Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield, known as Muddy Waters, moved from Clarksdale, Mississippi to Chicago in 1943 and invented the electric Chicago blues sound that directly inspired the Rolling Stones, who named themselves after his song. His Chess Records recordings from 1950 to 1958 -- including Hoochie Coochie Man and Mannish Boy -- are considered the most important electric blues recordings ever made.