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"In 2004 &amp;#x2014; 50 years after Elvis Presley walked into Sun Studios and cut &amp;quot;That&amp;apos;s All Right&amp;quot; &amp;#x2014; Rolling Stone celebrated rock &amp;amp; roll&amp;apos;s first half-century in grand style, assembling a panel of 55 top musicians, writers and industry executives (everyone from Keith Richards to ?uestlove of the Roots) and asking them to pick the most influential artists of the rock &amp;amp; roll era. The resulting list of 100 artists, published in two issues of Rolling Stone in 2004 and 2005, and updated in 2011, is a broad survey of rock history, spanning Sixties heroes (the Beatles) and modern insurgents (Eminem), and touching on early pioneers (Chuck Berry) and the bluesmen who made it all possible (Howlin&amp;apos; Wolf).The essays on these top 100 artists are by their peers: singers, producers and musicians. In these fan testimonials, indie rockers pay tribute to world-beating rappers (Vampire Weekend&amp;apos;s Ezra Koenig on Jay-Z), young pop stars honor stylistic godmothers (Britney Spears on Madonna) and Billy Joel admits that Elton John &amp;quot;kicks my ass on piano.&amp;quot; Rock &amp;amp; roll is now a music with a rich past. But at its best, it is still the sound of forward motion. As you read this book, remember: This is what we have to live up to."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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