4. Chuck Berry (Chuck Berry)
The 24 others included on this list, and pretty much anybody who ever intended to be a serious rock guitarist, can draw some inspiration from this icon. “Rock and Roll Music,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and “Roll Over Beethoven” are proof that Berry is Rock 101. He turned the music world on to solos, and mixed jazz and blues to form a sound that seemed unearthly in the 1950s. A great showman, Berry is an innovator in every sense of the word.
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