1. Jimi Hendrix
It became the finest piece of rock and roll to emerge from the 1960's and even now nobody has topped it. ... Despite his premature death in London before his twenty eighth birthday, Jimi Hendrix produced an innovative playing style that has influenced a multitude of later musicians and revolutionized rock and roll music during the 1960's. ... In 1959, Hendrix joined his first band, the Rocking Kings. ... Entirely self-taught, Jimi Hendrix's inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he could hear. ... This young American black man who pla...
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- Grade Level: High School