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BB King or James Brown? Who had the most influence in music?
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- Anonymous9 years agoFavorite Answer
B.B. King. What kind of a guitarist hasn't been influenced by him? In all honesty, I don't know of any guitarist who hasn't been influenced by him in someway and not just blues and rock guitarists like Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton and others like them, but guitarists like Brad Paisley as well.
- Anonymous9 years ago
with the song cold sweat james brown practically invented funk music, and paved the way for those that came after him.
- 9 years ago
I would have to say James Brown.
A million rappers in the past 30 years have ripped off some of his music at one time or another.
Michael Jackson borrowed heavily from Brown especially his dancing.
The Moonwalk? Its from Brown's Spacewalk.
- Anonymous9 years ago
BB King. I can hear one note from Lucille and know its him. He has a true signature sound that he brings to any style of music.