The Great Twenty-Eight

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  1958-1959

  James

  Though released much later, it remains the best single overview of Berry's extraordinary 1950s output. Nearly every foundational rock-and-roll idea appears somewhere in these songs. His guitar playing, storytelling, and sense of rhythm still feel modern. Tracks like "Johnny B. Goode," "Maybellene," and "Roll Over Beethoven" helped invent the vocabulary of rock music. Few artists have influenced so many people so directly.