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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
inna
7,132 posts
 
Probably Miles Davis and Elvis Presley.
And many others.
orpheus10
8,668 posts
 
Without a genre of music, it's a dumb question.
jeffreybowman2k OP
216 posts
 
Without a genre of music, it's a dumb question.

And that's because musicians from one genre don't/can't influence musicians in a different genre (blues+rock, for example)? Explain.
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onhwy61
5,137 posts
 
Genre! We don't need no stinkin' genres!

That's why Miles Davis is in the rock hall of fame. So is Robert Johnson, Hank Williams & Mahalia Jackson.
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