Madonna,The Beatles,Elvis,others, who do you think?
2007-12-28 04:52:35 · 15 answers · asked by 2gadoo 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
Since I am Penny Laine -
I go with the Beatles!!!!
(Trailblazers suck!!! Go CELTICS!!!!!)
2007-12-28 09:24:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Holy cow, I'm shocked. Few are addressing how "minority" acts influenced the pop community.
In the 50's it was acts like Ike Turner and Frankie Lymon. In the 60's, I believe the most influential work was done by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Temptations and Otis Redding.
I agree with Bill Haley, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Kiss and the Sex Pistols being huge influences on the shaping of today's rock. I will also throw in the Beatles, BeeGees and The Eagles for songwriting and media presentation, Michael Jackson's videos and dancing, Kurt Cobain for accidentally showing today's pop culture how to rebel with the underground, and Garth Brooks for showing us that countrified power guitars and living the dream sell too.
I think that Donna Summer and Madonna also deserve nods for the way club music was heading before hip-hop took over.
2007-12-28 06:24:43 · answer #2 · answered by Your Uncle Dodge! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The biggest barrier in music was the race/culture barrier before Elvis Presley made it OK for white kids to listen to what was called "race music" before that (blues/R&B). As a result, white country musicians and black blues and R&B musicians starting mixing the genres and the cross-talk has continued down through the years.
There could no be no stripped down punk of the Sex Pistols without rock coming first, rap didn't really start to take hold until it started incorporating rock/metal sounds via Run DMC (think "Walk this Way"), etc. etc. etc.
Elvis wasn't the first or the best rock artist (that would probably be Chuck Berry) but he is the most IMPORTANT in terms of influence.
2007-12-28 05:03:59 · answer #3 · answered by Greg R (2015 still jammin') 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking Elvis because he took what was basically black-influenced music and brought it to white America, which eventually evolved into what we now know as rock n' roll. He also introduced U.S. audiences to gyrating to the music; something mainstream popular performers weren't doing at that time. When he debuted on the Ed Sullivan show, the cameras only shot him from the waist up for fear of having a fallout with the viewing audience. Would we have "rock posturing" without this? The other that came to mind was the Rolling Stones, the original "bad boys" of rock. In my mind, they were the progenitors of suggestive lyrics for white America.
2007-12-28 05:39:11 · answer #4 · answered by the buffster 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Musically-The Beatles (Need I say why?)
Politically-The Sex Pistols (They spoke their minds boldly without hesitation and didn't care what the establishment thought.)
Sexually-Elvis Presley (He was filmed from the waist up on the Ed Sullivan show because housewives have dirty minds)
Visually-KISS (They basically defined shock rock)
Emotionally-Nirvana (They said, hey, it's ok to sing about broken homes and other pains in life. Music doesn't always have to be cheery. And they didn't need a gimmick or a great costume/outfit to draw people to them)
Racially-Ritchie Valens (He was the forefather of the Latin rock movement, but really everyone loved his music. His songs are timeless classic rock pieces)
and lastly...
Deceitfully-Milli Vanilli (Even liars can win a Grammy sometime!!!!!)
2007-12-28 05:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by Metal Hamburglar 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Michael Jackson broke down racial obstacles in the previous all of us even knew who Barack Obama exchange into. Come on, the guy is a worldwide humanitarian ordinary all worldwide and his song further human beings of all colorations and ethnic backgrounds at the same time. on the grounds that Michael Jackson's passing, the question is now "Barack who?"
2016-10-09 07:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd go for the likes of Fats Domino;Dave Barthomew;Ike Turner and others in late 40's early 50's who helped introduce R&B the predecessor to R&R to the white record buying public
2007-12-28 05:19:21 · answer #7 · answered by keeprockin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Elvies because before no one liked rock and roll. But today its one of the top leading music genres.
2007-12-28 05:58:36 · answer #8 · answered by Mn Guy =) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely Jimi Hendrix. The world was never the same after he came along.
him or The Beatles.
2007-12-28 05:00:38 · answer #9 · answered by lefse2991 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Elvis and Micheal Jackson..
Try mentioning their name anywhere on the face of the earth..
Most surely they know these two..
2007-12-28 04:57:41 · answer #10 · answered by idlevil_73 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hey people, how can you forget about Bill Haley & the Comets ?
"Rock around the Clock"
Opening soundtrack for the movie "Blackboard Jungle"
2007-12-28 06:05:19 · answer #11 · answered by ursaitaliano70 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋