This is just influence, right? Not who's the best?
I'd have to say The Beatles for widespread influence, not only from a songwriting standpoint (1963 became the year when people realized you better write your own stuff if you wanna be successful -- I know Buddy Holly did it first, but he died yo), but also the way they approached music with songs like Tomorrow Never Knows, trying to recreate the drug experience in the studio, and I Am the Walrus, a deconstruction of meaning blah blah blah.
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