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Robert Leroy Johnson was a combination feature of a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who was born in the year 1911, on the 8th of May. He is one of the influential musicians of the Delta blues. His music has influenced a great many musicians including John Forgerty, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers Band, The Rolling Stones, Paul Butterfield, The Black Keys, The Band, Neil Young, Warren Zevon, The Yardbirds and many others. Although, his music career ended in the year 1938, with his early death at the age of 27, he is still considered the greatest influence that the music world received as a guitarist. Eric Clapton called Robert Johnson as "the most important blues musician who ever lived". Robert Johnson was also recognized as the fifth great musician according to the Rolling Stones ranking. He is also the inductee to "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame".
Robert Johnson debut in the year 1936, November 23 in San Antonio, Texas. The birth of the sound, which took place on that day, changed the American music forever. He practiced reaffirmation of his songs through remakes and applied the works of other great artists in them.
Robert Johnson left his mark on every chapter of music and himself stands at the crossroads that leads to the "music valley". He became the most modern and the most famous of the bluesman. In admiration for his classics like the "Cross Road Blues", "Love In Vain" and "Sweet Home Chicago", the famous biographer Stephen C. LaVere, "Robert Johnson is the most influential bluesman of all time and the person most responsible for the shape popular music has taken in the last five decades…"
