You'll never hear him on the radio, but very few people in history have done more to help create the wide world of rock and roll than he has. Can you guess who we're talking about from this yearbook photo?

Let's be clear -- we're bending the rules a bit, this young man would not grow up to be an artist in the sense we usually talk about on these pages. But, since we're speaking about a man who used his creativity, talent and innovative spirit to change the music world for the better, the word fits this future inventor perfectly.

Uh-oh, we slipped! OK, so he's an inventor. But any more clues about who he is or what he made would give away too much. So you can either ask Bruce Springsteen, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton about his contributions to the rock world, or you can click below to find out who this is!

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