Re: Most imitated band/artist
All popular music today is a direct descendent of all the black rhythm and blues singers (male and female) performing from the 20s through the 50s and Hank Williams Sr. Lots of people think "Rock Around the Clock" was the first rock song. I'd nominate "Move it on Over" by Hank, which was recorded almost 10 years before Bill Haley was a gleam in anyone's eye. To me the progression goes like this: black R and B, Hank Sr., Elvis, Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Sugarhill Gang.
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