The Top 5 produced by the media, we start with the Rock and Roll Pioneers, Top 5 Rock and Roll Pioneers.
First place, Elvis Presley, (1935-1977), "Elvis Presley", The Hillbilly Cat, The King, the well-deserved "King of Rock and Roll". Even though Elvis seems to be a pop star who sings rock music in the eyes of later generations of rock music people, he is indeed the person who brought rock music to millions of households. His promotion and influence on rock music is unparalleled. He is the highest-selling individual musician in history. He won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at the age of 36. He was inducted into the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. He was ranked third among Rolling Stone Magazine's 100 Greatest Artists in History. , Rolling Stone Magazine's "One Hundred Greatest Singers of All Time" No. 3. Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Mississippi, USA in 1935. He died in 1977 due to physical problems caused by drug abuse and other reasons. He was only 42 years old.
Second place, Chuck Berry, (1926-2017), "Father of Rock and Roll". Chuck received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1984, was one of the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, and in 2000 received the Kennedy Center Honors Award for outstanding contributions to American culture. Rolling Stone magazine named him the fifth greatest artist of all time (behind The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and the Rolling Stones), and the fourth greatest songwriter of all time (behind only the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, and the Rolling Stones). Dylan, McCartney, Lennon), the seventh greatest guitarist in history (after Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, B.B. King). He is the only individual to occupy the top ten of these three most important lists at the same time. In addition, he is also the 41st "greatest singer" and is a well-deserved giant in the rock world. Charles Edward Anderson Berry, born in 1926 in Missouri, USA, died in 2017 at the age of 91.
Third place, Little Richard, (1932-), inductee of the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 greatest artists in history? No. 8, Rolling Stone Magazine? History The 100 Greatest Singers? No. 12. With piano as the main instrument and high-pitched and unique singing voice, he has influenced countless musicians from rock to hip-hop. His music has shaped the R&B style. The Beatles' Paul McCartney imitated his singing voice in his early years, and the Beatles even opened for Little Richard in 1962. Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Georgia, USA in 1932. Little Richard passed away on May 9, 2020, at the age of 88. So far, the only seniors in the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are 85-year-old Jerry Lee Lewis and 83-year-old Don Everly.
Fourth place, Buddy Holly, (1936-1959), the first inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 Greatest Artists in History? No. 13, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time? No. 29, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time? No. 48, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time? No. 80, another one An artist on the top four charts. He perfectly blended black and white music. His effective music career lasted only two or three years, but his contribution to rock music is unlimited. Buddy Holly and his band The Crickets shaped the basic form of a rock band: the basic lineup of two guitars, a bass and a drum. He is also the first musician in history to compose, produce, sing and perform by himself. He influenced countless musicians including Elvis Presley, Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Elton John and many more.
Charles Hardin Holley was born in Texas, USA in 1936. He died in a plane crash during a performance in 1959 at the age of 23. Folk poet Don McLean called the day when Buddy Holly and several other musicians died unexpectedly "The Day Music Died".
Fifth place, Jerry Lee Lewis, (1935-), the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee in 1986, Rolling Stone Magazine? The 100 greatest artists in history? No. 24, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. Known as "The Killer", known as "The Man Who Can Break a Piano", he is another rock and roll pioneer who uses the piano as his main instrument, a pioneer of mountain rock, and one of the most influential pianists in the 20th century. Jerry Lee Lewis was born in Louisiana, USA, in 1935. He is still alive today and is 85 years old. He married seven times in his life, the first time when he was 16 years old; in 1957, when he was 22 years old, he married for the third time, to his 13-year-old cousin.