queen of Funk,” reshaped the landscape of soul and R&B. With a distinctively powerful voice, she left an indelible impression on listeners.

Chaka Khan

Charles Brown's intimate, laidback blues were the breezy West Coast sound of choice for postwar audiences.

Charles Brown

Before Jimi Hendrix mastered the guitar, before Chuck Berry pioneered rock & roll, before Robert Johnson strummed a single chord – Charley Patton did it all.

Charley Patton

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Charlie Christian took electric guitar out of the rhythm section and into the spotlight.

Charlie Christian

Cheap Trick toured incessantly in a raucous display of custom guitars, showmanship and musical virtuosity, all while never losing their sense of humor.

Cheap Trick

Cher

Pop’s enduring icon – and the only woman with No. 1 hits across seven decades. With her distinctive contralto voice, Cher mastered folk-pop, rock, disco, and electropop.

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Chet Atkins established the much-storied Studio B. His signature picking style allowed him to play a bassline and a melody simultaneously.

Chet Atkins

Chicago stands as one of America’s most successful rock bands of any epoch in terms of both sales and longevity.

Chicago

Chris Blackwell was a man of eclectic tastes. He signed Bob Marley, Grace Jones, U2 and more.

Chris Blackwell

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Chubby Checker became the king of the ‘60s dance crazes, with his iconic “The Twist” reaching No. 1 twice and sparking a worldwide, multigenerational phenomenon. 

Chubby Checker

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Chuck Berry internalized country, blues and R&B influences to create a singular guitar technique.

Chuck Berry

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Known as the Godfather of Black Music, Clarence Avant is someone who makes the impossible possible.

Clarence Avant

Producer and music executive Clive Davis had an uncanny eye for talent; every act he touched turned platinum.

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