The thread on black rock musicians (and particularly talking about Chuck Berry), had me wondering about intros. I've long maintained that the intro is one of the most important (if not the most important) parts of a song. Chuck certainly had a lot of classic intros, to be sure. But I was wondering if anyone had classic intros before Chuck. As far as I can tell, he might have been the first person to realize you needed to grab the listener by the ears (if not the throat) at the top of the song.
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