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The artists that brought the biggest influence are (in my opinion, it really is always just a popularity contest): 1)The Rolling Stones - movement on stage, flamboyant look

2)Alice Cooper - hard rock, garage rock, punk rock, glam rock, heavy metal, goth

3)The Beatles - everything rock is today

4)Led Zeppelin/The Yardbirds - metal, harmony rock

5)The Jimi Hendrix Experience/Jimi Hendrix - rock

6)Guns N' Roses - hard rock, metal

7)Black Sabbath - every type of metal

8)Chuck Berry - blues rock

9)Judas Priest - every type of metal

10)Bob Dylan - inspired every artist after him (The Beatles are on of them)

and so on, but these are the top 10 The most influential songs are:

1)Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix

2)School's Out by Alice Cooper

3)Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds by The Beatles

4)Master of Puppets by Metallica

5)Breaking the Law by Judas Priest

6)any Bob Dylan song ever written (every band covered him or was name after a song of his)

7)Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin (has this been seen in a million other places?)

8)November Rain by Guns N' Roses

9)Anarchy in the UK by The Sex Pistols

10)Back in Black by ACDC

11)Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

12)I Wanna Rock and Roll all Nite by KISS

13)Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

14)I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper

15)Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones

16)A Day in the Life by The Beatles

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well all music really but mostly jazz or the blues In the beginning, only three kinds of music, really: Country, Rhythm 'n Blues, and Pop. The Jazz influence was really not that big, just a little Swing.

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Blues influenced rock and roll. African American's ability to tell stories orally also helped influence rock and roll in the United States.

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the beatles, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, bruce springsteen, elton john, sexypenis

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Most notably the blues.

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blues

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