riffing love and angst
philosophies draped in notes
legends never die
senryu by M. Nakazato LaFreniere
My teens and twenties years were accompanied by the beat of my LPs, cassettes, reel-to-reel and CDs. Music evolved along with the technology used to hear it with. A few years back Rolling Stones magazine asked 55 top musicians, writers and industry executives to pick their top 100 artists who influenced rock and roll.
The top 10 listed were:
- Beatles
- Bob Dylan
- Elvis Presley
- The Rolling Stones
- Chuck Berry
- Jimi Hendrix
- James Brown
- Little Richard
- Aretha Franklin
- Ray Charles
Clash, Johnny Cash, Madonna, Bowie and a host of others made the top 100. Who would be your top 5?
References:
100 Greatest Artists: The Beatles, Eminem and more of the best of the best
Rolling Stone Magazine, December 2, 2010
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