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The greatest frontmen in music history

Leaders of the band and everyone else

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The music business is like everything else: there needs to be a leader. One person, one voice that steps up and, um, holds the baton. It can’t be a town council.

Who are some of the greatest?

These frontmen and women chart the course for success and direct the path to gold and platinum records and riches…

Mick Jagger

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(Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

Bruce Springsteen

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John Fogerty

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Dave Grohl

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Sting

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(Photo by Sion Touhig/Getty Images)

Jerry Garcia

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Bob Marley

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Iggy Pop

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Eddie Vedder

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Axl Rose

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(AP Photo/Nousha Salimi)

Grace Slick

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Ann Wilson

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Janis Joplin

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Don Henley/Glenn Frey

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Jim Morrison

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Chrissie Hynde

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Michael Stipe

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James Brown

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Kurt Cobain

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Freddie Mercury

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Chris Cornell

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Robert Plant

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Prince

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George Clinton

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Robert Plant

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James Hetfield

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Buddy Holly

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Michael Jackson

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Joey Ramone

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Gregg Allman

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Bob Dylan

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Jimi Hendrix

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Sly Stone

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