SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue
By Doug Bradley
The recent Twitter kerfuffle over some Kanye West fans not knowing who Paul McCartney is (Really? Was it all a hoax?) made me wonder: What other worthy boomer-era singers are unknown to Millennials?
My idle wondering soon gave way to genuine concern, because I couldn’t imagine a musical lexicon that didn’t include the voices of a number of great, but sometimes overlooked, rock ‘n’ roll talents.
To be fair, there is widespread appreciation among many of today’s best-known singers for boomer-era artists — Beyonce sings the praises of Aretha Franklin; Justin Timberlake lauds Sam Cooke. But there are greats beyond the big idols (Elvis, Ray Charles and more) who don’t get as much adulation, or imitation, as they should.
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