Re: Single Most Influential 20th Century Pop Musician
The most influential pop musicians of the 20th century are, in order:
1) Louis Armstrong
2) Elvis Presley
3) James Brown
4) Bing Crosby
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century the way Elvis
and JB do the second.
Who's #
Armstrong gets my # 1 vote, btw, not just as a cornetist/trumpeter but as a
singer whose sense of rhythm and phrasing pretty much invented (along with
Bing's additions) the way we sing in the 20th century. --david cantwell
Crosby has said that his greatest musical influence was Al Jolsen.
David Cantwell wrote:
The most influential pop musicians of the 20th century are, in order:
1) Louis Armstrong
2) Elvis Presley
3) James Brown
4) Bing Crosby
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century the way Elvis
and JB do the second.
Who's #5? Mahalia?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, in order to reel in this madness, let's focus on rock, instead of pop.
Who then? Elvis, Dylan or Cash or... ? I still stand by Dylan over Cash
easily, but there's a good argument to be made that Elvis wins over Dylan.
After all, he did define the sound, and
Carl Abraham Zimring wrote:
I'm sticking with Bing, but I'm a little surprised that none of the rock
advocates have mentioned Chuck Berry.
Carl Z.
If you say Chuck Berry, you have to go one step back and say T-bone
Walker, who spawned not only CB but all of them guitar heroes like BB
King
At 03:50 AM 4/20/99 -0400, always pushing me to have to think g, Tera wrote:
Crosby has said that his greatest musical influence was Al Jolsen. Should
we be talking about Crosby here or should we be giving a nod to Al Jolsen as
one of the single most influential?
There's no doubt that Crosby
Crosby has said that his greatest musical influence was Al Jolsen. Should
we be talking about Crosby here or should we be giving a nod to Al Jolsen
as
one of the single most influential?
Tera
"There's only been four of us: Al Jolson, Jimmie Rodgers, Hank Williams, and
Jerry Lee Lewis. That's
lance davis wrote:
Or, you could say Louis Jordan, who may qualify as the 20th Century's most
influential performer that most people tend to forget. His impact in the
black community was especially remarkable, and the list of performers who
consider him a PRIMARY influence include: Ray
As great as some of those nominees are, I would have to pick Elvis as the
most influential. When Sinatra died a few months back, a colleague of mine
tried to suggest he was the most influential singer of the century, and he
was outraged I would even suggest Presley was greater. But to me, Elvis
David said (edited):
There's no doubt that Crosby idolized Jolsen. EVERYONE idolized him, but
I'm not so sure he was that big a musical influence on Crosby. Certainly
Jolsen's charisma as a performer was an inspiration, but as for the way he
actually sang, Crosby was far more influenced by
Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 19-Apr-99 Re: Single Most
Influential.. by "Terry A. Smith"@seorf.O
The Beatles, appears to have been skipped over, perhaps, dare I speculate,
because it's such an obvious choice? If we're talking about rock, in my
subjective, fallible, hazy-assed
get to you, you might not be long for this list. This is just a typical day
in the life of P2. And just wait til we rehash one of those recipe threads or
my particular favorite: the greatest pitcher ever, which, of course, would
Sandy Koufax, the Bob Dylan of his profession.
Neal Weiss
Dylan, Cash, Crosby, Elvis, whatever. Why don't we all just admit that
without the Ramones our lives would have no meaning?
Lance . . .
Lance, I'd say everything you wrote about Parker is dead on (I'd
better--I'm from KC where we just dedicated a huge Easter Island looking
bust of the Bird), but only IF we limit the discussion to jazz. If we look
to the whole of 20th century pop, however, which is what I was doing, then
Armstrong
In a message dated 4/19/99 3:52:06 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
And just wait til we rehash one of those recipe threads or
my particular favorite: the greatest pitcher ever, which, of course, would
Sandy Koufax, the Bob Dylan of his profession.
Greg Maddox. Where
As for the MOST influential, however, the way to look at it, seems to me,
isn't to identify the influences upon an act (in the way Oliver paved the
way for Armstrong) but to find out how far, and how broadly, into the
future a person's influence reaches. In Oliver's case it's not much further
In a message dated 4/19/99 2:50:51 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Agreed. David Crosby was really something else.
He ain't shit compared to Norm.
Nope. Wrong. Bill ruled the world before those dumb pudding commercials.
Uhhh, wait...
Slim
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999, David Cantwell wrote:
Sure, you can trail after previous influnces forever, but I'd argue that's
important intellectual work. As for the MOST influential, however, the way
to look at it, seems to me, isn't to idenitfy the influences upon an act
(in the way Oliver
I'm sticking with Bing, but I'm a little surprised that none of the rock
advocates have mentioned Chuck Berry.
Carl Z.
Neal:
Sandy Koufax, the Bob Dylan of his profession.
Carl:
Lefty
(Stated in my best John McLaughlin voice)
The answer is: Walter Johnson
~Greg
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Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 19-Apr-99 Re: Single Most
Influential.. by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And just wait til we rehash one of those recipe threads or
my particular favorite: the greatest pitcher ever, which, of course, would
Sandy Koufax, the Bob Dylan of his profession.
Your comments mirror those that have come in since I sent you the message.
I for one enjoy these things on a one on one basis, but back and forth over
this list thing get a little annoying.
The whole thing started because the argument was that Jahnny Cash was more
influential that Dylan.
I guess I'm not quite as comfortable with cause and effect as many of you
folks seem to be. Say, for example, I think Louis Armstrong was the single
most influential 20th Century pop musician. Armstrong was heavily
influenced himself by Buddy Bolden and King Oliver among many, many others
On Mon, 19 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's a great list, david, but i pick brown (as i did in an earlier
post), if only because he all but birthed soul, funk, and hip
hop--hell, you can probably throw disco in there as well. i know that
by making such a claim i leave myself open to
In a message dated 4/19/99 2:45:23 PM EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Agreed. David Crosby was really something else.
He ain't shit compared to Norm.
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century the way Elvis
and JB do the second.
Agreed. David Crosby was really something else.
The most influential pop musicians of the 20th century are, in order:
1) Louis Armstrong
2) Elvis Presley
3) James Brown
4) Bing Crosby
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century the way Elvis
and JB do the second.
Who's #5? Mahalia? Ellington? The Beatles or Dylan? Hank? I
Your comments mirror those that have come in since I sent you the message. I for one
enjoy these things on a one on one basis, but back and forth over this list thing get
a little annoying.
The whole thing started because the argument was that Jahnny Cash was more influential
that Dylan.
In a message dated 4/19/99 2:32:43 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
The most influential pop musicians of the 20th century are, in order:
1) Louis Armstrong
2) Elvis Presley
3) James Brown
4) Bing Crosby
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century
ock people that would
make the list would be Elvis, Beatles, Hendrix.
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From: David Cantwell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, April 19, 1999 9:36 AM
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Subject: Re: Single Most Influential 20th Century Pop Musician
The most influential pop
The most influential pop musicians of the 20th century are, in order:
1) Louis Armstrong
2) Elvis Presley
3) James Brown
4) Bing Crosby
Armstrong and Crosby loom over the first half of the century the way Elvis
and JB do the second.
Who's #5? Mahalia? Ellington? The Beatles or
Yow, tough stuff. I'm inclinded to offer up (as Brad did) Bing Crosby,
who pioneered how to sing pop into a microphone. Almost all pop singers
use aspects of techniques he pioneered, from Elvis to Shania to Sinatra
to Al Green.
Carl Z.
In a message dated 4/19/99 12:18:03 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Blah blah Bob Dylan's the single most influential pop musician in the 20th
century. Hands down.
Not even close. Bob Dylan's more influential than Bing Crosby? Than Frank
Sinatra? Than Louis
Yow, tough stuff. I'm inclinded to offer up (as Brad did) Bing Crosby,
who pioneered how to sing pop into a microphone. Almost all pop singers
use aspects of techniques he pioneered, from Elvis to Shania to Sinatra
to Al Green.
Because I got into a similar discussion yesterday in my bar with a
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