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Your choice for the single most influential hunk of music...

Too many too mention. Eddie Van Halen, no doubt. Tom Sholtz of Boston with his invention of the Rockman:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockman_(amplifier)
and I LOVED their music. I still get heartache with the suicide of the lead singer, Brad Delp :(
He believed a LIE of Satan-the desolate One-forever separated from God, thought he was "alone":
Delp, who killed himself last week, left behind a note in which he called himself "a lonely soul," according to police reports released Thursday.
The note was paper-clipped to the neck of Delp's shirt when police found his body at his Atkinson, N.H., home, on the bathroom floor, his head on a pillow. He had sealed himself inside with two charcoal grills; toxicology tests showed he had committed suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
"Mr. Brad Delp. J'ai une ame solitaire. I am a lonely soul," the note read.
Scorpions ROCK! Soaring ballads and hard core rock.
Led Zepplin too, although much of their music was so rooted in the influences mentioned here by others.
I love Southern ROCK!
Not sure who to highlight, but Molly Hatchet and Lynrd Skynrd come to mind.
I could go on and on. I love music.
 
As a child of the 60s, i listened to whatever was top 40. I liked it all.
As a young teenager in the early 70s, i really liked what was called Glam Rock. Especially David Bowie. T rex, lou Reed, New York Dolls, Iggy And the Stooges, then, at the same time, I still really liked rock. Led Zeppelin , Black Sabbath, etc. George thorogood, Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy. I've always liked alternative the most. But the early 70s music was my favorite.
 
This is one of those questions that makes one have to think about it.
Perhaps going down "the wrong track" is easy.
A "influential hunk of music"?
Hum.
Motivating people?

Fanny J Crosby.......... et.al.
According to a story Dwight L Moody told Will Thompson: "I would rather have written Softly And Tenderly Jesus Is Calling
than anything I have been able to do in my whole life."


Some may have influenced world events.
Wagner and Haydn.
 
Influencing lives, bringing thousands to know salvation through Jesus Christ
Stryper!

Newsboys, before they switched vocalist, and definitely, ABSOLUTELY:
Casting Crowns

And-really think about this one. I am, I do, stop chasing things and realize what's really important.
 
themechanic said:
It would have to be Classical music. It helps you sleep, eases pain, boosts brain power, improves memory, relieves anxiety, makes you more productive, helps dementia, helps you relax.

https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/classical-music-effects/

; even barnyard animals listen to it. Cows produce more milk, chickens lay more eggs.
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Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig von Beethoven.
Mozart was the (insert whoever you think was a radical heavy metal pioneer) of his time! More importantly, his musical abilities and creativeness were built into his BEING.
 
First ever album Boston
Second AC/DC - Back in Black played so much my dad took it hostage for a week

Favorite all time albums tied Led Zeppelin Phsyical Graffiti and Pink Floyd The Wall
 
Pete Bell68 said:
First ever album Boston
Second AC/DC - Back in Black played so much my dad took it hostage for a week
Favorite all time albums tied Led Zeppelin Phsyical Graffiti and Pink Floyd The Wall
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All of that, plus one of my favorites bolded.
 
Mr. Slow hand himself decades of listening to the best. As i set here listening to him now
 
biomedtechguy said:
Influencing lives, bringing thousands to know salvation through Jesus Christ
Stryper!

Newsboys, before they switched vocalist, and definitely, ABSOLUTELY:
Casting Crowns

And-really think about this one. I am, I do, stop chasing things and realize what's really important.
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a lot of gospel singers and musicians are under rated. there's some very good music, and message, there.
 
A lot of “the usual suspects “ listed. Good, proficient musicians, enjoyable to listen to and some of my personal favorites too. Yet, only a couple are influential in any way in that they affected what came after them or shifted music or popular culture.

Music evolves. Any musician is influenced by previous musicians. Very few musicians are truly innovative or shift the music scene in a lasting way.

Any band/singer post 55 was affected by Elvis.
Any band post 63 was affected by The Beatles.
Any guitarist post 66 was affected by Hendrix.
Any guitarist post 78 was affected by EVH.

The roots of the first gen rock and rollers (Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, et al) go back to post war R&B artists that evolved the blues of the pre war south. Roy Brown, Ike Turner, Johnny Ace, Wynonie Harris, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, BB King, and a host of others you’ll never hear of set the stage for what happened post 55. A lot of the early R&R records were remakes of their work.

So for “influential “ and long lasting to popular music as we know it today, look at the work done by the artists of the late 40s and early 50s. They set the stage for everyone and everything that’s happened since 55.

One cannot ignore the work done by people like Les Paul or Leo Fender in bringing standard production techniques or equipment to the masses nor the production work of a Leonard Chess, Bones Howe or Sam Phillips putting the artists on record.

My two cents.......
 
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...and the radio and the television...etc.

Music was leveraged by radio and television into great influences on us.
 
69Coronetrt said:
A lot of “the usual suspects “ listed. Good, proficient musicians, enjoyable to listen to and some of my personal favorites too. Yet, only a couple are influential in any way in that they affected what came after them or shifted music or popular culture.

Music evolves. Any musician is influenced by previous musicians. Very few musicians are truly innovative or shift the music scene in a lasting way.

Any band/singer post 55 was affected by Elvis.
Any band post 63 was affected by The Beatles.
Any guitarist post 66 was affected by Hendrix.
Any guitarist post 78 was affected by EVH.

The roots of the first gen rock and rollers (Elvis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, et al) go back to post war R&B artists that evolved the blues of the pre war south. Roy Brown, Ike Turner, Johnny Ace, Wynonie Harris, Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, BB King, and a host of others you’ll never hear of set the stage for what happened post 55. A lot of the early R&R records were remakes of their work.

So for “influential “ and long lasting to popular music as we know it today, look at the work done by the artists of the late 40s and early 50s. They set the stage for everyone and everything that’s happened since 55.

One cannot ignore the work done by people like Les Paul or Leo Fender in bringing standard production techniques or equipment to the masses nor the production work of a Leonard Chess, Bones Howe or Sam Phillips putting the artists on record.

My two cents.......
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a huge influence on the above artists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Rosetta_Tharpe
 
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