Fathers of Musical Genres

Name the musician who is known as the 'father' of each genre. Not as easy as you might think!

An asterisk by the genre means the artist is referred to as the 'godfather'

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Genre	'Father'
Rock & Roll	Chuck Berry
Blues	W. C. Handy
Blues guitar	Robert Johnson
Hip Hop	DJ Kool Herc
Soul*	James Brown
House*	Frankie Knuckles
Jazz	Charles 'Buddy' Bolden (sometimes Louis Armstrong)
Ragtime	Scott Joplin
R&B	Louis Jordan
Country	Jimmie Rogers
Bluegrass	Bill Monroe
'Death' Metal	Chuck Schuldiner
Grunge*	Neil Young
Punk	Iggy Pop
Disco	Giorgio Moroder
Classical guitar	Francisco Tárrega
Western Music	Johann Sebastian Bach

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