Billie Eilish cited Tyler, the Creator, The 1975, Nicki Minaj and more as the artists who've shaped her during her rise to fame.
But which artist gets commonly cited as other musicians' greatest influences? The late pioneer of rock Little Richard influenced rock 'n' roll champions The Beatles, as Paul McCartney recalled in his tribute tweets following his death on May 9 from bone cancer at age 87. "I owe a lot of what I do to Little Richard and his style; and he knew it.
He would say, 'I taught Paul everything he knows'," the former Beatles member wrote. From 'Tutti Frutti' to 'Long Tall Sally' to 'Good Golly, Miss Molly' to 'Lucille', Little Richard came screaming into my life when I was a teenager.
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