BO DIDDLEY nominated in PBS influential artist poll
BO DIDDLEY is one of the musicians nominated in the WNET Channel 13 poll to find the most influential band or artist in history.
On Monday November 9th 2009, WNET, a flagship station of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and a primary provider of PBS programming, will air a special one-hour TV documentary about The Beatles to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
"How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" explores how The Beatles helped bring down the Iron Curtain and change history forever. The WNET Channel 13 poll asks fans which musician or band they think has had a profound impact on history and why they think that artist is so influential.
In addition to BO DIDDLEY, other notable musicians already nominated include Louis Armstrong, Johann Sebastian Bach, Daniel Barenboim, The Beatles, Beethoven, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Chuck Berry, Andrea Bocelli, David Bowie, Benjamin Britten, James Brown, John Cage, Maria Callas, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland, Marvin Gaye, George Gershwin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Woody Guthrie, Bill Haley & The Comets, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Michael Jackson, Robert Johnson, Danny Kaye, John Lennon, Little Richard, Madonna, Paul McCartney, Yehudi Mehnuin, Van Morrison, Mozart, Muddy Waters, New York Philharmonic, Charlie Parker, Les Paul, Luciano Pavarotti, Elvis Presley, Keith Richards, Paul Robeson, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Rolling Stones, Pete Seeger, Andres Segovia, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, Barbra Streisand, The Temptations, The Three Tenors, Giuseppe Verdi, Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys, Stevie Wonder, Yo-Yo Ma and Frank Zappa.
Nominate an artist: http://www.thirteen.org/beatles/nominate/
