Musicians Who Set the Stage for Rock and Roll

If you haven't danced to "Respect" by Aretha Franklin at some point in your life, you haven't lived yet. All of Franklin's music was a call to action, every single song was a reminder to herself and others to keep moving and never stop. Franklin was pivotal in the civil rights movement, and she advocated for gender equality better than virtually anyone else in music in the 1950s-60s. She made most of her songs alone and wrote the instrumentals as well. If that's not punk, then what is?

Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry was the OG guitar innovator. The largest bands in the history of music credit him for influencing them, he was outstandingly inspiring and unique for his time period. 

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