Who do you guys think influenced the most people in music history? I would have to say Elvis, he created Rock-n-Roll. As well as the Beatles, who were the only group that Kurt Cobain listening to until he was 9.

Elvis and the Beatles are the two big ones.

kelly osbourne influenced me not musicaly tho.

Elvis, the Beatles, Nirvana, Jimi hendrix

OK, here's a different line of thinking, but stick with me here. I'm gonna say either Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, or Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio. Think about it.....no matter who your choice is for most influential musician, Edison and Marconi were the people that invented the technology that allowed those musicians to reach (and thereby influence) others; so in a way, Marconi and Edison influenced them all.

Originally posted by Bootsy Whoosh
OK, here's a different line of thinking, but stick with me here. I'm gonna say either Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, or Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio. Think about it.....no matter who your choice is for most influential musician, Edison and Marconi were the people that invented the technology that allowed those musicians to reach (and thereby influence) others; so in a way, Marconi and Edison influenced them all.


Good Point....but....hell, I'll have to say the beatles!

Les Paul - The inventor of the electric guitar.

:guitar:

The Beatles, Nirvana.....

Fishbone:notworthy

1. The Beatles
2. Michael Jackson
3. Elvis Presley
4. Nirvana
5. Madonna

Originally posted by TJL
Les Paul - The inventor of the electric guitar.

:guitar:

Actually, Les Paul didn't invent the electric guitar, if I remember correctly, Rickenbacher did, but I'll have to check on that. I think the first electric guitar may have come out in the early 30's while the first Les Paul electric guitar came out in either the late 40's early 50's.

My choices for most influential persons in music:

Robert Johnson
Elvis Presley
Chuck Berry
Muddy Waters
Buddy Holly
the Beatles
Bob Dylan
Rolling Stones
The Who
Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
The Ramones
The Sex Pistols
The Clash
KISS
Van Halen
The Cars
AC/DC
Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoades
Yngwie Malmsteen
Motley Crue
Bruce Springsteen
U2
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Prince
Metallica
Guns 'n' Roses
Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Korn
Green Day
Staind

I'll go with Elvis and the Beatles

Elvis Presley did not "invent" rock n roll it was there for a long time, from what I heard, it just had not been done by someone white, and been sold to a white audience, the way the Elvis did...but mine are

Madonna
Michael Jackson
Beatles
Aretha Franklin
2Pac
......and maybe some more that i cant think of

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica


Actually, Les Paul didn't invent the electric guitar, if I remember correctly, Rickenbacher did, but I'll have to check on that. I think the first electric guitar may have come out in the early 30's while the first Les Paul electric guitar came out in either the late 40's early 50's.



Yes, I chose my words incorrectly.
Les Paul didn't invent the electric guitar, what I wanted to say was his innovations in guitar design forever changed the guitar, and are still in use today.

Originally posted by BubbleLuvGrl026
Elvis Presley did not "invent" rock n roll it was there for a long time, from what I heard, it just had not been done by someone white, and been sold to a white audience, the way the Elvis did...but mine are

Madonna
Michael Jackson
Beatles
Aretha Franklin
2Pac
......and maybe some more that i cant think of


You're right, Elvis DIDN'T invent rock & roll, black r & b musicians did.

Lennon/McCartney
Mozart
Beethoven
Bach















http://www.internetgreetings.com/beatles-ggg.jpg

Originally posted by Captain ABlairica


You're right, Elvis DIDN'T invent rock & roll, black r & b musicians did. Yeah, I sort of feel bad for the black ppl who invented it but dont get much attention or credit for it......


BTW I forgot Prince :D

Originally posted by BubbleLuvGrl026
Yeah, I sort of feel bad for the black ppl who invented it but dont get much attention or credit for it......


BTW I forgot Prince :D

It's very strange that when a black performer plays rock & roll, he's automatically branded as a "sellout". I used to know these guys in a local Seattle band called Whyte Out who were black and played heavy metal with rap mixed in. (Their name meant "we want to white-out racism", you know, like with the correction fluid...:idea: They once opened their shows by saying they were stealing back the music "Elvis stole from us." I've heard that Jimi Hendrix was a "sellout" because he played music that whites all dug. Music is universal. I even get into Laplander
nose-flute tunes with little bit of Cambodian bluegrass trip-hop thrown in.

Elvis, Beatles. And Michael Jackson. Funny how the musicians are the only people who dont make fun of him now.

TONY IOMMI.


:rock: :guitar: :guitar: :rock:

Due to a mechanical accident which severed the fingertips of his fretting hand, he had to learn how to play guitar with plastic thimbles. He credits jazz guitarist Django Rheinhart, who used only two usable fingers, with motivating him to play guitar after his accident. Since there were no light-gauge strings available at the time, he used banjo strings which were easier on his fingers.
While recording the first Black Sabbath album in 1969, the pickup on his Fender Stratocaster blew, so he began to use the Gibson SG exclusively--the problem at the time was that once a pickup blew on a guitar, you couldn't just install a new pickup, you had to replace the entire guitar. The other problem was that since he was left-handed, there were practically no left-handed guitars (even Jimi Hendrix played a right-handed one upside down), so he had to re-string the Gibson. Another problem he encountered
was the distortion was powered separately from the amp--you had to buy a pedal and plug it into the amp. Now, thanks in no small part to his input, amps now have distortion and other effects built right in.

And of course the REAL reason why Tony Iommi is the most influential musician on the planet:

WAR PIGS
PARANOID
IRON MAN
CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE
INTO THE VOID
THE WIZARD
N.I.B.
WARNING
FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS

and tons more and more HEAVY DUTY RIFFAGE....:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

The Beatles
Frank Sanatra
Willie Nelson
Beach Boys
Elvis
Diana Ross
Linda Ronstadt
Beetoven
Michael Jackson
Aretha Franklin
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
B.B. King
Dixie Chicks
Jonny Cash
Miles Davis
Clein Dion
Madonna
James Brown
Stevie Wonder
barbara streisand
Whitney Huston
Guns N, Roses
Nirvana
George Jones

Adding more to my list:

-TLC
-The Doors
-Prince

I agree with you guys, Elvis didn't invent rock & roll. It's sad to see people not getting the credit they deserve. Not that long ago, people used to think that a white group invented jazz... but they called it "jass." :o

I would like to correct my words, Elvis didnt create rock and roll. He simply improvised on what many great black musicians had already created.

My personal music influences:
Nirvana (duh)
The Donnas (these girls rock, they are the true example of girl power)
Franz Haydn (my favorite romanitc era composer, he wrote some killer flute pieces.)

Kip Winger:dance:
Reb Beach:guitar:
Paul Taylor:guitar:
Rod Morgenstein:bash:

Beatles
Elvis
Sonic Youth
Bob Dylan
The Union Underground
Chuck Berry

Originally posted by JoPol_wannabe
Frank Sanatra
Beach Boys
Diana Ross
Michael Jackson
Aretha Franklin
Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Madonna
Stevie Wonder

Add them to my list.

Originally posted by Penny Lane
Lennon/McCartney
Mozart
Beethoven
Bach

http://www.internetgreetings.com/beatles-ggg.jpg Thank you Penny Lane - You took the words right out of my mouth.... I totally agree with you............

Originally posted by SBTB Geek

I agree with you guys, Elvis didn't invent rock & roll.

It might be more accurate to say that Elvis was the first artist to successfully blend R & B and Country into what became "Rock 'N' Roll." I would consider some of Chuck Berry's songs (like "Maybelline" from 1955) to be true R & R songs. Also, Fats Domino recorded some which could be called R & R.

Originally posted by BubbleLuvGrl026
Yeah, I sort of feel bad for the black ppl who invented it but dont get much attention or credit for it......


Some (but not that many) were very successful. For instance, the biggest-selling vocal group of the '50s was the Platters. Over 120 million of their records have been sold. Although they were all black (four men and one woman), they were very popular and the public liked their music. Other big record-sellers were Fats Domino, Sam Cooke, The Drifters, The Coasters and Chuck Berry.

While Elvis may not have invented Rock&Roll,he did get it into the mainstream and got it to reach a wider audience.He actually advanced music and I really don't think music as we know it would be the same without him.And I just have to say this - he was gorgeous with a capital G! :)