Frank Zappa as most influential rock musician
One reason for this is the Freak Out! album which was the first concept record and double album of (if I remember correctly). Prior to this, there were jazz releases and there were pop releases and there were classical and country and blues releases but there was nothing quite structured like this one. This was something that would gradually come to influence late 60s and 70s rock albums across the board. The Beatles even claimed that Sgt. Pepper was them trying to have their own Freak Out!. They do look and sound similar in some ways. If you influence The Beatles you basically earned your spot.
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