THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME

7 Miles Davis 7 Free Jazz and Fusion The early 1960s were transitional, less-innovative years for Davis. He began forming anothe ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Legacy Davis was injured in an auto accident in 1972, curtailing his activiti ...

7 Chuck Berry 7 Missouri prison for young offenders. After his release and return to St. Louis, he worked at an auto plant, stud ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 and guest appearances by Keith Richards and Bruce Springsteen. Berry is unden ...

7 Antonio Carlos Jobim 7 Antonio Carlos Jobim (b. Jan. 25, 1927, Rio de Janeiro, Braz.—d. Dec. 8, 1994, New York, N.Y., U.S.) B ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 noted for their collaboration with lyricist Vinícius de Moraes on the score f ...

7 Antonio Carlos Jobim 7 A Certain Mr. Jobim (1965), and composed classical works and film scores. Of the more than 400 songs Jo ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 blues and gospel influences and signed on with Atlantic Records. Propelled by ...

7 Patsy Cline 7 Known in her youth as “Ginny,” she began to sing with local country bands while a teenager, sometimes accompanyi ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 and Hawkshaw Hawkins. In her short career, however, she helped usher in the m ...

7 James Brown 7 Flames (later the Famous Flames), it soon attracted the attention of rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll shouter ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 marked by difficulties, including the tragic death of his third wife, charges ...

7 Elvis Presley 7 Elvis Presley (b. Jan. 8, 1935, Tupelo, Miss., U.S.—d. Aug. 16, 1977, Memphis, Tenn.) A merican popular singer ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Southern following for his recordings, his live appearances in regional roadh ...

7 Elvis Presley 7 records for the size of the audiences. Even his films, a few slight vehicles, were box office smashes. Presley ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 sources, one of the things that made him different from the Tin Pan Alley wri ...

7 Elvis Presley 7 Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley in Viva Las Vegas (1964). © 1964 Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; photograph from a pr ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 December his one-man Christmas TV special aired; a tour de force of rock and ...

7 Luciano Pavarotti 7 noted for its purity of tone, and his concerts, recordings, and television appearances—which provided him ...

7 The 100 Most Influential Musicians of All Time 7 Pavarotti gave his final performance on the operatic stage, although he conti ...