Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees for 2013…
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the Class of 2013, and, boy, is it one seriously eclectic bunch of musicians.
And this year for the first time, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is offering fans the opportunity to be part of the voting process. Through December 3, the public can vote online for the five nominees they believe to be most deserving of induction into the HoF. The top five artists, as selected by the public, will comprise a fans’ ballot, which will be tallied along with the other ballots to select the 2013 inductees.
Here are the nominees:
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Chic
Deep Purple
Heart
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Albert King
Kraftwerk
The Marvelettes
The Meters
Randy Newman
N.W.A.
Procol Harum
Public Enemy
Rush
Donna Summer
Go here to cast your official vote.
It marks the sixth year that Donna Summer has been nominated, and we’re betting the farm that this year, she’s gets in.
Inductions for this year’s winners will be held in Los Angeles on April 18.
Who gets your votes?
Procol Harum!!! Its about time!!
My first concert in ‘
74 at the Felt Forum in NYC. Grand Hotel tour, simply amazing. Funny thing is I remember how harsh the audience was to the acoustic warm-up act, just found out it was Leo Kottke
I’m embarrassed to admit I’m familiar w/only 3-4 of these folks and their respective ouevres. I too, sincerely hope Donna Summers is elected this year. Some co ntinued omissions are as unforgiveable as they are inexplicable.
Here are the top 50 Deserving, Eligible but Overlooked Artists for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – according to rock fan votes
at:
http://www.rateitall.com/t-2529-deserving-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame.aspx
1) Rush
2) Chicago
3) Deep Purple
4) Yes
5) Doobie Brothers
6) Moody Blues
7) Dire Straits
8) Jethro Tull
9) Electric Light Orchestra
10) The Cars
11) Heart
12) Pete Townshend (solo)
13) Steve Miller
14) Squeeze
15) Journey
16) Styx
17) Carole King
18) Stevie Ray Vaughan
19) The Guess Who
20) Hall & Oates
21) T. Rex
22) Badfinger
23) Kiss
24) The Monkees
25) Supertramp
26) Foreigner
27) Jim Croce
28) Emerson, Lake & Palmer
29) Peter Gabriel (solo)
30) Boston
31) Cat Stevens
32) Three Dog Night
33) The Zombies
34) Gordon Lightfoot
35) Bad Company
36) Todd Rundgren
37) Steppenwolf
38) Scorpions
39) Grand Funk Railroad
40) INXS
41) Def Leppard
42) Cheap Trick
43) The Replacements
44) Thin Lizzy
45) Los Lobos
46) The Grass Roots
47) Steve Winwood (solo)
48) The Jam
49) Linda Ronstadt
50) The Cure