Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation

Everyone knows the rock and pop canon – the Beatles and the Stones, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and so on. But what about the artists who changed the face of pop, but never pop on those lists of all-time greats?Here Film&Music writers pick 10 pop heroes who, if not unsung, are at least undersung – and explain why they matter and how they changed music. Some of them were superstars, but their commercial success obscured the extent of their influence. Some managed just one great thing, but that ...

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