The Legacy of Chicago Music

I'm gonna take a crack at defining the amazing legacy of Chicago Music.
Here it goes ...............
Gospel Music, Thomas A. Dorsey, Jazz, Chicago Blues, House Music, Chess Records, Louie Armstrong, Quincy Jones. The Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Chicago(the band), Chaka Kahn, Frankie Knuckles, Steppers Music, Soul/R&B, Curtis Mayfield, Leroy Hutson, Tyrone Davis, ChiLites, Chicago Symphony, Fred Anderson, AACM, Earth Wind and Fire, Styx, Cheap Trick, Kanye West, Common, Chicago Trax, R. Kelly, Folk Music, Old Town School, Midnight Special on WFMT, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Brunswick Records, Marshall Thompson, Gus Redmond, Galib Gallab, Johnny Taylor, Lou Rawls, The Warehouse, Kinetic Playground, The Flock, Illinois Speed Press, CRC, Butterfield Blues Band, Sam Lay, Little Walter, Smashing Pumpkins, Delfonics, Howard Levy, Willie Dixon, Universal Recording, Bruce Swedien, Von Freeman, Eddie Vedder, The Dells, The Impressions, Jerry Butler, Nat King Cole, Ramsey Lewis, Herbie Hancock, Ted Nugent, Minnie Ripperton, Fall Out Boy, Buddy Guy, KoKo Taylor, Bo Diddley, Twista, Wilco, Kurt Elling, Steve Goodman, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, Steve "Silk" Hurley, Marshall Jefferson, Farley, Candy J, The New Colony Six, The Cryan Shames, The Buckinghams, Survivor, Ides of March, REO Speedwagon, Junior Wells, Ministry, Tom Morello, Walter Jackson, Pete Cosey, Steve Miller, Peter Brown, The Emotions, Deniece Williams, Staple Singers, VeeJay Records, C.O.D's, Hot Mix 5, Julian Jumpin Perez, WBMX, WLS, WCFL, WGCI, WVON, Dick Biondi, The Original Soul Train, Big Bill Bronzy, The Green Mill, Velvet Lounge, Regal Theater, Checkerboard Lounge, Theresa's, Kingston Mines, B.L.U.E.S, Mark Skyer ... These are just the names and places that come to mind. Who am I leaving out? It's amazing how many major music genres, artists and scenes originated in or have deep roots in Chicago.