The 10 Greatest Musicians of the 20th Century | RANKED
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Thanks for those of you have put nice comments here. This is really an impossible task.
Please remember these videos are for entertainment purposes only. Yes, Little Richard, Miles Davis Steve Reich, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Charlie Parker, DJ Cool Herc, Frankie Knuckles, Les Paul. Bing Crosby, Charlie Christian, Fats Domino, Fats Waller, Fat Larry's Band, Fatima Whitbread etc could all easily make this top ten. But they didn't.
You will get over it in time.
Time is the healer!
My problem with this is not personal; it is objective; it is with the entirely misleading article title: "Musicians" without any qualifier. A more intellectually honest title would read: Popular Western Musicians (Who Happen to Be My Personal, Subjective Favorites). The list is far too biased and narrow in scope. Was Igor Stravinsky prominent in the 20th Century? Was Aaron Copeland? Was Benny Goodman? Was Glenn Miller? Was Bing Crosby? Was George Gershwin? Was John Williams? Your net is cast neither far nor wide nor deep.
@@DanielByers-qf9qi You are measuring the quality of the title by it's accuracy, not by it's ability to trigger the YT algorithm. I am more concerned with the latter. I want my titles to bring people here to watch or what is the point? My videos always fulfil what the title describes, ifnot to the satisfaction of every viewer watching. I base my success on views and likes and I am not to bothered by the anal nit pickers who wish to point out subjectivity/objectivity problems, I subject I have probably dealt with more than any RUclipsr around
@@DanielByers-qf9qi How can anyone read a video title saying greatest 10 musicians of the 20th century, and think it's going to be anything but a skimmed sample from the author's point of view? You wouldn't even approach comprehensiveness until you list at least 1,000 musicians. And, who's got time for that in a youtube video?
@@originalhgc yes, right but as the poster said, this was algorithm bate. Still in the video he assumes the 20th century music is Popular English speaking Western Music, and he never even attempts to justify the reason he is not including others. Of course it would be perhaps impossible to do that. Already is within the narrower bands he establishes. Now he is entitled to his opinion but even he might concede these are not 10 greatest musicians of the 20th century by any stretch of the imagination if you bring the other traditions along. It would be strange only English speaking speakers from two nations were the best musicians of a whole century.
Love your take on Jimi. Great guitarist? Of course, but after he set the bar in 67 countless players over the generations have stood on his shoulders, with him as their starting model, and taken electric guitar to new heights but there is one aspect, the most important one, that has not been equaled and that is his creative magic. Does this blur the line between pure "shredding" and song writing? Yes, of course it does. Rock guitar was never about mind-blowing speed and "technique". It has always been about the riffs you dream up - what note to play next and just how to phrase it, how to bend it, and all those nuances that express unspeakable things - art - and no player has been so expressive and delightfully unpredictable as Jimi. Hearing him improvise live is astonishing - you know you are in the presence of something awe inspiring and otherworldly.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Jimi both built the parts of modern electric playing AND made the best whole out of them. Yes! One of the greatest musicians of any century. I think 200 years from now only a very few artists from our time will still be there. Jimi's meager 3 year output is infinitely relisten-able. It just doesn't get stale.
Excellent comments on Jimi Hendrix. I was incredibly fortunate to see him live in November of '68 when I was 17 years old. I remember that when he was introducing one of the big hits he said: "This is where we were a million years ago, but we know this is what you want to hear". Listen to Buckethead. Jimi came up with the idea that the sounds one could get from a guitar should have no limits. Buckethead is proving him right. Peace out.
Trivia: The trombones are put in the first row of marching bands because of their long slides. They simply can't march in any other row. Ask the majorettes, who quickly learn to keep well in front of them.
Or not
Flugelhorn
I so love how much you understand Jimi Hendrix and what you are saying about him is so illuminating ❤
Thanks Jack
The Benny Goodman Orchestra was the first supergroup with Harry James,
Lionel Hampton, Gene Krupa,
Ziggy Elman, and, of course,
The King of Swing himself.
You forgot Teddy Wilson...
@@freein2339 You're right !!
An oversight on my part. Thank you👍😊
@@Gary-tm1kx no problem...
Congratulations Andy on 20,000 subscribers !! Well deserved and I noticed the last 1500 happened quickly so I hope that continues . Love your channel and greatly respect your opinions , so much so that I have started exploring Zappa and really enjoying it. Recently bought Milliontown and Experiments in Mass Appeal and really enjoy both and justly awarded. Thanks for the joy you give me every time I click on your videos.
As much as I love you talking about musicians I am into, I really appreciate your insights which get me appreciating musicians I don't necessarily like listening to.
That is the highest praise, the most certain sign of a difficult job well done.
This is your best video and maybe the best video about music I have seen in a long time... congratulations!
These topics are so big and ambitious I don’t know how Andy fits them through the door! Great list.
Oh man - good video. Very interesting list. Love it!
Kudos as always. I would not know who to leave out but was fully expecting John Lennon and Paul McCartney to be high in the list. For the cultural (and political) significance of the Beatles - they were instrumental in making music central to everyone's lives, they brought together different generations and corners of society, helped spur on a cultural revolution - for a while they seemed to be the most important people alive! On top of that, they indelibly influenced pretty much all pop and rock music ever since, due to their compositional approach, bringing in classical music into popular music like few did, the recording advances they helped bring about, and the political boundaries they smashed. And whilst the 9 American musicians in the list undoubtedly were incredibly influential, I am not sure they influenced the global music scene the way The Beatles, and by extension Lennon and McCartney, did. Lennon's assassination added to his iconic status.
I've listened to quite a few Zappas but had not listened to Freak Out until after this video. Thank you for getting me there! And for others here who have not heard it it is mindblowing for its time!!
Correction - it is still mindblowing today.
This video is a true musical education of 20th century recorded popular music. One could quibble about the ranking and about who was left out (which you mention many in your discussion). You have great knowledge and a distinct feel for the music (probably because you are a musician). And you’re entertaining! I like the waffling, the rants, and the “philosophical” interludes too, but you accomplished this video with these things at a minimum. Bravo!
A masterpeice of a video Andy!
Andy you're doing great keep up the good work. I always enjoy your enthusiasm in what you do to produce these great videos. 👍👍👌👌🙏
I really enjoy Andy’s analyses. They are more complex and far more original than just about anything else going on on RUclips. His authenticity and enthusiasm for the subject is infectious. Great episode.
Yes it was coherent.
Yes I liked it.
Love this! Really appreciate what you do on your channel! Incredibly informative and entertaining. Here are people I thought would be on your list: Jelly Roll Morton, Coltrane, Miles, etc. But you only had ten! Truly a great work! Thank you!
Fantastic video - learned loads!
Another great video. Thanks!
great stuff mate
Yes yes yes!! I was was just searching to see if Pops made it on any of these top musician list. Thank you sir. I can rest at ease now I know you exist. I will now make reaction video requests.
Jimi Hendrix was a musical/cultural phenomenon who changed everything. A true Avatar.
Andy, another artist that everyone seems to forget: Little Richard. He might be as important as Chuck Berry, honestly.
He is SO great. I'm in awe of him. For the longest time I thought he was just a shouter but when I finally heard an audiophile pressing of his first album from the master tapes, boy was I in for a shock. He is a GREAT GREAT singer.
I am with you, Little Richard should really along with Chuck and Fats Domino, as the inventors of Rock n Roll. But Chuck edges over because of his influence on guitar too
Bob Marley!..... Desmond Dekker discovered Marley and took him under his wing. Good interpreter of what Toots and the Maytals named and developed, and Marley was a forceful presence and interpreter.
@@H-mu4bo I did mention Jimmy Cliff but I'm not here to relay a history of reggae.
Jerry Lee Lewis deserves to be on the list too!
Once again I was greatly entertained and have come away a little smarter. Fun stuff. 😊
Great list Andy. Many folks have no idea who Jimmy Rodgers and Leadbelly are.
Keep going, Andy. We like it.
Man you have really taught me a lot and I see things differently that I’ve felt the same about for decades
Andy, I will try to keep this (semi-) brief, which is always difficult for me. This is one of your very best videos ever, and your explanations were spot-on. It's basically more or less the same list I would have assembled although I may have put Hank Williams instead of Jimmy Rogers. Of course you're probably right to have chosen Rogers because he's even more foundational than H.W. Three of my absolute top musical heroes are Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, and Ray Charles. I feel blessed to have seen several of these artists you profiled perform live: Hendrix (once), Ray Charles (4 times), Dylan (once), Chuck Berry (twice) and Muddy Waters (3 times). I still literally get goosebumps remembering the last time I saw Muddy in the late 70s or early 80s, towards the end of his life, at a large tavern with a big sweaty dance floor here in Portland, Oregon. He and the band were "firing on all cylinders" and leaving no doubt about his power and prowess.
I often have made the same comment about your top 10 lists i.e., the beloved number ten is a little arbitrary and sometimes needs to be expanded to tell the whole story. Call it thirteen instead of ten, then add Miles Davis, James Brown, and Igor Stravinsky and I'll be happy.
Thanks for the great discussion.
I'm not really an Elvis Pressley fan, but I think if you polled people in the states, "the King" would be in the top 5. Regardless, great list. Very informative
elvil was a singer
@@leroybrown2641 sort of
Very good video. Thank you from SoCal.
Sir great video brilliant cheers to you.
Totally agree that Hendrix was a one and only. That he was was only actively recording under his own name as a 24 -27 year old for three years is astonishing given the impact and depth of his music. I'm always amazed that even on my crappy car stereo system, his playing has a richness and clarity that sets him apart from just about everyone. He came to prominence in an exceptionally fertile period in popular music where things evolved pretty quickly. From 67 to 69, (a very compressed timeline) months made a difference in terms of defining what was possible. With this in mind, it may be worth noting that Electric Ladyland was recorded in late 1967 and in 1968 and wasn't released until October of 68. The Sergeant Pepper's album was released in May of 67 more than a full year earlier...they're not really contemporaneous releases.
I like your videos. They encourage me to broaden my mind and to criticize my own views on popular music.
I have a suggestion for a future video: The 10 Greatest (Most Influential) Female Artists Of The 20th Century.
I pressed the 'like' button...it made me feel a little tingly. :)
That is the feeling of worthiness
Thank you for getting me into Weather report
If we exclude classical music, my vote goes for John Coltrane.
That said, i must somewhat object to this idea that greatness goes hand in hand with "influence" or "importance". Not to say influence does not matter but for me greatness stands on its own merit, and i see importance mostly as a secondary factor.
Solid list
Flock of Seagulls guy, Rammstein keyboard player, guy who wears cat in the hat, hat on stage, Milli Vanilli, Larry the Cabel guy, Korn, Green Day, Madonna 24', Jefferson Starship, Asia, Oprah's book club. That's my list.
Glad you included Louis Armstrong...and noted his influence not just as a musician but as a vocalist.
#1) Louis Armstrong: whatever after that. (Edit: I wrote this comment only at beginning of video during Marley hat tip. Congratulations 🎉🎈🎺 Andy, you nailed it!)
Thanks for that!
You lead the rest on 'Gall and Audacity' and long may that run ! Well Done
100% fantastic job.
Thought-provoking and funny, the perfect mixture! When will you do a whole video about Jimi Hendrix, or is there already one?
I think I have done one
OK, found it! Very nice video, I wholeheartedly agree. Hope you have a copy of Electric Ladyland by now!
James Brown changed/influenced/inspired popular song form as much (or possibly even more?) than any other single artist of the 20th century, aside from Armstrong (of course!). So he’d be in second place for me. Also, Billie Holiday, the single greatest singer of the century, should be on the list.
This channel is helping to clarify for me who were the important musicians of the Twentieth Century and, even more significantly, why they were important. It only took a couple of minutes for me to realize just how ignorant I was.
I really admire your ability to not putting anyone other than Bob Dylan (and you don't even like him) in your list who is alive. Lovely list. Keep up the fabulous work, Andy, your videos are a must see for me.
Appreciate that
Chuck Berry was one of the all time great lyricists. His poetic metre and ability to tap into youth culture was absolute genius. He is up there with any lyricists who followed him. He was so much more than a guitarist and performer
He was a bit of a genius wasn't he? But then he did have a dinga ling
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer "all the way home I held a grudge, for the safety belt that wouldn't budge" is one of the funniest things I ever heard and the essence of rock and roll ;-)
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer and still very happy about his dinga ling at 80-something when I saw him at Blueberry Hill in St Louis, in fact that stood out the most for me from that gig 😂
Pete Townshend, Lennon McCartney, Jagger Richard, Page Plant, Elvis, Brian Wilson, Elton John.
Wealth, hits, radio play, concert tickets sold, album sales, longevity, influence, success, milestones, movies, stage presence, plays, creativity, authors, books, magazine and news paper coverage, publishing, producers.
Nobody has contributed more than those 10.
Jimmie Rodgers. 110 songs recorded in just the last few years of his life changed music forever.
Great list......!
A thought-provoking list, Andy. I would have found a place for Brian Eno and his very influential Ambient music.
Jamaican music came from the influence of a particular radio station that Was broadcast out of Miami in the 50 's and was the only radio that people could pickup in Jamaica. Very fascinating history.
I enjoyed it
good video man...
Glad you liked it
Great video! During your top 10s i always try to guess of who you put in, this time i only guessed bob Dylan and Chuck Berry. When you would think of expanding it to a top 30, i'd think also about latin, Django, Gilberto, or perhaps even Vangelis! (Although he's Greek, don't forget Greece!)
Through RUclips, I was able to find proto- rock and roll guitarist from 1927. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the guitarist’s video again and I do not remember his name. Some people considered Coree Carter as the first rock and roller. Carter disagreed. He stated there was rock and roll as early as the 1930s.
PRINCE COULD PLAY LOTS OF INSTRUMENTS and hot guitarist and sing plus very creative
Love a hot guitarist
PRINCE was the 'mini-me' of JIMI HENDRIX.
@@DavyDredd14Prince was like a little hyper ambitious Todd Rundgren
Well, that was a surprising list.
An interesting list.
Joe Zawinul remarked at a performance I attended at Blues Alley in Georgetown (Washington DC), "it great to be at the birthplace of Duke Ellington".
Seeing Zawinul is one of the great musical memories of my life.
JT
I enjoy your discussions greatly, and agree that most of your choices are correct.
Maybe, on reflection, Joni Mitchel, Paul Simon and Paul McCartney were worth a mention.
Keep up the good work Andy.
Hi Andy, yet another fantastic video. I don't know who you could miss out, but I would like to have included either Dizzy Gillespie or Charlie Parker. As for classical musicians I would probably have included either Schoenberg or particularly Stravinsky, who had an enormous influence on Jazz, keep up the good work.
Your chuck berry scatting got me dancing
Buddy Holly, Beatles, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, just for the wide variety of original songs they wrote and the music they gave us.
Although I do like the people you listed. Many of them influenced the names I mentioned.
I enjoyed the video. A subject that has massive scope, probably to much to cover in one bite.
However this is a great selection. Really great to see Bob Marley noted in such a prominent way, the innovation and influence of Jamaican music is immense.
I feel the same about Dylan as you, but when you hear another musician illuminate his work the result is staggering. ( Im thinking of Father of Night by Manfred Mann.)There are many examples.
All the Best Si xxxx
Love your videos, especially lately. Of course I’m 76 and stoned…
Excellent choices, I would include Al Kooper, the Forestt Gump of music.
Great comparison
Rather educational. Solid list. Thank you, I really like this channel. I would put Lennon/McCartney as honorable mention. 😎
Oh, you're good.... you're very, very good! I like your brain. Thank you.
I understand why, within the context, Elvis was not included. After all, even he admitted the influence of Hank Williams, etc. I do think his guitar and piano playing is overlooked - not just the 50s but stuff like the 69 Memphis Sessions, clips in That’s The Way It Is. Even in the 77 special Elvis kicks off That's All Right on acoustic and, for the first time in years the band hold back.
Not a virtuoso but that was the feel that drove the music.
Hey Andy!! Here's an idea for a video: The 10 Greatest Andy Edwards Videos...Ranked!! 😉
Great video , great list
5 honorable mentions in my opinion :
Les Paul
Kraftwerk
Willie Dixon
Pete Seeger
Miles Davis
It’s not chaos, it’s improvisation. Great work.
I absolutely marvel at what an incredibly massive influence Jamaica has had on music. A tiny island with a short history of freedom. What an incredibly outsized influence it has had!
On Lonnie Donegan;-
He was in the Chris Barber Band in the 50's. At that point, the UK 'Trad' people saw all traditional USA music as part of the same whole, jazz, blues and singers like Leadbelly were all 'traditional' folk musicians.
So, Lonnie and a couple of other players in Chris Barber's band began doing a skiffle set in the interval of CBB gigs, doing American folk songs, covering Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie songs, amongst others.
Lonnie became a pop star all of his own. He was voted Britain's Best Dressed Man more than once (I believe) and a heart throb to girls like my Mom.
He had a set of lungs on him like few others. In the 80's he recorded and gigged with Van Morrison and honestly blew Morrison off the stage when he took a full breath and let rip. There;s hardly a British rock musician of the 60's and 70's who didn't claim Lonnie as an influence, Before him, the accordion was the most popular instrument in the UK, After him it was the guitar. Arguably, without Lommie there wouldn't have been the huge number of British rock bands taking rock & roll back to America,
And Leadbelly - who this all began with - was a convicted killer; shot a man stone dead in a Texas gulch on his way to a dance. Served on a chain gang, met Alan Lomax on one of his field recording trips who helped him get a job singing to school kids in New York on his release.
He learned his licks from Blind Lemon Jefferson, the real King Of The Twelve String Guitar, who he used to lead around in towns like Houston. Truely the stuff myths are born of.
Hi Andy, have you thought of doing a video about rock orchestration? I really love the stuff Paul Buckmaster did with Elton John and on Stamen Yamashta's Go. I think it's easy to overlook how powerful orchestras can be in rock - largely I guess because they are not really inventively used. But a classic song like "Blues for Baby and Me" or all of "Go" really benefit from it. I'd like to hear your thoughts about orchestras (and Stomu as well, come to that...)
Perfectly said.
Glad to see Ellington where you put him.
Very interesting and informative. I was expecting Miles Davis to be in there. Who would be in your top ten honourable mentions? Iomi, certainly. Coltrane, Sinatra, Jobim, Lennon/McCartney? Cole Porter?
Yeah dylan lyrics early ones can be hard listening. As a teen i was given tape of his 80s empire burlesque. Really liked those catchy songs
Top 10 idea for ya! (if you haven't done it already). Most recognizable song introductions ever. I was watching an old movie about George Gershwin the other day, and at one point, that clarinet opens "Rhapsody in Blue"
Is it:)
"recognizable" might be the wrong choice of word 😆"instantly distinctive" probably better @@geoffccrow2333
This guy is still living in the 20th Century. He doesn't seem to realise we are almost a quarter of the way through the 21st Century. Very self-absorbed.
Given you're being so clever, you are remiss in not including a Hawaiian musician. Early 20th century Hawaiin music was the most popular music in the US. They had a huge influence on Jazz, Blues AND country. Sonny Cunha was huge and his hybrid melodic Anglo/Hawaiian style was copied in popular vocal jazz songs.. Joseph Kekuku invented and pioneered playing the lap steel guitar. His playing had DIRECT impact on southern blues and country.
Yeah, in terms of world music, I feel Fela Kuti could have easily been here instead of Bob Marley. Bob took that spot on mainstream impact mostly.
Not to mention, of course, that the first electric guitars were lap steel guitars.
Andy congratulations. I agree completely with all your analyses.
I had to Google you to find your age as you have an understanding as if you were there.
To my surprise you were not, you have clearly put in the love, understanding & work to gather this knowledge.
I get so fed up of hearing misinformation about the 50”s 60’s and the history before that in comments and documentaries about the creation of modern music. But not here.
Being a guitarist of 74 years, you have described the journey I/we travelled from the 50s and the influences which came before. Your comments on Hendrix are so welcoming.
On lists of the greatest guitarist JH is oftentimes put down as not as good as SRV or etc etc etc. Yes maybe than can play JH better than JH but that’s the point and he was so much more as you point out.
If you weren’t alive you didn’t experience that bombshell of ‘What the xxxx is that’ and the sound of the guitar was changed forever. He was the explosion as nobody else had made those sounds before. All the others learnt it from him as you say as Dylan had made JH & the Beatles and the rest including all my Fusion hero’s from Miles onward coupled with all those blues and jazz creators.
So I am fortunate to have lived at the same time as Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. When I was young they were just names I'd heard. I didn't really understand who they were until I watched Ken Burn's 'Jazz'. And I realized, when Armstrong sings, he sings like he plays the trumpet. And once you've caught that, you can tell when he's playing in instrumentals, because he plays the trumpet like he sings.
I think the genius is undone when you hear william shatner do mr tambourine man:)
Just pressed play, thinking “I hope Brecker is on this list.” 😁
I recommend viewing the film "Leadbelly", directed by the great artist Gordon Parks.
The ending scene has been seared into my brain.
Thanks for making this video.
JT
Not a terrible list, but I think it has become to easy to overlook Bing Crosby. He virtually invented vocal approaches to adapting to the electronic microphone. It would have inevitably evolved without him, but he was the first to get it and he dominated radio and recorded music for 20 years
I'm ready to be angry! (Hits PLAY...)
(...Finished watching now) Not angry. This is a totally reasonable list.
Yesss, Jimi! Electric Ladyland opened all the doors...Bob Marley too, with lyrics and deep groove!
You don't talk much about Dizzy Gillespie. I think he deserves a little love.
Does milli vanilli count as one? Or two?
They are supposed to be like 10 actually 😂
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I actually had the distinctive pleasure (?) of seeing Milli Vanilli at the San Diego county fair when I was 12. Most embarassing first concert ever 😝
@@aimstavalentine The songs are great to be fair. The main problem was the catfishing.
We give them a vote for each syllable.
Hey, no mention of Al Jolson, the superstar of his time! My father was born in 1900, he was the most successful entertainer during the 1920’s, was dubbed the Worlds greatest entertainer, as my father was around at the time. Now he’s hardly heard, plus being completely unfashionable. Oh and then you’ve got George Formby, that notably George Harrison and many others loved in the U.K. Billie Holiday should be included in any list of influential artists too! I’am old enough to have seen five of the artists that you listed! 😊
I agree, and Bessie Smith, Bing Crosby, Les Paul....I considered all these
My favorite part about this was near the end. My wife probably thinks I'm ready for the people with the white straight jacket now by the way she looked at me from the laughter.
For me, this list must include Lennon and/or McCartney. I would choose Lennon because he started the Beatles and his lyrics were more personal and influential.
without Lennon it would have been Wings, good but not earth shaking---without Paul u have also something not earth changing, but still great
@@richierugs6544I would agree with you. This list is all individuals. As great as Paul and John were, it was only together that they achieved the level of greatness (and I would say exceeded) the musicians listed here.
Ever considered doing a Top Ten Worst Musical Trends of the 20th Century? Things that, in your opinion, took root and served to derail or reduce the quality of music made thereafter? You could follow it with a version of the 21st Century so far. Certainly clickbaity enough . . .
Thanks for your videos Andy. Philosophy Sunday kicks ass (from one of your younger subscribers).
Like to see a list of the most influential songwriters of the 20th century.
Great idea...I will do that
I enjoyed the video. You have some excellent insights. I agree Jimmy belongs on this list but why then is James Brown not on tis list? I think he is the bridge between a lot of these artists you mention and more modern forms like hip hop.
How about top 10 jazz big band leaders.?
Andy, love your videos. Electric Ladyland is actually from 1968. Cheers Olle
Hendrix started recorded in the summer of 67 and finished in the spring of 1968. My point was in relation to albums at that time. If that was partially recorded in 67 it shows how far ahead he was
I could listen to you for hours Andy.