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Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter, the main shaper of its instrumental voice, one of its greatest guitarists, and one of its greatest performers. Quite simply, without him, there would be no Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, nor a myriad others. There would be no standard "Chuck Berry guitar intro," the instrument's clarion call to get the joint rockin' in any setting. The cl... Read More

Muddy Waters, Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker Quintet, Elmore James and Big Joe Turner

Aerosmith, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Isaak, Creedence Clearwater Revival, David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Ramones, Rod Stewart, Sex Pistols, The Animals, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, T. Rex, MC5, Red Elvises, X, The Velvet Underground, The Who, Uncle Tupelo, The Kinks, Wilmer X, Canned Heat, New York Dolls, The Band, Grateful Dead, John Mellencamp, Torsson, David Johansen, Ritchie Valens, Electric Light Orchestra, Eric Burdon, The Allman Brothers Band, Brian Setzer, The Pretty Things, The Blues Project, The Golliwogs, Ted Nugent, The Yardbirds, The Blasters, The Shadows, Robbie Robertson, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Nick Lowe, The J. Geils Band, Del Shannon, Little Feat, Jimmy Page, The Black Crowes and Marc Bolan