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Most Influential American Musician of All Time?

Who do you regard as the most influential (i.e., musically, not necessarily commercially) American musician of all time across all genres?

The more I learn about Louis Armstrong, the more I am persuaded that he deserves that honor.
jeffreybowman2k
eldartford
4,262 posts
 
Scott Joplin (ragtime) by a mile. While he was recognized in his time as a great piano player, he obviously had a white colaborator who wrote the music. It was said "the negro mind is not capable of such ingenuity". What BS!
brianhoyer
8 posts
 
Louis Armstrong and Robert Johnson.
brianhoyer
8 posts
 
I would also bring attention to The Beatles and Elvis.
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pawlowski6132
572 posts
 
The Beatles were not American.
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pawlowski6132
572 posts
 
And was Elvis really a musician?
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