black musicians that CREATED, INVENTED and inspired rock n’ roll, a thread: (what a shock, elvis is not actually the king of rock n’ roll)
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Fats Domino
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Aretha Franklin
Jimi Hendrix
B.B. King
Curtis Mayfield
Arthur Crudup
Junior Parker
Howlin’ Wolf
Muddy Waters
Lloyd Price
Ike Turner
Ray Charles
Big Joe Turner
Ruth Brown
Billie Holiday
Big Mama Thornton
Roy Hamilton
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