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•  Buddy Holly

  Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll. Although his success lasted only a year and a half before his death in an airplane crash, Holly is described by critic Bruce Eder as "the single most influential creative force in early rock and roll.

  

  44.7%
  

  23.4%
  

  31.9%
  
•  Bill Haley

  Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of music in the early 1950s with his group Bill Haley & His Comets and their hit song "Rock Around the Clock".

  

  36.2%
  

  42.6%
  

  21.3%
  
•  Bo Diddley

  Bo Diddley (December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008), is the stage name for Ellas Otha Bates, an American rock and roll vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and inventor. He was known as "The Originator" because of his key role in the transition from the blues to rock & roll, influencing a host of legendary acts including Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, and Eric Clapton. He introduced more insistent, driving rhythms and a hard-edged guitar sound on a wide-ranging catalog of songs.

  

  22.6%
  

  28.1%
  

  49.3%
  
•  Dave Grohl

  David Eric "Dave" Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American rock musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C. -area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream. In 1990 he became the drummer for grunge group Nirvana. Following the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in April 1994, Grohl formed Foo Fighters as frontman and songwriter.

  

  31.9%
  

  24.1%
  

  44.0%
  
•  Elvis Presley

  Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American musician and actor. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, Presley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, with his family at the age of 13.

  

  30.5%
  

  40.0%
  

  29.5%
  
•  Jonathan Richman

  Jonathan Richman (born May 16, 1951) is a Jewish American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and child-like outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, often draws on influences from around the world.

  

  35.7%
  

  35.7%
  

  28.6%
  
•  Janis Joplin

  Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

  

  33.3%
  

  31.0%
  

  35.6%
  
•  Kid Rock

  Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American singer-songwriter and rapper with five Grammy Award nominations. Kid Rock is known for music that incorporates elements of hip hop, rap metal, blues rock, southern rock, funk and country music.

  

  29.5%
  

  29.5%
  

  41.0%
  
•  Roy Orbison

  Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer-songwriter and musician, well known for his distinctive, powerful voice, complex compositions, and dark emotional ballads. Orbison grew up in Texas and began singing in a rockabilly / country & western band in high school until he was signed by Sun Records in Memphis.

  

  30.8%
  

  30.8%
  

  38.5%
  
•  Simon & Garfunkel

  Simon & Garfunkel is an American singer-songwriter duo consisting of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, backed by the hit single "The Sounds of Silence". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate, propelling them further into the public consciousness.

  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  

  33.3%
  

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•  Haakon Shetelig

  Haakon Shetelig (1877–1955) was a Norwegian archaeologist. He worked as a conservator at Bergen Museum from 1901 and was a professor from 1915 until 1942. Shetelig and his Swedish colleague Gabriel Gustafson led the team that dug out and preserved the Oseberg ship in 1904-1905. The 'Shetelig axiom' refers to the idea that the 'Viking Age' began when Scandinavian Vikings attacked Lindisfarne in 793.

  

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  100.0%
  
•  Philautus mittermeieri

  Philautus mittermeieri is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  

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