Well...I've been trying to get to...
...a top 10 of the origination...influences of the influences as it were.
On that list would be items like Louie Louie - Kingsmen, Thats Alright - Elvis, At the hop, Lucille, La Bamba, Peggy Sue...
These were the songs that had the term Rock and Roll pegged. The first couple of MoTown recordings are also huge because of the recording methods, use of (or abuse of if you read the stories) studio musicians.
Half of Peter's list wouldn't have been possible without Black Sabbath creating the path for "dark rock"...soon to become the heavy metal genre...and even Judas Priest went very early into that presentation. Kiss was hugely influential because of the live aspects of the show...turning concerts into spectacles.
You've given me the opportunity to exercise my radio muscles with this topic. Don't get to do that very often anymore.
