I'll bet on:
Chuck Berry as the moving force in delivering a "race music" soundtrack for the counterculture of the 1960s and Elvis and The Beatles (very possibly Brian Wilson, too) as the moving forces in co-opting that back for mainstream Western culture and commerce.
The social context of rock n roll is important and my guess is that the r n r music that survives the longest will be that which played a pivotal cultural role, per the above.
Some of the Brill Building music (Carol King Tapestry, etc) may survive, too - but that's a different (not r n r) kettle of fish, IMO.