Hit Records? No. Well known? Not really. Influential? Absolutely! Those are three questions that describe Arthur Alexander’s musical career; because even though you may never have heard of him, we can guarantee that the people who covered his work (Bob Dylan, The Beatles & The Rolling Stones for example) are certainly artists you know.

During the British Invasion, many an act became successful on the other side of the pond. Many are remembered and respected today, but in the case of The Searchers they seem to be forgotten with the exception of those they inspired. As it turned out, the amount of people they influenced was quite a lot.

The Rock and Roll world is littered with performers who peaked at their first album and never seemed to even come close to that level of success commercially or critically again. In the case of John Hiatt, it took him years to find that high water mark.

An earlier entry on this list discusses the Hall of Fame credentials of the Specials. Although we believe that should a Ska Revival band get in to the Hall, it should be the Specials, though an induction of the English Beat over them would not exactly be a travesty.